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Author Tollefsen, Torstein, 1953- author.

Title St Theodore the Studite's defence of the icons : theology and philosophy in ninth-century Byzantium / Torstein Theodor Tollefsen
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2018]
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Description 1 online resource (x, 193 pages)
Series Oxford early Christian studies
Oxford early Christian studies.
Contents Cover; St Theodore the Studite's Defence of the Icons: Theology and Philosophy in Ninth-Century Byzantium; Copyright; Dedication; Preface; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; THE TOPIC; EARLIER LITERATURE ON THE ICONOCLAST CONTROVERSY AND ON THEODORE; CONCILIAR BACKGROUND; 1: Method and Logic in Theodore's Treatises; METHOD; THEODORE'S EDUCATION; UNIVERSALS; CATEGORIES; HOMONYMY; ARGUMENT; 2: Circumscription; CIRCUMSCRIPTION AND CHRISTOLOGICAL TRADITION; ICONOCLAST CHRISTOLOGY; THEODORE'S CHRISTOLOGY; COMMUNICATIO IDIOMATUM; APPEARANCE: DEFINING THE SUBJECT OF PAINTING; 3: Relation
PROTOTYPE AND IMAGEHONOUR PASSES FROM IMAGE TO PROTOTYPE; HOMONYMY AND SYNONYMY; 4: True Image or Idol of Deceit; TRUE IMAGE; MATTER; MEMORY, CONTEMPLATION, AND VENERATION; Conclusion; APPENDIX: Why Should There Be Such a Thing as Christian Art at All?; Bibliography; Theodore; Ancient and Medieval Texts and Translations; Other Works; Greek-English Glossary and Index; Index of Passages; Index of Names; General Index
Summary St Theodore the Studite's Defence of the Icons' provides an investigation of the icon-theology of St Theodore the Studite, mainly as it is presented in his three refutations of the iconoclasts, the Antirrhetici tres adversus iconomachos. Torstein Theodor Tollefsen explores Theodoreþs 'philosophy of images', namely his doctrine of images and his arguments that justify the legitimacy of images in general and of Christ in particular. Tollefsen offers a historical, theological, and philosophical exploration of Theodore's doctrine of images and his arguments justifying the legitimacy of images and of Christ. In addition to the main elements of Theodoreþs defence of the icon, like the Christological issue, the relation between image and prototype, the question of veneration, his explanation of why we may say of an image that 'this is Christ', and his innovative thinking on the representative character of the icon, the book has an introduction that places Theodore in the history of Byzantine philosophy: he has some knowledge of traditional logical topics and is able to utilize argumentative forms in countering his iconoclast opponents. The volume also provides an appendix which shows that the making of images is somehow natural given the character of Christianity as a religion
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes Electronic resource
Subject Theodore, Studites, Saint, 759-826.
Theodore, Studites, Saint, 759-826. Antirrheticus adversus iconomachos.
SUBJECT Theodore, Studites, Saint, 759-826 fast
Subject Iconoclasm -- Controversial literature
Icons, Byzantine -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
Icons -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
Icons -- Cult -- Early works to 1800
ART -- Subjects & Themes -- General.
Iconoclasm
Icons -- Cult
Genre/Form Controversial literature
Early works
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780192548726
0192548727
9780191858376
0191858374
9780198816775
0198816774
Other Titles Saint Theodore the Studlite's defense of the icons