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→Fourth century: linked "mediation" to Intercession according to the context of the author
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→Fourth century
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some minor revision of subheadings placements - minor move of parts of text for context
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→Eastern Christianity: revision - from "3 dimensional" to "3-dimensional"
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September 13, 2019
minor clarification
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→Seventh century: link to text "Avenging of the Savior" http://www.pseudepigrapha.com/apocrypha_nt/avsav.htm
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linked ref note Christ and Abgar to two other relevant places in the text - revised "reverent dread of respect given" to "reverent dread in respect given"
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slight correction marginal note Christ and Abgarus - good night...
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I had almost forgotten my intention to include ref link to text of Letters of Christ and Abgarus - now included - and this concludes my work on this article - get good night's sleep, go back to work on Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version)
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→External links: link to https://lutheranreformation.org/history/luther-and-the-iconoclasts/ - this concludes my involvement with this article - peace be with you
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→External links
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→External links: link to http://www.ncregister.com/blog/annaabbott/the-california-missions-and-the-new-iconoclasm
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→External links: added https://orthodoxwiki.org/Seventh_Ecumenical_Council
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→Catechism of the Catholic Church: indented quotation CCC 2663
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→See also: added Eastern Catholic Churches
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→External links: deleted two not-very-helpful links - [http://www.goarch.org Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America] [https://www.flickr.com Flickr Public Photos]
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→External links: link to http://www.intratext.com/X/ENG0835.HTM
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→External links: link to https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2019/07/14/50-fathers-of-the-first-six-councils
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added info re iconography in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2663, with link
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→Sixteenth century: dislinked English Reformation linked Edward VI
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revision - added Oliver Cromwell
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→Seventeenth century
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→Sixteenth century: expanded into re 15th century
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added info copied and pasted from article Iconoclasm, slightly editted but not altered - added historical subheadings of historical centuries - some addn minor editing
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included info re Computer icons, with link to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icon_(computer)
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linked art
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quotations of the early fathers in support of the use of iconic images - provided here for balance - External links more to come
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September 12, 2019
link to https://practicalapologetics.blogspot.com/2013/07/early-church-fathers-on-relics-statues.html
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link to http://www.catholictradition.org/Christ/veronica.htm
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Orthodox tradition that St. Luke painted the first icons - that the tradition continued unchanged for the past 2000 years, enduring opposition which was defeated in the Ecumenical councils - also ref note re the Veil of Veronica as the first icon of Jesus
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revised link Iconoclastic controversy redirect to direct link to Iconoclasm
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links to https://voynichportal.com/tag/pagan-iconography https://www.oakland.edu/Assets/Oakland/religiousstudies/files-and-documents/student-research/Durnbaugh, %20Elena%20Marie%20 ...
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maddn info re National Statuary Hall, Washington, D.C.- link to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Statuary_Hall
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revision of preceding edit with addn info in the paragraph, also ref notes, and limited expansion of intro paragraph
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link to http://talesoftimesforgotten.com/2017/12/11/christian-adaptation-of-pagan-iconography/ incorporated in brief paragraph
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