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- How can we paint a face we never saw?
An icon identifies its subject through received features, name, and theological context; it is not presented as a forensic photograph. - How could a saint know a request?
Even if saints pray in heaven, what warrants confidence that a particular saint perceives each spoken or silent request? Avoiding the word omniscience does not explain the basis for that confidence. - Huldrych Zwingli
Zürich preacher and reformer, engaged in Scripture, civic reform and disputes over the Supper. - Huldrych Zwingli at Marburg
Zwingli’s letter to Vadian describes the meeting from one participant’s side. Read its confident claims alongside the joint agreement. - Human nature and grace
Human nature remains created and good, wounded by sin and called to holiness. Participation in God is by gift, not a change of human nature into divine essence. - Hunger overtakes Jerusalem during the Babylonian siege
Second Kings describes an exhausted food supply before Jerusalem's wall is breached. Siege warfare reaches civilian households as well as the army. - Hymn Singing
Hymn singing accompanies the lovefeast, with special ensembles on some occasions. Choirs, brass and other music are contextual; the drawing does not imply all ensembles are always present. - Icon screen and curtain
A wood or stone screen bears icons between nave and sanctuary, with a curtain used during services. - Icon Stand
An analogion is a stand that can hold an icon or liturgical book. A central icon stand offers a place to approach and venerate an icon. - Icon with the Triumph of Orthodoxy
This later Byzantine icon commemorates the restoration of icons in 843. Its image within the image makes the act of receiving and honoring sacred images visible. - Iconoclasm and the restoration of icons
Imperial campaigns against icons met theological and monastic resistance. The Second Council of Nicaea in 787 defended honorable veneration of images, and the final restoration of icons in Constantinople in 843 is… - Iconostasis
The iconostasis stands between the nave and sanctuary and bears icons of Christ, the Theotokos, and the saints. It may be a low screen or an elaborate structure with several rows. - ICONS & HOLY THINGS
Icons are venerated as witnesses to Christ and his saints, with honor distinguished from worship due to God. The 1990 joint commission found basic agreement with Eastern icon theology and ancient Oriental practice;… - Icons — The Visible Gospel
An Orthodox learning world with primary evidence, opposing arguments, and clear limits. Debate transcripts are question prompts, not historical authorities. All source summaries are paraphrases. - Ignatius of Antioch
Bishop and martyr whose seven widely accepted letters witness to the real humanity of Christ, the Eucharist, and unity around the bishop, presbyters, and deacons. - Ignatius of Antioch's letters
On the way to martyrdom, Ignatius writes about Christ, episcopal unity, and the Eucharist. - Images and distinct reception
Oriental image practice must not be conditioned on recognition of Nicaea II as an ecumenical council. - Images in Solomon's temple
The temple has cherubim, palm trees, flowers, lions, and oxen. - Images, icons and veneration
Icons bear witness to the incarnate Christ and his saints. Veneration honors the depicted person; worship belongs to God. In 1990 the joint commission affirmed basic agreement between Eastern icon theology and… - Immersion Baptism
Adventist belief identifies baptism as immersion following instruction, repentance and confession of faith. The pool’s installed location is illustrative; the beliefs do not prescribe a building plan. - Immersion Provision
Honolulu teaches full-immersion baptism in response to the gospel. The pool shows the water provision needed for immersion; its installed form and location at Honolulu are not established by the cited pages. - Incense Altar
The gold-covered acacia incense altar measures 1 × 1 × 2 cubits and stands before the veil. Its horns are made with the altar; Aaron burns incense there morning and evening (Exodus 30:1–8). - Independent and nondenominational contexts
Some churches identify through their local community or network. - Indian witness: Gregorios of Parumala
The Malankara church identifies Gregorios as a saint declared in 1947. His tomb church connects teaching, Syriac formation and pilgrimage in Kerala. This is named Malankara reception, not a claim of universal… - Inner Veil
Blue, purple, and scarlet linen woven with cherubim hangs from four gold-covered pillars on silver sockets. This inner veil divides the two holy rooms (Exodus 26:31–33). - Institutes of the Christian Religion
Calvin’s major theological work first appeared in 1536. - Inward-facing Seating
Seats face other worshippers around the centre, as documented at Wandsworth. Bench and chair forms, counts and spacing here are illustrative. - Irenaeus of Lyons
Bishop of Lyons who opposed rival claims to secret saving knowledge by appealing to the public apostolic proclamation, Scripture, and the faith of the churches. - Irenaeus responds to Gnosticism
Irenaeus appeals to Scripture, the rule of faith, and the public succession of apostolic churches against secret-teaching claims. - Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.25.6
Describes Carpocratians honoring images of Christ alongside philosophers in a pagan-style setting. - Is latreia versus proskynesis a word trick?
The defense depends on a real distinction between honor and divine worship, not on assigning a magic meaning to one Greek word. - Is the Eucharist the only image Christ authorized?
Orthodoxy distinguishes a sacramental gift from a pictorial likeness; one need not replace the other. - Is this apostolic tradition or later development?
Continuity of faith and historical elaboration must be distinguished; neither label can replace historical evidence. - Isaac and Rebekah
The covenant promise continues through Isaac and Rebekah's family. - Isaiah
Isaiah holds judgment, holiness, consolation, servant songs, and the hope of renewed creation within one received book. Assyrian crisis, exile, and restoration supply different literary horizons; New Testament… - Isaiah's prophetic ministry
Isaiah addresses Judah amid Assyrian pressure and gives enduring visions of holiness, judgment, a righteous king, and restoration. - Isaiah's throne vision
The holy King's glory fills the temple and Isaiah is purified and sent. - Isaiah's unheeded message and the response to Jesus
Matthew identifies Isaiah's words with hearers who fail to understand Jesus, and John uses the same oracle when reflecting on resistance to his signs. - Israel's wilderness lesson lived by Jesus
Jesus answers hunger and temptation with Israel's lesson about dependence on God's word. - Jachin & Boaz
Two bronze pillars flank the porch: Jachin on the house’s right (south) and Boaz on its left (north), naming the sides while facing east out of the sanctuary. Kings gives eighteen-cubit shafts, a twelve-cubit…