Within the Eastern tradition of Christianity, the eikon, or religious image, has long held a place of honor. In the grea
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Table of contents :
Icons in the Eastern tradition --
Images and the Western church --
Vatican II's "noble simplicity" : icons, images, and the Roman church today --
Engaging the East : a Western defense of icons --
Possible directions for increased Western use of icons --
Ecumenical implications.