Can we make our Eastern Brethren feel more at home?

[MarkRohfrietsch]

The intent is to have a single faith icon for all Catholics; one that is friendly to both Roman and Eastern Catholics and all other Catholics. The current icon under consideration is the Patriarchal Cross

Yes, that's the idea.

Yes, a common Icon!

 

[GoingByzantine]

Look at this beautiful image of the Patriarchal Cross with the keys of Saint Peter.

http://www.marysrosaries.com/collaboration/images/1/1d/Keys_and_Patriarchal_Cross_001.jpg

 

[Azureknight 773]

I'm ok with it since the Church herself is not Catholic only for the Latin/Western Rite folks but it is also Catholic for the Easterners themselves and we Westerners should embrace them.

 

[IgnatiusOfAntioch]

Look at this beautiful image of the Patriarchal Cross with the keys of Saint Peter.

http://www.marysrosaries.com/collaboration/images/1/1d/Keys_and_Patriarchal_Cross_001.jpg

That would be Perfect!

 

[Anhelyna]

Agreed - it's a beautiful image .

BUT it would have to be re-worked as that has been done in stained glass . I have a feeling though, that once re-worked and shrunk down to the size , the keys would just be seen as wee squiggles.

I'm still for the Patriarchal Cross with no attachments/additions. It will be so small that to stand out and be obvious to people that it is the Catholic Faith Icon it needs to be as simple as possible - we just need to be very very careful with the spacing for the horizontal bars.

 

[gurneyhalleck1]

Oh ok. That's what I get for blowing through the thread at 100 mph!

Meh, I don't see the point. I would prefer something that sets the two apart as rites rather than some unity symbol. I can appreciate the two want one symbol I guess, but for me if I end up doing this EC thing (which I frequently am starting to realize most likely isn't tenable for me), I don't want to be confused with Latins. I just think and believe so utterly different than them. I respect and like them a great deal, but I bleed Eastern. I actually got excited about this thread thinking people wanted a Latin symbol for Romans and an EC symbol for the Eastern folks! Oops!

I was under the impression everyone was collaborating for a universal icon that both sides could use...

 

[Anhelyna]

Gurney - you are forgiven

Are you handy with programmes for sorting out the proportions of the Patriarchal Cross ?

It really needs to be checked - proportions don't look quite right to me and I can't play with graphics programmes

 

[George95]

Gurney - you are forgiven

Are you handy with programmes for sorting out the proportions of the Patriarchal Cross ?

It really needs to be checked - proportions don't look quite right to me and I can't play with graphics programmes

The proportions of what?

 

[Anhelyna]

The proportions of the teeny tiny Patriarchal Cross

 

[Michie]

That would be Perfect!

Agreed.

 

[GoingByzantine]

Does anyone know what kind of cross the OO use as their faith icon?

My parish has one just like it?

 

[Anhelyna]

you mean this one




I like it - but it's taken

 

[GoingByzantine]

you mean this one




I like it - but it's taken

I wouldn't want to take it, but it sure is neat.

That plain patriarchal cross is so simple but perfect.

 

[Anhelyna]

Actually I've always thought that OO Cross and Episcopal Cross were very similar .

I reckon that if we went for the unadorned Patriarchal Cross it would be very individualistic - there's nothing else like it on CF

 

[Anhelyna]

Hmmmm - just found something which may let me re-size it.

Off on the hunt

 

[GoingByzantine]

Actually I've always thought that OO Cross and Episcopal Cross were very similar .

I reckon that if we went for the unadorned Patriarchal Cross it would be very individualistic - there's nothing else like it on CF

The EO have a simple cross, but it really stands out. I think the unadorned patriarchisl cross would have a similiar feel.

 

[Anhelyna]

HUH - that idea didn't work

 

[Anhelyna]

That's certainly true - I've often thought that simple things design wise look best

 

[GoingByzantine]

Did it not look good when you resized it?

 

[MoreCoffee]

Here's a "gold" cross.