The Last Judgement: The Culmination of Christian Symbolism

Описание: This is a talk I gave for Ralston College on the Icon of the Last Judgement, exploring Orthodox Christian imagery to understand ontology, theology, and how identity, symbolism, and fractals work in the medieval worldview.

Ralston College website: https://www.ralston.ac/
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Coming up
00:28 - Intro music
00:55 - Introduction
05:01 - Start of talk
06:08 - The Last Judgement
10:19 - Church architecture
13:28 - Example: Crucifixion
16:10 - Another example: Adam and Eve in Hades
17:14 - What is the Last Judgement? Sheep & Goats
23:34 - Heavenly man
24:43 - Body/church
26:47 - The ascension: face and body
28:27 - Peter and Paul
33:56 - Ideal man judges all
36:40 - The prepared throne
38:59 - Heaven above, hell below
42:38 - Gathering into the Cross
46:47 - Self-giving
49:57 - Hell and disintegration
54:30 - Q&A starts: How do we find our way from division to unity?
57:28 - Plato
59:00 - Unity and uniformity
01:00:08 - Questions about the icons
01:03:36 - Man as judge
01:04:15 - The aspects of the Left
01:04:55 - All the Saints
01:07:58 - Can the symbolic and Thomistic views be integrated?
01:09:03 - How we can translate masculinity and femininity symbolism
01:14:12 - How do you read and interpret images

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My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.