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"We have concluded that when the principle of phyletism (i.e. ecclesiastical nationalism) is juxtaposed with the teaching of the Gospel and the constant practice of the Church, it is not only foreign to it, but also completely opposed, to it. We decree the following in the Holy Spirit: 1. We reject and condemn racial division, that is, racial differences, national quarrels and disagreements in the Church of Christ, as being contrary to the teaching of the Gospel and the holy canons of our blessed fathers, on which the holy Church is established and which adorn human society and lead it to Divine piety. 2. In accordance with the holy canons, we proclaim that those who accept such division according to races and who dare to base on it hitherto unheard-of racial assemblies are foreign to the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church and are real schismatics." Constantinople...1872
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    Re: Orthodox Christians View Icons as “Windows to Heaven”

    Posted by Fr. Jonathan Ivanoff on 11/2/2009, 11:18 am, in reply to "Re: Orthodox Christians View Icons as “Windows to Heaven”"

    Al,

    George is correct on the first one: I have seen some of these iconographer's manuals, most of them in Greek, but there was (is?) an Orthodox printing outfit located in Torrance, CA that produced some of these things in English back in the - I think - '80's and '90's. If memory serves me, Phil Tamoush was the founder/organizer of this printing house.

    Regarding the second, he's also correct, but there needs to be a bit of emphasis on his sentence, "Icongraphers do have some leeway..." There is a famous icon of Christ from Byzantium where clearly one side of his face is different from the other, and the reason given is that the icon depicts both his divinity and his humanity. I think this is the icon on the cover of one of Pelikan's books. But this may be a very small example of a very small exception...

    Then again, I am not an iconographer! Just a few random thoughts.

    With love in Christ Jesus,
    Fr.J+

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