PAINTING GOD

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PAINTING GOD

The podcast of the Arbor Vitae Icon Painting Academy, exploring the vast and mesmerising world of Byzantine iconography from a Catholic perspective. Ian is an Englishman, a professional icon painter, founder of the Bethlehem Icon School, and author of the Icon Painter's Handbook. He runs the Arbor Vitae Icon Academy from his current home in the Italian Alps. This podcast focuses on all things related to Byzantine iconography, from the spirituality through the theology to the nitty gritty of painting icons. Ian is a practising Roman Catholic, with a degree in theology from Oxford University

  1. 11/15/2024

    Catholic confusion

    Catholicism 'does' art, but it often seems to find Byantine icons 'alien'. Some short introductory thoughts about why that might be the case.

    13 min

  2. 10/25/2024

    Behold I make all things new! The story of a new icon

    A recent commission which I finished is an icon entitled Behold I make All Things New . This is an explanation of this new design... enjoy!

    35 min

  3. 10/18/2024

    The first images of Jesus? A tantalising exploration of some exciting possibilities.

    What images of Jesus did the first Christians have? How did they depict him? Looking at some fragments of evidence I speculate on what images the first Christians had of Jesus and what he might have looked like... and its not quite as you might think...

    38 min

  4. 10/11/2024

    Icons are all about... Christology!

    The 7th Ecumenical Council wasn't so much about images per se but about Christology and the implications of who Jesus was for the way Christians worshipped. This episode is a bit of a tour de force about the way Christology shaped the early Church and eventually led it to see images as essential in its worship.

    32 min

  5. 09/20/2024

    Episode 16: Icons: its all in a word.

    Early Christians had seven different words they could choose to describe a sacred image. They chose just one...

    41 min

  6. 09/06/2024

    Icons, secularism and the Liturgy

    Icons belong to the liturgy, but the Catholic and Orthodox forms differ. Trying to find a way for a renewal of iconography is complicated both by these differences but also because of secularisation which affects both communities differently.,,

    38 min

  7. 08/23/2024

    Do Protestant objections to the veneration of images hold water?

    A short response to a few of the points raised by by Gavin Ortlund (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) who serves as senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Ojai in this video https://youtu.be/_ytYX4dXpRo?si=cMWXP56lYZDgR6yJ

    23 min

  8. 08/17/2024

    A live open question session based on the recent podcast series

    Orthodox icons in Catholic Churches...

    1 hr
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The podcast of the Arbor Vitae Icon Painting Academy, exploring the vast and mesmerising world of Byzantine iconography from a Catholic perspective. Ian is an Englishman, a professional icon painter, founder of the Bethlehem Icon School, and author of the Icon Painter's Handbook. He runs the Arbor Vitae Icon Academy from his current home in the Italian Alps. This podcast focuses on all things related to Byzantine iconography, from the spirituality through the theology to the nitty gritty of painting icons. Ian is a practising Roman Catholic, with a degree in theology from Oxford University

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