tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29191589.post115422303617466183..comments2023-10-25T04:22:54.910-07:00Comments on An Anglican Priest: The Ruminations of a Canterbury Cap Catholic: Rev. Dr. Hasserthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14350737386756722887noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29191589.post-1154298260652700122006-07-30T15:24:00.000-07:002006-07-30T15:24:00.000-07:00Fr. Brad+Thanks for your comments; good and very w...Fr. Brad+<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comments; good and very welcome ramblings (I'll look past the comment about my pick of secular shrines). <BR/><BR/>AC+Rev. Dr. Hasserthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14350737386756722887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29191589.post-1154289451465377742006-07-30T12:57:00.000-07:002006-07-30T12:57:00.000-07:00A little piece from Printery House icons points ou...A little piece from Printery House icons points out the Scriptural basis for this manner of presentation:<BR/><BR/>"The three visitors are depicted as angels, signifying that they belong to heaven rather than to earth. Their faces are essentially identical, representing the equality of the three Persons of the Holy Trinity. They are also essentially gender neutral in appearance. There is disagreement among scholars about the identity of the three figures. Some say that such identification should not be made, since none of the three figures is meant to resemble in actuality any specific Person. However, other sources find considerable symbolic justification for linking the figures as viewed from left to right with Father, Son, and Holy Spirit."<BR/><BR/>We have far less justification for the western manner of presenting God the Father as an old man version of the Incarnate Son.Rev. Dr. Hasserthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14350737386756722887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29191589.post-1154279491011130422006-07-30T10:11:00.000-07:002006-07-30T10:11:00.000-07:00"While God the Father cannot be pictorially repres..."While God the Father cannot be pictorially represented (He is never depicted in the icons of the Eastern Church, although He often is in the West—as an elderly mirror image of Christ; this is indeed an example of bad theology), both the Holy Ghost and Christ have been depicted in Eastern iconography"<BR/><BR/>What are we to make of paintings and icons in which all three persons are depicted, like the famous Rublev icon? Are we permitted to represent the "unseen" person that is the Father?Clement Nghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05457589787216453522noreply@blogger.com