#christian art
Scenes from the Life of Christ: 10. Entry into Jerusalem, Giotto, between 1304 and 1306
The Young St. John the Baptist, Antonio Rossellino, ca. 1470
“Let’s call out heresy without apology: The evangelical fundamentalist view of salvation - from Reformed Calvinism to Dispensationalism and everything in between - is not that the atoning death of the Cross has saved us, but rather that our intellectual belief in the Cross has saved us. Ergo, they ultimately trust not in a salvation by divine grace, but in a salvation by human works - albeit a cognitive human works. And yet they dare to accuse the Orthodox of the very ‘works of salvation’ of which they are in fact guilty.”
~Gebre Menfes Kidus
(Photo © dramoor 2015 Florence, Italy)
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The Crucifixion.
The gates of the Cathedral of St. Sophia, Novgorod.
> Photo: Sergei Zubkov(2013).
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“I guarantee that you will encounter difficult times in your relationship with Yah, blessed be His Name. The trust of some will waver in the midst of tests. Do not be one of those who waver because life becomes difficult or because the elder or congregation disappoints or betrays you. Do not give up the greatest and hardest relationship because you lose someone dear to you. Do not lose trust because you have unanswered questions or because you may not understand. Do not lose heart because you feel alone. Do not give up the good fight because you want to die, persecution endangers and harms your life, or for any other reason. Shun the rocky soil. Instead grow deep roots into the Lord through relationship with Him that is nurtured in daily prayer, meditation, fasting, fellowship, service, purpose…and focus and endurance.
My children, continue the struggle to draw near to the Lord even if you do not hear His voice. Anjeze Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, more widely known as Mother Teresa of Calcutta, did not hear from God for sixty years, yet she maintained faithfulness, enduring trust, in Him. Questions and doubts may arise - endure anyway. Challenges in your life and in your walk with God will come - persist anyway.
If you stand firm, persecution will come, but please never give up, never quit… do not allow bitterness to corrupt your heart. Seek Him for comfort, for purpose, and for answers. Even if you do not receive a response, sustain in your walk with the Lord. No matter how difficult the Way, the struggle, the fight, the race, may be…persevere. Trust Him. Trust Him for salvation and Life. Know that persecution and pain will come if you stand with His Anointed One (Revelation 2:9-10), but He will be there to help you every step of the way (2 Corinthians 12:7-10). He will be with you even if the test means the death of your body.”
~R. H. Ben-Shalom, Papa’s Last Words: They Lied About God
(Art: Burning Bush Byzantine mosaic 6th Century St Catherine’s Monastery. Sinai)
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If you have the chance to go to Milan one day, don’t forget to climb on its Duomo (Cathedral) and live the full Gothic experience
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Luca della Robbia, CantoriaorThe Singing Frieze for the Cathedral Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, 1431-1438
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Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, Italy, consecrated in 1253
Cycles of frescoes by various painters from the late-medieval Roman and Tuscan schools such as Giotto, Cimabue, Simone Martini and Pietro Lorenzetti
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L'Ascension du poilu (French WWI infantryman), 1922, George Desvallieres
Source: http://www.georgedesvallieres.com/actualite2011_10_12_orsay_en.html
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The Greatest Easter Painting Ever Made by Elise Ehrhard
http://www.crisismagazine.com/2014/the-greatest-easter-painting-ever-made
Painting: The Disciples Peter and John Running to the Sepulchre on the Morning of the Resurrection, 1898, Eugene Burnand
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