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To: D-fendr
>> Think this is a depiction of Jesus at the last supper?<<

I wouldn’t have it in my house nor would I attend a church that had it displayed.

I wasn’t asking about what I thought about the images and statues. I asked if you would destroy them just to be on the safe side. Are you saying the risk is worth keeping and saving them?

902 posted on 01/13/2012 1:49:27 PM PST by CynicalBear
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To: CynicalBear

I respect you for your consistency.


906 posted on 01/13/2012 1:52:31 PM PST by lastchance ("Nisi credideritis, non intelligetis" St. Augustine)
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To: CynicalBear

I would hope that if I put anything or any person before the Lord I would realize this sin and remedy it.

Man makes idols of many things.


907 posted on 01/13/2012 1:54:56 PM PST by lastchance ("Nisi credideritis, non intelligetis" St. Augustine)
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To: CynicalBear
Are you saying the risk is worth keeping and saving them?

Let's see, should I risk being called an idolater based on your silly opinion. Should I join with the muslim view and destroy the art of Christiandom? Should I risk the wrath of the secular world and government by displaying the art of my faith? Should I hide it and deny it and turn my back on the Martyrs of the Church?

Or should I see and share the Beauty that is from God, the Beauty and Truth of Christ's Church as expressed in art?

Ok, I've considered it properly. Can you guess my answer?

911 posted on 01/13/2012 2:03:43 PM PST by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: CynicalBear

There were many depictions of the Last Supper in that era...some were given other names as they were too risque too much like a love feast...others mildly so...but I think to catholics de Vinci’s works are often used because they simply like the art form....like he’s as holy as the paintings he painted. Because certain art critics think his images were great does not make them so.....but it was more his methods and color mixtures which gained him notoriety even moreso and is only one measurement of a good artist.

You have to be a bit gothic to like that work I think...and I’m with you...wouldn’t have it in my home either.


1,164 posted on 01/13/2012 10:18:35 PM PST by caww
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