Thanks for your comments, Thelma. I'm glad you're a former Protestant. I left the Church for a decade, and on my way back I spent some years in Protestant churches. But the Eucharist and the Sacred Tradition as the one sure source of true interpretation of the Sacred Scriptures brought me back home. Stay Catholic, my friend!
I agree with you about why to convert. When my catechesis began I told my FSSP priest, “I want to live and die Catholic.” He humbly replied, “That’s what I always say.” God bless!
I share your aversion to de Chardin. In a revision after I first posted this, I mentioned that Ian Knowles's icon was partly inspired by some of de Chardin's ideas, on request by the patron who commissioned it. As they say, Even a broken clock can be right sometimes. Pope John Paul II mentioned some of his ideas favorably. And not that he's my final authority, so has Pope Francis. Glad you like Hilary White too. Someone worth reading and supporting.
From email: Hi Roseanne, thanks for sending it to me and I read the article with interest. I should say that I am not a devotee of de Chardin, but I appreciate some of his insights, and that the brief was from the client to base the image around de Chardin's teaching. But congratulations on a thorough essay and delighted to have been a part, God bless, Ian Knowles
The works of Teilhard de Chardin were condemned by the Church in the early 1960s during the pontificate of Pope John XXIII. I'd suggest look for better sources.
P.S. Thank you for mentioning Hilary White ! I love her articles.
I share your aversion to de Chardin for the same reason and for the fact that he was part of a notorious fraud as an anthropologist, and for other reasons. I edited this after my first email to clarify that Ian Knowles followed some of de Chardin's ideas in making the icon on the request of the patron who commissioned it. He is not a follower of de Chardin. Incidentally, both popes John Paul II and Francis have mentioned some of de Chardin's theories favorably. As they say, even a stopped clock is right twice a day. I'm glad we sharing a liking for Hilary White's work. She is greatly deserving of being read and supported.
Sorry…iconography.
I don’t plan to reject all naturalism or even sentiment if it nurtured our forbears. And I’m a former Protestant.
Thank you.
Thanks for your comments, Thelma. I'm glad you're a former Protestant. I left the Church for a decade, and on my way back I spent some years in Protestant churches. But the Eucharist and the Sacred Tradition as the one sure source of true interpretation of the Sacred Scriptures brought me back home. Stay Catholic, my friend!
I agree with you about why to convert. When my catechesis began I told my FSSP priest, “I want to live and die Catholic.” He humbly replied, “That’s what I always say.” God bless!
I found the first half of this piece the most interesting. And I fully agree in my disapproval of the example given for Jesus’ doe eyes.
That said I am glad you are not convinced of the superiority of icon
I share your aversion to de Chardin. In a revision after I first posted this, I mentioned that Ian Knowles's icon was partly inspired by some of de Chardin's ideas, on request by the patron who commissioned it. As they say, Even a broken clock can be right sometimes. Pope John Paul II mentioned some of his ideas favorably. And not that he's my final authority, so has Pope Francis. Glad you like Hilary White too. Someone worth reading and supporting.
From email: Hi Roseanne, thanks for sending it to me and I read the article with interest. I should say that I am not a devotee of de Chardin, but I appreciate some of his insights, and that the brief was from the client to base the image around de Chardin's teaching. But congratulations on a thorough essay and delighted to have been a part, God bless, Ian Knowles
The works of Teilhard de Chardin were condemned by the Church in the early 1960s during the pontificate of Pope John XXIII. I'd suggest look for better sources.
P.S. Thank you for mentioning Hilary White ! I love her articles.
I share your aversion to de Chardin for the same reason and for the fact that he was part of a notorious fraud as an anthropologist, and for other reasons. I edited this after my first email to clarify that Ian Knowles followed some of de Chardin's ideas in making the icon on the request of the patron who commissioned it. He is not a follower of de Chardin. Incidentally, both popes John Paul II and Francis have mentioned some of de Chardin's theories favorably. As they say, even a stopped clock is right twice a day. I'm glad we sharing a liking for Hilary White's work. She is greatly deserving of being read and supported.