Why is this strange painting so important? It is a literal illustration of the Chalcedonian formula for the nature of Christ as fully human and fully divine: the Sinai Pantocrator is one of the oldest surviving images of this kind, preserved from the iconoclasts by being very, very far from the imperial centre at Constantinople.
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At the forefront of theological renewal today is a renewed hunger for God—a genuine desire for depth, for mystery, for communion. I sense this not only intuitively but anecdotally too, in how people are reaching again for metaphysical and theological language to make sense of their lives. This is one of the reasons I enjoy the work of Ry…