Truly astonishing. He saw that pictures speak a thousand words on biblical scenes. When he died was he still anti-catholic. I did not read the whole article yet.
It has always been beyond me that some folks revile the greatest art work in Western Civilization. I recently had a freeper tell me that representations of Christ painted during the Renaissance made his skin crawl! Imagine: Leonardo’s Last Supper making one’s skin crawl.
Bob Jones, Jr. was a most interesting character, very humorous and engaging personally with a good sense of humor. He could discuss virtually any topic quite knowledgeably. The article reveals that he was a lover of art and quite a collector. Jones was also an accomplished Shakespearean actor and took roles in plays put on at the university. But you didn’t want to discuss Catholicism or politics with him. He saw the abuses of the Catholic church over the centuries as its main characteristic instead of balancing that with the good it had done.