Depicting God

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Depicting God and the Divine in Christian
tradition Duke University January 13, 2006
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???????? ???????. You shall not make for
yourself a graven image, or any likeness of
anything that is in heaven above, or that is in
the earth beneath, or that is in the water under
the earth.
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• Icon Depicting God the Father
• Question  I have received a large 19th century
  Russian icon depicting God the Father. The Holy
  Spirit in the usual form of a dove is also shown.
  However, Christos is excluded. I have never
  before seen this particular representation. Is
  this unusual?
• Answer   Dr. Alexander Roman alex_at_unicorne.org
• The icon is unusual in a few ways.First of all,
  traditional Orthodox iconographic rules state
  that God the Father is NOT to be represented in
  any way. Therefore, the representation of the
  Father as the "Ancient of Days" is not permitted,
  even though iconographers do take their liberties
  and do write such icons.

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TB 554
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TB 558
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