tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290828421410624791.post2121816794094627495..comments2024-03-14T10:32:29.233-05:00Comments on Blood of Prokopius: Saintly Saturday: St. Nicephorus the ConfessorFrDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00459281821319914530noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290828421410624791.post-81111039548991472662012-06-04T23:27:39.699-05:002012-06-04T23:27:39.699-05:00@Grizpatimus
Iconoclasm invites doubt. If we cann...@Grizpatimus<br /><br />Iconoclasm invites doubt. If we cannot have an icon of Christ, the easiest answer as to why is that He never became a human being or He never existed at all. By insisting that we must have icons, we necessarily insist upon the historical reality of Christ. Judaism (from whence Christianity came) insists that God cannot be depicted…indeed, God tells Moses that if he beheld God’s face he would die. For Christianity to make such a radical departure from Judaism and insist that God in the person of Christ must be depicted in icons speaks volumes about the historical reality of Christ — something radical in history had to happen for a bunch of Jews and their followers to make such a change.FrDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459281821319914530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290828421410624791.post-25166536553747878052012-06-04T19:56:12.029-05:002012-06-04T19:56:12.029-05:00Article is insightful as always, however I have to...Article is insightful as always, however I have to ask. How does having icons strengthen a claim to historical accuracy. I mean are there not images of mythical persons? I don't mean this to imply that any icon is of a mythical person, I am just confused as to how having/not having icons strengthens/weakens a historical argument.Grizaptimushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09889014138948372669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290828421410624791.post-5600301247062529632012-06-02T22:28:35.833-05:002012-06-02T22:28:35.833-05:00No worries...it is the danger of putting out words...No worries...it is the danger of putting out words out here in this ether space. They have a tendency to hang around long enough to embarrass us all eventually.FrDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459281821319914530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290828421410624791.post-62208344885462997652012-06-02T17:14:58.578-05:002012-06-02T17:14:58.578-05:00Make that "re-read." I'd forgotten I...Make that "re-read." I'd forgotten I'd read and commented on that one. *blush*Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01254215329246851683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290828421410624791.post-86635679324723053122012-06-02T17:13:03.018-05:002012-06-02T17:13:03.018-05:00The original idea of the prestige class in 3.0, th...The original idea of the prestige class in 3.0, that it represented an order or secret society one might join, appealed to me, but I didn't like the way it developed in practice. I'll have to read your earlier article to see how you implement it for B/X-style games.Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01254215329246851683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290828421410624791.post-41903812709698178552012-06-02T16:05:34.415-05:002012-06-02T16:05:34.415-05:00I'm using a sect of Iconoclasts in my game. Th...I'm using a sect of Iconoclasts in my game. The players immediately identified them as "Protestants" and dubbed their leader, a leatherworker, "Martin Leather." The party also foiled a plot by the iconoclasts to destroy, with acid, the great iron statue of St. Eracle in my version of the Tomb of the Iron God.Roger G-Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594440701279968693noreply@blogger.com