From: Alexander Kh. (alexkh@writeme.com)
Date: Wed May 18 2005 - 18:34:47 CDT
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From: "John Hudson" <tiro@tiro.com>
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Subject: Re: Corrections to Glagolitic
Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 14:27:05 -0700
>
> Alexander Kh. wrote:
>
> > In fact, what Did the Christian monks invent? Think about it. People of the
> > North did not convert easily. There is much evidence of that in the fact
> > that many "pagan" traditions were adopted by Christianity. One of them is
> > use of idols and icons: using or even making those are strictly prohibited
> > by Bible in 10 commandments. Is not a Cross with a God on it an idol?
>
> According to orthodox Christian understanding, it is only an idol
> if it is the object itself that is worshipped.
>
> The serious flaw in your history is that icons did not originate in
> Slavic lands as any kind of pagan remnant. They had already been a
> feature of Byzantine Christianity for several hundred years before
> the mission to the Slavs.
>
> John Hudson
>
> -- Tiro Typeworks www.tiro.com
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>
> Currently reading:
> Truth and tolerance, by Benedict XVI, Cardinal Ratzinger as was
> A century of philosophy, by Hans Georg Gadamer
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