Thomas More and the Defense of Images in the Dialogue Concerning Heresies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20145786 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brenda Deen Schildgen (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 47 (Number 181 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 235-256 |
| Publication date | 2010-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Moreana (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-8105 • E-ISSN: 2398-4961 |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3366/more.2010.47.3-4.12 |
| OpenAlex | W2525335921 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
Thomas More’s Dialogue Concerning Heresies (1529) argues against iconoclasm in the context of Reformation attacks against the role of art in pious practices. In probing the biblical prohibitions against “idols” and not against images, he follows a long tradition of defense of images in Catholic religious practice. Repeating the Byzantine councils that had debated the image issue and Gregory the Great’s sixth-century letters to the Bishop of Marseilles, he distinguishes between worship and veneration to argue that devotion to images is not idolatry. His unique contribution is to argue against “sola scriptura” by proposing that images and words are both signs
Archaeology · Art · Byzantine architecture · Context (archaeology) · Heresy · Iconoclasm · Idolatry · Literature · Theology · Veneration · Worship · Byzantine Studies and History · Classics · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome · History · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |