Christian Iconography, the Face of the Incarnation.
One of the most overlooked elements of theology but perhaps the most evident and tangible example of our faith of the Incarnation is Christian art, perhaps even more so than written works, it follows the evolution and the expression of our faith through history, accompanying us and being a testimony of our common living tradition through the centuries, from the early archeology which preserves the tactile memory of how the sacraments developed, to the first iconographic works in which Christians first tried to depict the God made flesh, the God that lived among us and whose body and blood are shared on those early altars to this day. Christian art is the visible memory of the faith in the God who keeps revealing himself through history by the works of the Spirit, through the sacrifice of the Son, and within the Father’s own creation. Christian art is our family photo-book, God lives through those images, and we can connect with our own history, and through it with God himself, through ...
