From: "Peter Jovanovic" <peterzoran-AT-hotmail.com> Subject: Re: AUT: universality, singularity, messianic Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 16:13:05 +1000 hi all Angela wrote: >There is a distinction between, ot1h, christianity, and otoh, judaism and >islam. The latter contain an injunction against representations of god, >in >a philosophical register, this is an injunction against representing >infinitude. i might be totally off the track here but i think in about the 8th century the Eastern Christian Church (ie the one controlled by the Byzantine Empire) issued an edict ordering all icons destroyed. thus the only surviving icons from that period are from those parts (such as Syria) that had already been conquered by the Islamic Empire or whatever it was called then. obviously the ban was lifted at some stage (i'd guess no later than the 12th century) as Eastern Orthodox churches are now again full of icons. pete _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. --- from list aut-op-sy-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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