Thanks for posting this... which at first seems odd in slamming Byzantine icons, but gets better (some uncanonical need to be slammed), but the two memorable bits were 1) nature and the American Hudson River School's naturalism as protestant "icons" depicting God the Father by His creation, and 2) "We're all bound to get it wrong somehow, until somehow we're all bound together." Otherwise... he's more glib than noteworthy... a sort of "pop" academic who glosses rather than deepens understanding. There's always something that keeps one from dismissing them entirely... but never as a much as the "buzz".
This is sadly part of a very common occurrence in Kosovo. Vandals enter churches, set them on fire, then they urinate and defecate in them. ...
"The World is trying the experiment of attempting to form a civilized but non-Christian mentality. The experiment will fail; but we must be very patient in awaiting its collapse; meanwhile redeeming the time: so that the Faith may be preserved alive through the dark ages before us; to renew and rebuild civilization, and save the World from suicide."
Thanks for posting this... which at first seems odd in slamming Byzantine icons, but gets better (some uncanonical need to be slammed), but the two memorable bits were 1) nature and the American Hudson River School's naturalism as protestant "icons" depicting God the Father by His creation, and 2) "We're all bound to get it wrong somehow, until somehow we're all bound together." Otherwise... he's more glib than noteworthy... a sort of "pop" academic who glosses rather than deepens understanding. There's always something that keeps one from dismissing them entirely... but never as a much as the "buzz".
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