Maybe not the oldest but old...
Oooookay, maybe this can be put to bed. Just checked Gen. Flynn’s Telegram, he posted this explanation of the seven rays of light. I am typing from Gen.Flynn’s Telegram; cannot copy and paste from Tele. without being a member. BTW the Monastery of St. Catherine in the Sinai desert is extremely ancient and has the oldest painted depiction of Jesus Christ known. I have that picture and will see if I can find online and post.
https://t.me/s/RealGenFlynn/1396
It would be nice if people would stop being Anti Catholic and grow up and read their history.
In early Christian iconography, the dove of the Holy Ghost is often shown with an emanation of seven rays, as is the image of the Madonna, often in conjunction with a dove or doves. The Monastery of St. Catherine on Mount Sinai, circa 565, shows the transfiguration of Christ in the apse mosaic, with “seven rays of light shining from the luminous body of Christ over the apostles Peter, James and John.” In the present day Byzantine-style St. Louis Cathedral in Missouri, the center of the sanctuary has an engraved circle with many symbols of the Holy Trinity. The inscription reads: “Radiating from this symbol are seven rays of light representing the seven gifts of the Holy Ghost.”
Image of a dove with seven rays of light representing the seven gifts mentioned above, click link to see image:
https://t.me/RealGenFlynn/1398
Elijah, John, Peter, James, and Moses.
So questioning his unusual prayer is anti-Catholic? My parochial-schooled daughter was not familiar with this term and iconography.
Thank you, lj.
St. Catherine of Alexandria is one of my favorite saints.
I take Lin Wood’s mean and crazy remarks about General Flynn to be extremely ignorant and anti-Catholic.
Lin Wood is a small, petty man, and I am sure his three ex-wives would agree.