Sfintele Icoane şi fundamentele acestora – repere istorice şi teologice asupra cultului icoanei –
The Holy Icons and their bases – historical and theological landmarks on the cult of the icon –

Summary/Abstract: Contrary to the hundreds of years of efforts undertaken by countless theologians, a common perspective and a unitary practice regarding the worship of the holy icons in Christianity has not yet been reached. The Old Testament prohibition on icons must be understood in the pedagogical spirit of the Divine Providence. Thus, we must not lose sight of the predisposition of the Jewish people to fall into idolatry, to the same extent that we must not forget that, for them, the Incarnation, on which the icons are based, had not yet taken place. Starting from this cornerstone of the Incarnation, we can then observe that between the icon and the archetype there is an existential connection that makes the act of worship pass from representation to archetype, thus beginning a relationship of the believer with Christ and His saints.

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