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The church father John of Damascus argued "that God's taking on human form sanctified the human image, noting that the humanity of Christ formed an image of God; therefore, artists could use human images to depict the incarnate Word as well as human saints."
Revelation 5:8 presents the saints in Heaven as linked by prayer with their fellow Christians on earth. The communion of saints (Latin: commūniō sānctōrum, Ancient Greek: κοινωνίᾱ τῶν Ἁγῐ́ων, romanized: koinōníā tôn Hagíōn), when referred to persons, is the spiritual union of the members of the Christian Church, living and the dead, but excluding the damned. [1]
The altar in an Orthodox Church usually contains relics of saints, [35] often of martyrs. Church interiors are covered with the icons of saints. When an Orthodox Christian venerates icons of a saint he is venerating the image of God which he sees in the saint. Eremitic Saint Onuphrius by Emmanuel Tzanes, 1662
Mary crowned in Heaven by Jesus or jointly with God the Father, surrounded by Cherubim and/or Saints A Baroque version by Rubens , c. 1625 The Coronation of the Virgin or Coronation of Mary is a subject in Christian art , especially popular in Italy in the 13th to 15th centuries, but continuing in popularity until the 18th century and beyond.
For example, Marian apparitions that depict Mary as the eschatological image of the church: shining like the Sun, wearing a beautiful crown, etc. Another example is saints visiting heaven. Some visits describe heaven in material or physical terms, such as the vision of Anna Schäffer: While I was praying, I was enraptured from the world.
Gustave Dore's image of the beatific vision, from Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. In Christianity, the Bible states that God "dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has even seen or can see" (1 Timothy 6:16), but when God reveals himself to us in heaven we will then see him face to face (1 Corinthians 13:12). [19]
Each saint is said to have led an exemplary life and symbols have been used to tell these stories throughout the history of the Church. [2] A number of Christian saints are traditionally represented by a symbol or iconic motif associated with their life, termed an attribute or emblem , in order to identify them.
The example Holy Family with Saints Anne and John the Baptist (Mantegna) portrays their Presentation of Jesus at the Temple and includes other Saints in the image. Marian apparition the Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe is the most-visited Catholic shrine in the world, and the venerated icon has a sunburst of straight and wavy gold rays alternate ...