Images of the divine : : the theology of icons at the Seventh Ecumenical Council / / by Ambrosios Giakalis ; with a foreword by Henry Chadwick.

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 th...

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Superior document:Studies in the history of Christian traditions, v. 122
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Year of Publication:2005
Edition:Rev. ed.
Language:English
Series:Studies in the history of Christian traditions ; v. 122.
Physical Description:1 online resource (184 p.)
Notes:Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Cambridge, 1988.
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