Holy Icon – the Reality of Knowledge and Vision of God
Holy Icon – the Reality of Knowledge and Vision of God

Summary/Abstract: According to the Orthodox Theology, holy Icon is a reality of knowledge andvision of God. The icon is an embodiment of the love of God, thus the centraltheological ground of the veneration of icons is a Christological one. For thetheology of the icon, the concept of the face as a reflection of the prototype iscentral. The specificity of the Orthodoxy shows us that Theology is the science ofthe complete knowledge with a direct existential implication of the only truthabout life-Maker, iconically expressed by God – Holy Trinity. The theologicalbackground of knowledge is essentially of ecclesial nature, as a graciousambience in which the Divine Revelation represents the power of Truth. That iswhy Church is the guarantee and the authenticity of the free and infallibleknowledge of the divine truth which it internally possesses.

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