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This book, newly revised and updated, examines the Eastern Church's theology of icons chiefly on the basis of the acta of the Seventh Ecumenical Council of 787.
The political circumstances leading to the outbreak of the iconclast controversy in the eighth century are discussed in detail, but the main emphasis is on the theological arguments and assumptions of the council participants. Major themes include the nature of tradition, the relationship between image and reality, and the place of christology.
Ultimately the argument over icons was about the accessibility of the divine. Icons were held by the iconophiles to communicate a deifying grace which raised the believer to participation in the life of God.
The political circumstances leading to the outbreak of the iconclast controversy in the eighth century are discussed in detail, but the main emphasis is on the theological arguments and assumptions of the council participants. Major themes include the nature of tradition, the relationship between image and reality, and the place of christology.
Ultimately the argument over icons was about the accessibility of the divine. Icons were held by the iconophiles to communicate a deifying grace which raised the believer to participation in the life of God.
Price: $168.00
Pages: 166
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Studies in the History of Christian Traditions
Publication Date:
15 June 2005
ISBN: 9789004143289
Format: Hardcover
'Zu bewundern ist die Kraft der Synthese, mit der sehr verschiedene Vorstellungen und Traditionen in ein System gebracht worden sind.'
Hans Georg Thümmel, Christianesimo della Storia, 1995.
'...there has not been such a thorough, and thoroughly theological, discussion of the theology of icons at the Seventh Ecumenical Council for a long time. It is very welcome.'
Andrew Louth, Jornal of Theological Studies, 1995.
'...this book is a genuine contribution to theological thought and scholarship.'
George T. Dennis, Theological Studies, 1994.
'This book is an important contribution to our understanding of the theology of the seventh ecumenical council of 787...This is a stimulating book and one which has long been needed.'
Ken Parry, Sobornost, 1996.
Hans Georg Thümmel, Christianesimo della Storia, 1995.
'...there has not been such a thorough, and thoroughly theological, discussion of the theology of icons at the Seventh Ecumenical Council for a long time. It is very welcome.'
Andrew Louth, Jornal of Theological Studies, 1995.
'...this book is a genuine contribution to theological thought and scholarship.'
George T. Dennis, Theological Studies, 1994.
'This book is an important contribution to our understanding of the theology of the seventh ecumenical council of 787...This is a stimulating book and one which has long been needed.'
Ken Parry, Sobornost, 1996.
Ambrosios Giakalis, Ph.D. (1988) in Theology, University of Cambridge, was until his recent retirement metropolitan of Kozani in northern Greece.