Are Icons making a comeback in Roman Catholicism?

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I notice this as well. I am almost finished reading “Spirit of the Liturgy” by then Cardinal Ratzinger. He talks about the history of icons in the Roman Church and their importance in the liturgy. I agree go icons!
 
archangel04 said:
I notice this as well. I am almost finished reading “Spirit of the Liturgy” by then Cardinal Ratzinger. He talks about the history of icons in the Roman Church and their importance in the liturgy. I agree go icons!
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I will now be picking up that book. Thanks for the reply. I have been noticing Icons in Roman Catholic churches a lot more recently. Last October I attended a friends wedding out of state and that church had an icon of their patron saint. (St. Anne)
 
Icons have been the norm here, but the icons here are from the Spanish Empire when Spain settled Mexico/New Mexico…I really like the Spanish influenced Catholic art.
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I haven’t attended any iconographer workshop or anything, but making Icons has strict rules. It not merely a “Byzantine style” of artwork. Not sure if the saint in that depiction being off to the right violates that rule. Every icon of a saint I have seen depicts the saint facing forward (towards yourself) and centered.
 
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I haven’t attended any iconographer workshop or anything, but making Icons has strict rules. It not merely a “Byzantine style” of artwork. Not sure if the saint in that depiction being off to the right violates that rule. Every icon of a saint I have seen depicts the saint facing forward (towards yourself) and centered.
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The Priest who made it studied under a Russian-American iconographer. I see your point Constantine, but to me this piece isn’t trying to be Byzantine, its Roman Catholic, and we are happy to see them.
 
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The Priest who made it studied under a Russian-American iconographer. I see your point Constantine, but to me this piece isn’t trying to be Byzantine, its Roman Catholic, and we are happy to see them.
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The style is certainly Byzantine-ish, to coin a term. I’m just saying, because iconography is more than just a pretty picture. The rules are there so we can read icons the same way and get the message of the icon. To deviate from the rules means we may not understand what the icon is trying to tell us. That is the thing I love about iconography, its not like modern art where people look at ink blots and make their own interpretations, like Protestants to the Bible. Because of clear and precise rules, anyone who reads an icon gets the same message.
 
I agree with everything you posted…and that is how I feel about Icons.
 
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