Salt Lake Telegram | 1949-07-02 | Page 3 | Take My Word for It

TAKE MY WORD FOR IT By . Frank . Colby Q. I hare king admired ths ssns-ness ssns-ness of your teaching and how ths rapier of your wit punctures the stuffed shirts. Would It be secure ts to speak of you as aa iconoclast, and SVhere did wa (at ths word? Or. J. H. K. A. I suppose I am aa Iconoclsst In a mild kind of way, for I love to twist the tails of severed cows. Lot's take word's-eye visw of iconoclsst. The word Is formed from the Greek eikon, "image." plus klsstes, "a breaker." Prom slkon ws have the English word teen, "an Image, i picture, figure, of religious signifi-csnco. signifi-csnco. Icon is pronounced: EYE-kon. EYE-kon. In ths Essterh Roman Emplrs In the 10th century, a great controversy contro-versy arose which diatrscted ths empire for nearly 130 years. ' There wss a greet antagonism between people who worshipped images and people who believed 1 that Imsgs-worshlp wss psgsn Idolatry. Ths latter were known as leonoclssts image breakers cor they advocated ths destruction of sll Images used in Christian worship, wor-ship, especially ths Images la churches. After long years of bitter conflict, con-flict, the iconoclasts were defeated and their writings were destroyed by ths triumphant party. Today, an Iconoclsst is one who delights In attacking chsrished beliefs be-liefs as shams or who seeks to uproot outmoded doctrines, traditions, tradi-tions, or superstitions Iconoclsst as pronounced: eye-KON uh-klast Q. Please tell as wby stamp collect col-lect ma- Is known by ths very ugly sounding term philately. B. O. A. Philately Is pronounced: fl-LAT-uh-lee. Ths Word wss coined by a Frenchman named Herpin. Philately was farmed from the Greek philos, "loving,' plus steleis, "exemption from tax." It wss Moo- j sieur Heroin's intention to indicate ( a fondness .for things (stamps) which were exempt from " t