Posted on 02/01/2014 6:34:09 AM PST by marshmallow
A church in Montenegro has sparked controversy by displaying a fresco depicting Yugoslav communist leader Josip Broz Tito in the fires of hell with Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.
The newly built Church of Resurrection in the capital Podgorica has already drawn criticism for its lavish design.
Critics now say the church should not be interfering in politics.
Works by philosophers Marx and Engels were required reading when Montenegro was part of communist Yugoslavia.
One church leader, named only as Dragan, told the Agence France-Presse news agency that Marx, Engels and Tito "personify communist evil in the Balkans" and the artist should be "allowed the freedom to see things as he wishes".
However, he added: "He cannot judge, in the name of the Church, who belongs in hell or heaven."
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
Where else would they be?
Let’s take up a collection so we can have him add Ted Kennedy to the painting.
It’s about morality, not politics.
When Cesena complained to the pope and asked him to tell Michelangelo to remove it, the pope slyly retorted, “If he put you in purgatory, I could do something for you, but not even the pope can get you out of hell!”
http://stlouisreview.com/article/2013-08-21/dear-father-no-amount
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