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Image, Devotional
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[German Version] To be a “devotional image” in the sense of
excitandum devotionis affectus (Thomas Aquinas,
Sententiae III dist. 9 q.1a2), that is, to elicit a feeling of devoutness, is, according to the Christian doctrine of images, the task and justification of all images. The corresponding German word formation
Andachtsbild is traced back to J.W. v. Goethe, who also spoke of
Andachtsgebäude (“devotional buildings”). In common usage, devotional images were usually small-sized, mostly graphic images that were fixed to the wall or placed in the prayer boo…
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Religion Past and Present
