Iconography
From Kristos Vocabulary Booster
English
Noun
iconography (plural iconographies)
- A set of specified or traditional symbolic forms associated with the subject or theme of a stylized genre of art
Tracy Hall wrote:
> On Feb 13, 2005, at 5:11 pm, Matthew Johnson wrote
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> > I see, Tracy, that this is but one example of a very sad trend
> > you have displayed in your posts: you keep seeing things that
> > are NOT in the text, then proclaiming with great certainty that
> > they really are there. This habit will only bring you grief.
>
SNIP
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> If, when all things are revealed, we learn that Job was, in fact,
> completely innocent and without sin throughout his entire life, then
I
> will rejoice for him.
>
But that is not what is taught in Job. What is revealed is that Job,
like all men after the fall, acted selfishly, that is, he operated as
all men do after the fall. Job was guilty of the error of assuming
that the universe operated according to a principle of rationality.
The consuming passion of Job for vindication suddenly presented itself
as ludicrous once he is placed in God's presence. Job repented of
his misconception of God, not of any alleged sin of commission on which
his three friends had focused. To think wrongly of God is to be guilty
of the very essence of idolatry. This presumes that Job, like all men
after the fall, did not operate under a perfect inclination toward God.
If he was innocent even as Adam was once innocent, then his "link" to
God would not have produced a misconception of God or His justice. Man
was created prefect in that before the entrance of sin, he derived his
knowledge of God directly from God. Adam's sin was not that of
misconception. Job's was.
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