Lewis We should believe that divine grace is present in the icon of Christ, and that it communicates sanctification to those who draw near with faith. Wisdom, Ancient And modern Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” Genesis 1:26 The icon…fills a constant task, which has been that of Christian art from the beginning: to reveal the true relationships between God and man….To the disoriented world the icon brings a testimony of authenticity, of the reality of another way of life….The icon about God, man, and creation, a new attitude toward the world. We see the figure of Adam depicted in similar colors to the earth around him. In this story, we read also read that “the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and the man became a living being” (Genesis 2:7). Yet in the second creation story, we read about Eve being formed from the side of Adam (Genesis 2:18–22).
The first creation story relates that God created humanity-Adam and Eve-at the same time: “male and female he created them” (Genesis 1:27). In the Creed, we recite that Christ is “true God of true God” and “begotten before the ages,” reminding us that He existed before the creation. The icon reminds us of the presence of the Holy Trinity in creation by depicting Christ as the creator. In Genesis 1:2, we read about “the spirit” moving across the waters. God speaks in the plural voice, as we see in the icon: “Let us…according to our likeness.” This reminds us that God exists as three persons, the Holy Trinity, and all three persons are present in the creation of the world.
There are several noteworthy details in this story. It depicts elements of both the first and second creation stories, in Genesis 1 and 2, respectively.Īt the end of the first creation story, God creates humanity, the culmination of His creative endeavor. The quote at the top of the icon is Genesis 1:26. Additionally, pointing out to communities who are in the midst of debates about the future of memorial landscapes all that is gained AND lost if such landscapes were to be destroyed or removed is hardly “historian-centric” or merely “historians doing historian things.His is an icon of the creation of Adam. Central to these debates has been the question of the proper role of the public historian in community-based, emotionally and politically charged discussions about historical memory and contemporary is hardly inappropriate or overstepping for public historians to make suggestions to communities as to what to do with their public memorial landscapes, nor is it at all intrusive and imposing to try to help communities learn about the educational value of their historic monuments and memorials or about the complexities of historical memory. As the debate over the purpose and future of Confederate monuments and iconography in public culture continues, discussions concerning the role of the public historian in these debates have similarly intensified.
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