Open AccessThe dialogue of the iconoclasts with the iconophiles
Author(s) -
Puric Episkop Jovan
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
zograf
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.104
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 2406-0755
pISSN - 0350-1361
DOI - 10.2298/zog1034013p
Subject(s) - iconoclasm , icon , heresy , byzantine architecture , foundation (evidence) , section (typography) , art , philosophy , natural (archaeology) , literature , history , art history , theology , classics , computer science , archaeology , programming language , operating system
The study represents an analytical review of iconoclasm, a Christological heresy that appeared in Byzantium and lasted for two centuries. After the first section The possibilities of expressing Jesus Christ and the holy servants of God by means of icons, which describes the historical and theological background of the said problem, explanations are given of the kinds of "icons" and the different dimensions of the notion of an "icon" - the natural and hand-made icon, and subsequently, of the relationship of the image and the original, along with the dogmatic foundation of all hypotheses and claims. This two-part study, in addition to using the relevant sources, explains the relationship of the iconoclasts and the iconophiles, at that time in Byzantium and throughout history, right up to the present da