Résumé
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The word 'Pantocrator' is practically unknown in the West, whereas the icon of Christ does appear here and there. Is the Christ Pantocrator therefore just the outmoded souvenir of a distant Byzantine civilisation, or can it help us today, in the ambiguity of our contemporary world, to rediscover the image of Jesus Christ's divino-humanity? This question guided the author's research, or rather set it in the direction of the One who is 'the Way, the Truth and the Life'. Based on the Bible and the writings of the Church Fathers, it opts for the 'Truth' of the Christ Pantocrator, that is to say the All-powerful, or Sustainer of the World. Then, going more deeply into the Christological origins of this icon, justified by the seven Ecumenical Councils, it demonstrates the 'catholicity' therein. This universality is easily confirmed by the eight icons of the Christ Pantocrator presented in this book: the first situated in Rome in the catacombs, the second in France, not forgetting the one at Mount Sinai as well as the magnificent Byzantine mosaics in Ravenna, Saint Sophia and the Daphnion! Moreover, the topicality of the Pantocrator establishes itself by philosophical meditation: by authenticating the field of experience, phenomenology makes an encounter with the contemplated subject possible. This encounter with the Christ Pantocrator reminds us of Dostoevsky's phrase: 'Beauty will save the world', knowing that, for the writer and the theologian, Beauty is Christ!
L'auteur - Marina Copsidas
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Caractéristiques techniques
PAPIER | |
Éditeur(s) | Cerf |
Auteur(s) | Marina Copsidas |
Parution | 03/12/2009 |
Format | 16 x 22.5 |
Couverture | Broché |
Poids | 420g |
EAN13 | 9782204089722 |
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