Tag Archives: Christianity

1901: Don’t Know What I Want but I Know How to Get It

Posted on November 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

The American writer Elbert Hubbard was best know for an essay entitled “A Message to Garcia,” which recounts the daring exploits of an American soldier as he carries a message from President William McKinley to General Calixto García just before … Continue reading →

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1970: Confession

Posted on November 14, 2017 by corvusfugit

Ludwig Zeller: The Confession (1970)

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1894: Point of View

Posted on November 10, 2017 by corvusfugit

James Tissot: Ce que voyait Notre-Seigneur sur la Croix [What Our Lord Saw from the Cross] (1894)

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1st Century AD: Weep and Howl for the Miseries that Will Come Upon You

Posted on November 4, 2017 by corvusfugit

αγε νυν οι πλουϲιοι κλαυϲατε ολολυ ζοντεϲ επι ταιϲ ταλαιπωριεϲ υμω ταιϲ επερχομε ναιϲ ϋμιν ο πλου τοϲ ϋμων ϲεϲη πεν και τα ϊματι α ϋ μων ϲητοβρω τα γεγονεν · ο χρυϲοϲ ϋ μων και ο αργυροϲ κατϊωται και … Continue reading →

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1894: Nursery

Posted on October 26, 2017 by corvusfugit

Henry Hetherington Emmerson: God’s Nursery (1894)

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1902: Grief

Posted on October 25, 2017 by corvusfugit

Anna Archer: Grief (1902)

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1349: Wound

Posted on October 21, 2017 by corvusfugit

Jean Le Noir: Prayer Book of Bonne of Luxembourg, Duchess of Normandy (before 1349); this page shows the chest wound of Christ. (source) One of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and … Continue reading →

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1895: Procession

Posted on October 7, 2017 by corvusfugit

Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo: The Procession (1892-1895)

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2009: Crumbs

Posted on October 7, 2017 by corvusfugit

D. R. McCoy: Crumbs (2009); “I have been studying the Book of Acts recently, which reminded me that gentiles like myself are only allowed into the kingdom because we are receiving the ‘crumbs’ discarded by the people in Jesus’ day. … Continue reading →

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1770: Trifacial Trinity

Posted on September 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

Painted by an anonymous artist of Peru’s Cusco School in the mid-eighteenth century (c. 1750 – 1770), this work sought to represent the Roman Catholic doctrine of the Holy Trinity. The typology—known as a Trifacial Trinity—had been banned by the … Continue reading →

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