Icons have been in the news this week. First there was the article by Megan Hill about, Why Jesus Doesn’t Belong in Christmas Dećor. This was well responded to by Bishop Kenneth Myers. Than there was Aisha Harris‘ article on race and Santa which inspired Megyn Kelly to argue that not only was Santa white but so was Jesus. *Face palm*
This has reignited the question of Jesus’ race and Icons have come up again, and I ran into this defense of Jesus’ whiteness which I thought demonstrated a poor understanding of icons which should also be addressed:
With all this talk about icons and images I thought it would be a great idea to chat about the history, and theology of icons in the Catholic and Orthodox churches. I had the great pleasure of hosting a two hour conversation with a collection of Christians from all over the theological landscape in the r/Christianity community about what Icons are and why they are important to the faith. Take a watch!
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