I don't see how that would be a problem, FWIW, and I'm one who believes any phonied-up image of Christ, whether for kiddie Bibles or church banners, evangelization films, etc., is unacceptable.

We are visual creatures, though, so the LORD has kindly provided some symbolic visualizations for us, such as the smoking pot and burning bush, or the dove in the NT.

As a side note, the Kimbell museum here in Fort Worth has an exhibition of early Christian art, and I was fascinated to learn that images of Christ were unknown until I'm thinking it was the 4th century, and when they did appear, it was in a negative context. During the earliest time of the Church, the LORD was shown by such visualizations as you mention, or by utilizing OT figures like David and Moses.

It wasn't until after Constantine that images intended to be of Christ began to appear (trying to recall what I learned in early January), often on decorative items for the home for the well-to-do Christian. The papacy - and I forget which pope in particular - was the driving force behind increased use of images, in an attempt to combat one of the prevalent heresies (Arianism, perhaps?).

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