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Letter of Lentulus

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===Summary===
According to both tradition and in historical accounts, there was an early [[icon]] of [[Christ]] that men of the East believed was created in a miraculous manner during Christ's lifetime and which they guarded and reverenced. Furthermore, the three descriptions of an early icon as given by St [[John of Damascus]] in the 8th century, in the 11th century text edited by [[w:Dionysius of Fourna|Dionysius of Fourna]], and in the 14th century text of [[w:Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos|Nicephorus Callistus]], agree in many details and must all derive from a common source. If the ''Letter of Lentulus'' that was discovered in the 15th century is apocryphal as some scholars allege, nevertheless it also belongs to and carries forward this same iconographic tradition that was held by examples of prime Byzantine historians as authentic.<ref group="note">In a discussion of the ''Letter of Lentulus'' on a Greek weblog (''[http://www.truthison.com/viewtopic.php?t=12013&p=68991 Publius Lentulus και το υποτιθέμενο γράμμα στον Καίσαρα]''), one contributor has conjectured that both [[Mount Athos]] and [[Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain]] (in his ''Unseen Warfare'') regard the letter as authentic.</ref><ref group="note">Note that a [https://www.textmanuscripts.com/medieval/sermons-holy-thursday-61032 15th century medieval manuscript from Germany] by an unknown author, contains a Sermon for '''Holy Thursday''', together with the '''Letter of Lentulus'''. The inclusion of the Letter of Lentulus on the “form and stature” of Christ would make sense to accompany a treatise on the Eucharist. In addition, during the services for '''Holy Thursday''' evening in 2021, at the St. Isidore Orthodox Church, on the Lycabettus Hill, in Athens, Greece, the Letter of Lentulus was read in Greek amongst the twelve Passion Gospels.</ref>
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