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276 Lives of the Saints. [Nov. „t
we should regard as superfluous an appearance in human
flesh. But God forbid! He, being a man, suffered as a
man; He ate and drank, and was subject to all affections,
like as we are, sin excepted; and thus what seems to be a
humiliation, a debasement, redounded rather to the glory of
the Eternal Word." The representations of Christ kept alive
in men's minds the reality of His manhood, showed how the
chasm between God and man had been bridged over. That
is why art is divine. God made man in His image, especially
so the Perfect Man, and man feebly, imperfectly, strives to
copy the lineaments of that Perfect Man, tries to copy the
work of God. On Palm Sunday, 815, Theodore directed his
monks, as a solemn protest, to bear images in procession
round the court of the monastery, chanting hymns in their
praise. This excited the displeasure of the emperor. He
directed that Theodore should be threatened with severe
punishment, but such threats could make no impression on
so dauntless a spirit.
The new patriarch, Theodotus, assembled a council at
Constantinople, which abrogated the decrees of the second
Nicene Council, and banished images from the churches.
This council issued a circular letter, summoning all abbots
to appear and assist in the common deliberations at Constantinople ; but a large number of them declined to comply,
on the ground that they did not recognize this as a regular
assembly.
S. Theodore sent a letter to the synod, setting forth that
according to ecclesiastical canons, they could not put then-
hands to anything in the Church without the consent and
the presidency of Nicephorus, the rightful patriarch. As to
the abbots who complied with the invitation, the emperor
endeavoured to bring them over to his own views, first by
friendly words, then by threats. If the latter had no effect,
he caused them to be imprisoned or exiled; but after a while
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| Title | The lives of the saints - 13 |
| Creator | Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine) |
| Publisher | J. Grant |
| Place of Publication | Edinburgh |
| Date | 1914 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000330 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | ft : ft 276 Lives of the Saints. [Nov. „t we should regard as superfluous an appearance in human flesh. But God forbid! He, being a man, suffered as a man; He ate and drank, and was subject to all affections, like as we are, sin excepted; and thus what seems to be a humiliation, a debasement, redounded rather to the glory of the Eternal Word." The representations of Christ kept alive in men's minds the reality of His manhood, showed how the chasm between God and man had been bridged over. That is why art is divine. God made man in His image, especially so the Perfect Man, and man feebly, imperfectly, strives to copy the lineaments of that Perfect Man, tries to copy the work of God. On Palm Sunday, 815, Theodore directed his monks, as a solemn protest, to bear images in procession round the court of the monastery, chanting hymns in their praise. This excited the displeasure of the emperor. He directed that Theodore should be threatened with severe punishment, but such threats could make no impression on so dauntless a spirit. The new patriarch, Theodotus, assembled a council at Constantinople, which abrogated the decrees of the second Nicene Council, and banished images from the churches. This council issued a circular letter, summoning all abbots to appear and assist in the common deliberations at Constantinople ; but a large number of them declined to comply, on the ground that they did not recognize this as a regular assembly. S. Theodore sent a letter to the synod, setting forth that according to ecclesiastical canons, they could not put then- hands to anything in the Church without the consent and the presidency of Nicephorus, the rightful patriarch. As to the abbots who complied with the invitation, the emperor endeavoured to bring them over to his own views, first by friendly words, then by threats. If the latter had no effect, he caused them to be imprisoned or exiled; but after a while ft- |
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