medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 10:53:44 -0500
Christopher Crockett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
>culture
>
>John McChesney-Young <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> with the decree on images here:
>
>> http://www.ccel.org/fathers/NPNF2-14/7nice2/decree.htm
>
>
>wherein is this famous statement (it would have to be "famous", if
>i've seen
>it before) :
>
>"For the honour which is paid to the image passes on to that which
>the image
>represents, and he who reveres the image reveres in it the subject
>represented."
>
>does anyone happen to know if this idea actually appears in earlier
>writings,
>as the next sentence seems to imply
>
>" For thus the teaching of our holy Fathers, that is the tradition of
>the
>Catholic Church, which from one end of the earth to the other hath
>received
>the Gospel, is strengthened."
>
>and, if so, where and by whom?
>
>christopher
>
>
>"What about the older ones [Indians] ?"
>
>"Well, we can't seem to cure them of the idea that our Everyday Life
>is only
>an Illusion, behind which is the Reality of Dreams"
>
>--Werner Herzog's "Fitzcarraldo"
>http://us.imdb.com/Title?0083946
>
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