Kształtowanie się teologii obrazu religijnego
The shaping of the theology of the religious image

Summary/Abstract: The article is an attempt to systematize, in a critical way, the development of the idea of the religious image in the Christianity. It demonstrates how that idea of the image, i.e. the nature and functions became gradually clear in practice of living, in the thought of Fathers, in conciliar statements. In the first point the article shows the base of depicting – that is the mystery of the Incarnation. In the next part, the article discusses the image at the ancient Church, i.e. catacomb paintings, paintings of the Constantine age, the first critical voices of images, as well as voices of supporters of images and the first guidelines in their matter. In the final part the article demonstrates the iconoclastic dispute and ultimate victory of the orthodoxy announced in the iconological dogma.

• Details
• Contents