Windows to Heaven Introducing Icons to Protestants and Catholics

Name: Windows to Heaven Introducing Icons to Protestants and Catholics
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ISBN: 9781587431098

ISBN-10: 1587431092

ISBN-13: 9781587431098

Edition: 2005

Authors: Elizabeth Zelensky, Lela Gilbert

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Evangelicals often feel uneasy when they encounter the haunting images of Orthodox icons. From the theological to the practical, questions flood in: Why are the facial expressions so fixed? Why the colorful robes? What do the images symbolize? Do Orthodox Christians worship icons? Doesn't that make them idols?In this useful guidebook, Elizabeth Zelensky and Lela Gilbert debunk common misconceptions about Orthodox icons and explain how they might enrich the devotional lives of non-Orthodox Christians. Each chapter opens with biblical passages and engaging anecdotes and closes with excerpts from personal journals. The authors offer a detailed look at five specific icons, discussing the…

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List price: $18.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Brazos Press
Publication date: 2/1/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 150
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English



Introduction : seeing and believing



Salvation in words and images



Andrei Rublev's icon of the Holy Trinity



The Vladimir Theotokos



Theophanes' transfiguration of Christ



The dormition of the Virgin



The Sinai Pantocrator



The church : where God dwells among men