Christian Icons & Arts

Icons are necessary and essential because they protect the full and proper doctrine of the Incarnation. Venerating icons, having them in churches and homes, is what the Church teaches. They are “open books to remind us of God. “I do not worship matter, but the Creator of matter, who for my sake became material and deigned to dwell in matter, who through matter effected my salvation…” —St. John of Damascus.

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