Правило 82
About the prohibition to depict the Savior in the symbolic image of the Lamb.
On some revered icons, a lamb is depicted, to which the Forerunner points with his finger and which was accepted as an image of grace, because through the law he showed us the true Lamb - Christ our God. Therefore, we, kissing old images and shadows as symbols and pre-images of the truth handed down to the Church, prefer grace and truth, accepting it as the fulfillment of the law. So, in order for even the art of painting to depict the perfect before the eyes of everyone, we now determine on icons, instead of the Old Testament lamb, to represent the image of the Lamb who takes away the sin of the world, Christ our God, in human form. Through this we comprehend the humility of God the Word and bring to mind His life in the flesh, His suffering, saving death and the redemption of the world accomplished through this.
Greek original
Ἔν τισι τῶν σεπτῶν εἰκόνων γραφαῖς, ἀμνὸς δακτύλῳ τοῦ Προδρόμου δεικνύμενος ἐγχαράττεται, ὃς εἰς τύπον παρελήφθη τῆς χάριτος, τὸν ἀληθινὸν ἡμῖν διὰ νόμου προϋποφαίνων ἀμνὸν Χριστὸν τὸν Θεὸν ἡμῶν. Τοὺς οὖν παλαιοὺς τύπους, καὶ τὰς σκιάς, ὡς τῆς ἀληθείας σύμβολά τε καὶ προχαράγματα, τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ παραδεδομένους κατασπαζόμενοι, τὴν χάριν προτιμῶμεν, καὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν, ὡς πλήρωμα νόμου ταύτην ὑποδεξάμενοι. Ὡς ἂν οὖν τὸ τέλειον κἀν ταῖς χρωματουργίαις, ἐν ταῖς ἁπάντων ὄψεσιν ὑπογράφηται, τὸν τοῦ αἴροντος, τὴν ἁμαρτίαν τοῦ κόσμου ἀμνοῦ, Χριστοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν, κατὰ τὸν ἀνθρώπινον χαρακτῆρα καὶ ἐν ταῖς εἰκόσιν ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν, ἀντὶ τοῦ παλαιοῦ ἀμνοῦ, ἀναστηλοῦσθαι ὁρίζομεν· δι᾿ αὐτοῦ τὸ τῆς ταπεινώσεως ὕψος τοῦ Θεοῦ Λόγου κατανοοῦντες, καὶ πρὸς μνήμην τῆς ἐν σαρκὶ πολιτείας, τοῦ τε πάθους αὐτοῦ καὶ τοῦ σωτηρίου θανάτου, χειραγωγούμενοι, καὶ τῆς ἐντεῦθεν γενομένης τῷ κόσμῳ ἀπολυτρώσεως.