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“The Eastern Church tradition places words and images on an equal in many icons of Mary with the infant Jesus, Mary looks not at the
footing. The great theologian St. John of Damascus (c. 675–749) Christ Child, but directly at the viewer, locking eyes and drawing
points out that ‘just as words encourage hearing, so do images us in. Likewise the Baby Jesus is not looking at Mary, but over her
stimulate the eyes’. He regards words written in books as verbal head or shoulder, drawing the observer’s attention upward to God.
icons. The text or speech expresses a mental picture. This funda-
mental equivalence between words and images, between theology I find all of this very interesting, and one of the things I appreci-
and iconography leads implicitly to the forms being standardized.” ate about iconography is how conducive it is to “reading,” to
considering consistent themes and ways of presenting them.
In addition to standardization for the purpose of conveying
specific doctrines, there was also a shift in style. Realism became Yet even as I reflect on the ways that Christian theology influenced
less emphasized as things became someone disproportionate. Eyes culture and changed it, I find myself wondering even more: how
became larger, noses and fingers longer in part to communicate have my beliefs changed me. How is the Gospel altering the way I
the idea that the figures being presented no longer exist as we do. look at the world. That’s a healthy question for all of us to consider.
In paradise their senses will be heightened. Feet are depicted so as
not to really touch the ground, but give the slight feeling of hover- You can see the similarity in style and material by considering the
ing, and eyes do not look where one would expect. For example, examples below:
On this side are various examples of mummy
portraits from the Getty.
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Saints in the Episcopal Church
When we begin Christian Ed again on September 12, we will be using a new curriculum that will open up a Fall varietyCof•opportunities
2010
Saints in the
for interaction between the age groups of the church, as well as provide times for small group discussions and activities. Some of the
material provided by this curriculum, Living the Good News, will provide a broad overview of our specific traditions as Anglicans/
Episcopal Church
Episcopalians as well as the broader traditions of the church catholic. In this month’s Grail we are including an introduction to the
way that Saints are treated in the Episcopal Church. Following this theme, there will also be a description ofFall C • 2010
memorated by the kneeling cushions around our altar rail. Saints in the the various Saints com-
Episcopal Church
The Church has set aside certain days to commemorate
the lives of specific Christians. Most of these days are
Based on methods used in France and England,
Gallaudet’s school became the model for other public
listed in The Book of Common Prayer and described in schools for the hearing impaired in this country. At least
Lesser Feasts and Fasts. 10 such schools were established during the next Fall50Cyears.• 2010
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the lives of been added
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impairments, but he was the first to bring their plight to was educated at Trinity College (Hartford, Connecticut)
national attention. He opened the School for the Deaf in and Yale University. He then read for holy orders and
Hartford, Connecticut, in 1817. became the first person with a major hearing impairment
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Kneeler Cushions
Thanks to the generosity of Beth Longmire and the diligent with Paul and Barnabas did not
work of Dare Bauer, Dare Williams Estok, Stephanie Lowe, satisfy Paul, but he was later
Boo Tidwell, the late Betty Ryan, as well as Terry Smith of with Paul in Rome. Eusebius,
McAlister’s Upholstery, who donated the upholstery work, we possibly relying on a very early
dedicated three new kneelers on August 29. tradition, tells us that Mark
was the Bishop of Alexandria
Because of their efforts, kneelers commemorating St. Peter, St. Paul,
(Egypt), but he is also tradition-
and St. Simon have joined the others at our altar rail. The following
ally associated with the city of
is a brief explanation of all of the saints commemorated to date.
Venice, Italy (hence the symbol
St. Joseph of Arimathea of Venice being a winged lion).
His feast day is the 25 of April.
The patron of our congregation,
commemorated by the large St. Luke
cushion in the center of the One of the four evangelists,
altar rail. St. Luke is considered to
St. Joseph was a wealthy and have been the author of both
respected leader among the the Gospel of Luke and the
Jewish people. A member of Acts of the Apostles. His
the Sanhedrin, he is referred symbol is the Ox. Sev-
to as the ‘councillor’ (Lk. eral facts of his life can be
23:50). After the Crucifixion he gathered from the Pauline
requested from Pilate the body epistles and from Acts, if
of Christ and gave it burial the same day (Mt. 27:60, Mk. 15:46, the ‘we-sections’ (Acts
Lk. 23:53; cf. Jn. 19:42, etc.). He is described as a ‘good and just 16:10–17; 20:5–21:18;
man’ (Lk. 23:50) and as a disciple, ‘but secretly for fear of the 27:1–28:16) are parts of his
Jews’ (Jn. 19:38). According to the apocryphal ‘Gospel of Nico- travel journal. According to Col. 4:14, he was a physician, and it
demus’ he played an important part in the foundation of the first has been inferred from Col. 4:11 that he was a Gentile (an inference
Christian community at Lydda. In the ‘De Antiquitate Glastoni- corroborated by his idiomatic Greek). He was a companion of St.
ensis Ecclesie’, written by William of Malmesbury between 1129 Paul on his second and third missionary journeys, and went with
and 1139, occurs the earliest mention of the story that St. Joseph him to Rome where he stayed during his captivity. Some traditions
came to England with the Holy Grail and built the first church in associate him with ‘the brother’ of 2 Cor. 8:18, a view followed by
the country at Glastonbury, but the passage relating this incident the Book of Common Prayer collect for his feast (18 Oct.).
was added to the book at least a century later. Feast day in the St. John
East and the American Book of Common Prayer (1979), 31 July;
in the Wester (Roman Catholic), 17 March. Commemorated along with
the other Evangelists (i.e.
St. Matthew Matthew, Mark, and Luke).
Apostle and Evangelist. His The authors of each Gospel,
name occurs in all four lists of based upon the themes of
the 12 Apostles (Mt. 10:3, Mk. their writing, have long
3:18, Lk. 6:15, and Acts 1:13). been associated with one
In Mt. 10:3 he is described as a of the four living creatures
publican. The call of Matthew which surround the throne
by Christ is recorded in Mt. 9:9, of God in the Book of Eze-
as well as in parallel passages in kiel and Revelation; John’s
Mark and Luke, where the name symbol is the eagle. John is
given is Levi. He is said to have traditionally seen as the author of the Fourth Gospel, the Book of
made a collection of Christ’s Revelation, and three of the Catholic Epistles. He was the son of
sayings in Hebrew and is traditionally held to have been the Zebedee (Mt. 4:21), and together with his brother St. James and
author of the First Gospel (which is sometimes called the most St. Peter, he belonged to the inner group of disciples who were
Jewish of the Gospels). His symbol is the winged man, and his present at the raising of Jairus’s daughter (Mk. 5:37), the Trans-
feast day is Sep. 21. figuration (Mt. 17:1), and the Agony in the Garden (Mt. 26:37).
The Lord designated him and his brother Boanerges, which
St. Mark according to Mk. (3:17) means ‘sons of thunder’. Many scholars,
The Evangelist, traditionally held to be the interpreter of St. Peter. though not all, associate John with the Beloved Disciple of the
He (and his Gospel) is symbolized by a winged lion. He was a com- Gospel of John, making John the disciple designated by Christ to
panion of St. Paul and is traditionally identified with John Mark, care for Mary, and the only male disciple present at the Crucifix-
the cousin of St. Barnabas (Col. 4:10). His reasons for turning ion. His feast day is the 27th of December.
back from the first missionary journey on which he had departed
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St. Peter where he was martyred under the Emperor Nero around 64 A.D..
Tradition says that he asked to be crucified upside down because
Prince of the Apostles, his
he did not believe himself worthy to die in the same manner as
symbol is an upside down
Christ. Two of the Catholic Epistles are ascribed to Peter, and the
Latin cross with keys super-
Gospel of Mark is said to convey his teaching relating to Jesus’
imposed. Like many of the
earthly ministry. There are historical reasons to believe that his
saints outside the four evan-
tomb in St. Peter’s, Rome, is authentic.
gelists, his symbol relates not
only to his ministry but to his In addition to the feast of Ss. Peter and Paul on June 29, we also
martyrdom. Our knowledge celebrate the Confession of St. Peter on January 18th.
of his life and personality is
St. Paul
derived chiefly from the Gos-
pels, Acts, St. Paul’s Epistle to The Apostle of the Gentiles.
the Galatians, and tradition. According to the Gospel of St. John His symbol is a sword and
(1:44), he was a native of Bethsaida, a village near lake Tiberias, an open bible emblazoned
and in the Johannine account (1:35–42) he is introduced to the with the words “Spiritus
Lord by his brother St. Andrew and given the name ‘Cephas’, Gladius,” Sword of the
the Aramaic equivalent of the Greek ‘Peter’. In all the lists of the Spirit. Born in the first few
twelve apostles Peter’s name appears first and he is present on all years A.D. Paul, originally
the occasions when only a small inner group is admitted, namely called Saul, was a Jew of the
the raising of Jairus’s daughter (Mt. 9:18–26), at the Transfigura- tribe of Benjamin, a native
tion (Mt. 17:1–8), and at the Agony in the Garden (Mt. 26:37). of Tarsus in Cilicia and is
He usually takes the lead and is the mouthpiece of the disciples. indicated by Acts to have
After Peter professes his belief in Christ, the Son of the living had Roman citizenship. He
God (Mt. 16:16), and the disciples are silenced, Matthew adds the was raised as a Pharisee and may have had some education at
Lord’s promise ‘Thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my Jerusalem under the famous teacher Gamaliel. His life in Judaism
church’, together with the keys of heaven and the power of bind- (Gal. 1:14) gave him his trust in God, experience of the Law, and
ing and loosing (16:18 f.). After the ascension, Peter becomes the a thorough knowledge of the Scriptures, as well as his methods
first Bishop of Antioch, and after several years, travels to Rome of arguing from Scripture. As a Jew of the Diaspora, he spoke
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