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 What do you feel was the most significant point presented in this lesson?

            The most significant point is that icons are sanctified and are a source of sanctification through which the grace of God works, and that through them, one is put on the path of salvation. Also of immense importance is that the icon is equal to the Scriptures in its capacity to teach. St. Basil the Great expresses this truth when he states that “that which the word [of Scripture] communicates by sound, the painting shows silently by representation.” The Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council agreed, for they also stated that the two mediums accompany one another and that through them one gains a knowledge of the same thing.