CampNazFanatic wrote:
I have seen an icon of the Christ the Holy Wisdom, i think it was on OrthodoxWiki. Unfortunately, I cannot find it anymore. I did, however find the following icon of the "Holy Wisdom of God."
http://www.future-shape-of-church.org/images/wisdom.jpg The icon i was referring to earlier was similar. I'd like feedback on the icon.
The “icon” of Christ Holy Wisdom, and others which attempt to portray Christ as a personification of an attribute of His, such as “Angel of Blessed Silence” has been denounced for many centuries as uncanonical by the Orthodox Church, going back as far as St John of Damascus’ treatise “On the Divine Images”, and the Seventh Ecumenical Council of 787 (canon 82). Subsequent councils, such as the Stoglav (Hundred Chapters) Council of Moscow of 1551, and other rulings of synodal level, reinforced the uncanonicity of these types of images. I can provide more detailed information on this matter, please feel free to contact me by PM.
It is unfortunate, and potentially spiritually damaging, that such uncanonical images continue to be produced and disseminated by Orthodox and non-Orthodox alike.
