Talk:Acheiropoieta

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[edit] Racism

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The nine other miracles listed deal with the maintenance rather than creation of icons, which resist or repair the attacks of assorted pagans, Arabs, Persians, scoffers, madmen, iconoclasts and Jews.

is .... I hope a quote. If not then its still offensive. It needs BLOCKQUOTEs putting round it. I cannot do this as I don't know whether this is a quote or not. The text should make this more clear.Victuallers 18:37, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

It's not a quote as such, but a summary of a quoted list; sufficienly clear I think. Johnbod 18:50, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

the paragraph summarizes the gist of the document, adopting the author's point of view. That's certainly permissible, but I understand that the list should momentarily puzzle the casual reader. dab (𒁳) 19:33, 19 February 2007 (UTC)