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The Neverending Story (The Christian Chronicles)
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Posted on 03/30/2002 7:53:37 PM PST by malakhi
The Neverending Story
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To: ventana
LOL. No, the phrase crops up in all sorts of weird psuedo scriptural fringe Christian groups (you know, Sabbath keeper types and the like :-))Maybe the phrase should crop up in Catholic groups, you know, the commandment breaker types. :-)
To: drstevej
"It is the portrait of Jesus in the four Gospels and on the pages of the Bible that has held my interest." Precisely the same pages which have led Catholic artists(and theologians, for that matter) for generations to focus particularly on the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
The heart for the ancients was the home of the soul. And so for the early Church, the Sacred Heart of Jesus became a dramatic way of stressing both Christ's divinity and His humanity.
Of course, we moderns know better. Since the Enlightment, we've pulled hearts out and looked at them. And we didn't see any soul. So it must not be there. Today, we view the heart as a) a biological organ which pumps blood and b)a figurative symbol for the emotions which, we all know, are in fact caused by biochemical processes within the body on the brain.
Today, we are much more people of the mind, people of the brain. Undoubtedly, this leads many to view our art as (to use the word one Protestant recently used with me) "cheesy." Imagine, a representation of the Sacred Heart of Our Lord seen as "cheesy." The same heart Psalms 22 tells us has "become like wax, melting away" in His bosom. The same heart which rejoices when it proclaims in the same Psalm that our hearts may "be ever merry."(And, as I'm sure you recognize, this is the same psalm which was on Our Lord's lips while He suffered on the Cross.)
Take some time, doctor, and contemplate His Heart. You'll find it burns with the same love you see when you read the pages of the Gospels.
To: AlguyA
***Take some time, doctor, and contemplate His Heart.***
What in the world makes you think I have not? [We Protestants make it a regular practice to remember what He has done for us. For me that is not a hollow exercise.]
***You'll find it burns with the same love you see when you read the pages of the Gospels.***
I spend time meditating on Scripture. That is a powerful experience -- true mysticism. Reading Isaiah 53 and contemplating each phrase is truly overwhelming.
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04/28/2003 5:43:45 PM PDT
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drstevej
(I like the Book better than the pictures.)
To: drstevej
'What in the world makes you think I have not?" I'm sorry, I did not mean to imply you had not. I did, however, infer from your previous post that you found Bible study superior to art as a means of contemplating, praising, worshipping, etc. My point is they are not mutually exclusive. The artwork in question is meant to prompt the soul to a consideration of the Sacrifice about which you speak in your most recent post. My point is that such prompts are entirely biblical.
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04/28/2003 5:57:26 PM PDT
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AlguyA
(A picture is worth a thousand words.)
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain; JHavard; malakhi; Invincibly Ignorant
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain; JHavard; malakhi; Invincibly Ignorant
Is spam the same as ham? Yall have to tell me now. Is a ten run lead gonna do it?
To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain; JHavard; malakhi; Invincibly Ignorant
Is spam the same as ham? Yall have to tell me now. Is a ten run lead gonna do it?
To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain; JHavard; malakhi; Invincibly Ignorant
Is spam the same as ham? Yall have to tell me now. Is a ten run lead gonna do it?
To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain; JHavard; malakhi; Invincibly Ignorant
Is spam the same as ham? Yall have to tell me now. Is a ten run lead gonna do it?
To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain; JHavard; malakhi; Invincibly Ignorant
Is spam the same as ham? Yall have to tell me now. Is a ten run lead gonna do it?
To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain; JHavard; malakhi; Invincibly Ignorant
Is spam the same as ham? Yall have to tell me now. Is a ten run lead gonna do it?
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To: AlguyA
Those pictures don't bother you?
To: CindyDawg
"Those pictures don't bother you?" Not in the least. Indeed, I have a statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in my home. Why, do they bother you?
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04/28/2003 6:04:47 PM PDT
by
AlguyA
(A picture is worth a thousand words.)
To: AlguyA
I don't deny the validity of the arts in contemplation and worship. I do find the study of the Bible clearly superior.
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