St Theodore the Studite's defence of the icons : theology and philosophy in ninth-century Byzantium / Torstein Theodor Tollefsen.
2018
BR238
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Title
St Theodore the Studite's defence of the icons : theology and philosophy in ninth-century Byzantium / Torstein Theodor Tollefsen.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780191858376 (electronic book)
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Call Number
BR238
Dewey Decimal Classification
246.5309021
Summary
This title provides an investigation of the icon-theology of St Theodore the Studite, mainly as it is presented in his three refutations of the iconoclasts, the Antirrhetici tres adversus iconomachos. Torstein Theodor Tollefsen explores Theodore's 'philosophy of images', namely his doctrine of images and his arguments that justify the legitimacy of images in general and of Christ in particular. Tollefsen offers a historical, theological, and philosophical exploration of Theodore's doctrine of images and his arguments justifying the legitimacy of images and of Christ.
Note
This title provides an investigation of the icon-theology of St Theodore the Studite, mainly as it is presented in his three refutations of the iconoclasts, the Antirrhetici tres adversus iconomachos. Torstein Theodor Tollefsen explores Theodore's 'philosophy of images', namely his doctrine of images and his arguments that justify the legitimacy of images in general and of Christ in particular. Tollefsen offers a historical, theological, and philosophical exploration of Theodore's doctrine of images and his arguments justifying the legitimacy of images and of Christ.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 16, 2018).
Series
Oxford early Christian studies.
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Print version: 9780198816775
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