Great article! Thanks for posting.
ALL Catholics should study Sacred Art and Architecture.
It is a total disgrace what Catholic parishes fund and build today. Honestly, you cannot tell the difference between Catholic and Protestant Butler Buildings these days.
I don’t know why, but we often seem to be so bound to the physical.
Like the Jews who wanted an earthly king, and later expected the Messiah would sit physically on David’s throne, and are still waiting for Solomon’s earthly temple to be rebuilt...Even those of us who believe the Messiah has come, and that He has ascended to His heavenly throne, still we bind ourselves with the earthly, the physical, the temporary - things which “perish with using”.
It’s as though we had never read the book of Hebrews.
All the beautiful and breathtaking art you see in Europe was created during the time of the Church’s ascendency and power. That power is now gone. The survival of the Church and Christianity is threatened.
It should be studied for its beauty and harmony with human nature.
But they should study how to fight the very strong and brutal powers that want to turn churches into latrines.
Making kissy-face with bearded savages just gets your face dirty, and they’re going to kill you anyway.
All the beautiful and breathtaking art you see in Europe was created during the time of the Church’s ascendency and power. That power is now gone. The survival of the Church and Christianity is threatened.
It should be studied for its beauty and harmony with human nature.
But they should study how to fight the very strong and brutal powers that want to turn churches into latrines.
Making kissy-face with bearded savages just gets your face dirty, and they’re going to kill you anyway.