This picture is at the Frick Gallery in New York.
Posted on 09/16/2016 4:59:11 PM PDT by marshmallow
Washington D.C., Sep 15, 2016 / 05:33 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Centuries-old relics and artifacts of St. Thomas More will be coming to the U.S. for the first time in an exhibit that curators hope will evangelize today’s faithful.
The exhibit “celebrates a powerful and eloquent example of Christian discipleship,” said Carl Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, which co-sponsored the exhibit.
“In an era when many people look to secular authorities for inspiration and guidance on what is right and just, Thomas More’s example underscores the necessity of living our lives according to the dictates of a well-formed conscience,” he continued.
“God’s Servant First: The Life and Legacy of Thomas More” will be open to the public at the St. John Paul II National Shrine in Washington, D.C. from Sept. 16, 2016 through March 31, 2017.
The title is taken from what are believed to be St. Thomas More’s last words before he was beheaded: “I die the King’s good servant, and God’s first.” More was the Lord High Chancellor of England under the reign of King Henry VIII from 1529-32, second only to the king in the realm. He was also regarded as one of the chief Catholic intellectuals in Europe at the time.
Henry had previously married his dead brother’s wife Catherine of Aragon with a papal dispensation, but after 16 years of marriage and no male heir, he wanted an annulment. This was denied him by Pope Clement VII, but Henry secretly married his mistress, Anne Boleyn, in 1532 and worked to have the marriage lawfully recognized by the clergy and bishops.
More resigned his office because he would not consent to Henry’s actions. When Henry later requested that More take an oath affirming his divorce and re-marriage to Ann and the legitimacy of their.....
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Kind of ironic for the Church to celebrate More and Fisher at the very time when the top leader seems eager to ditch the very principle for which More and Fisher stood: the indissolubility of a valid Christian marriage. I guess it’s unfortunate that More and Fisher weren’t acquainted with the new mercy.
This picture is at the Frick Gallery in New York.
Thanks for posting this. The exhibit will be there until the end of March. I am going to try to see it.
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