Abstract
“The Reformation shattered the synthesis of art and Christianity and undermined the Christian confidence in symbols as reliable ways of embodying or stating Christian truth…. Gradually, however, Protestants began to appreciate what they had so deliberately and consistently rejected…. The undermining of the iconoclastic tradition in Protestantism and the recovery of the power of symbolism can be seen in a case study of American Presbyterians.”
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