Comments on: Bulgakov Blog Conference, Response to Dunlap http://www.thelandofunlikeness.com/2008/10/07/bulgakov-blog-conference-response-to-dunlap/ Catholic Anglican Reflections on Theology and Culture Sun, 11 Jul 2010 19:17:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Janet Leslie Blumberg http://www.thelandofunlikeness.com/2008/10/07/bulgakov-blog-conference-response-to-dunlap/comment-page-1/#comment-761 Janet Leslie Blumberg Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:59:59 +0000 http://www.thelandofunlikeness.com/2008/10/07/bulgakov-blog-conference-response-to-dunlap/#comment-761 Absolutely fascinating! Thanks very much. Absolutely fascinating! Thanks very much.

]]> By: Henry Karlson http://www.thelandofunlikeness.com/2008/10/07/bulgakov-blog-conference-response-to-dunlap/comment-page-1/#comment-759 Henry Karlson Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:25:39 +0000 http://www.thelandofunlikeness.com/2008/10/07/bulgakov-blog-conference-response-to-dunlap/#comment-759 Janet, When I wrote that (rather quickly, as I am trying to go through replies on here right now), what was in my mind was the way the iconophiles (like St Theodore the Studite) defended images. For example they would point out that when the Apostles saw Christ, they saw him with his image before him; that an image is proper to his person and not a mere accident. Thus what is imagined in an image (such as an icon or a statue) is a part of the prototype itself... but if creaturely Sophia is an image of God, then that image (creaturely Sophia) would be a part of who God is in eternity. I hope that makes some sense (I am not sure if I helped or hindered things with this quick reply). Janet,

When I wrote that (rather quickly, as I am trying to go through replies on here right now), what was in my mind was the way the iconophiles (like St Theodore the Studite) defended images. For example they would point out that when the Apostles saw Christ, they saw him with his image before him; that an image is proper to his person and not a mere accident. Thus what is imagined in an image (such as an icon or a statue) is a part of the prototype itself… but if creaturely Sophia is an image of God, then that image (creaturely Sophia) would be a part of who God is in eternity.

I hope that makes some sense (I am not sure if I helped or hindered things with this quick reply).

]]> By: Janet Leslie Blumberg http://www.thelandofunlikeness.com/2008/10/07/bulgakov-blog-conference-response-to-dunlap/comment-page-1/#comment-752 Janet Leslie Blumberg Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:35:23 +0000 http://www.thelandofunlikeness.com/2008/10/07/bulgakov-blog-conference-response-to-dunlap/#comment-752 Hello Henry, This is a fascinating phraseology when you say, "And because an image is always contained within the one whose image is being imagined, it is for this reason that...." Could you explain just a bit more about what you were thinking when you wrote this? (And who is doing the imagining, in this clause?) I'm very interested in the image and imaging, so I'd love to hear a bit more from you on this. Hello Henry,
This is a fascinating phraseology when you say, “And because an image is always contained within the one whose image is being imagined, it is for this reason that….”
Could you explain just a bit more about what you were thinking when you wrote this? (And who is doing the imagining, in this clause?) I’m very interested in the image and imaging, so I’d love to hear a bit more from you on this.

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