History and Symbolism of the Celtic Cross There are many variations of the legends about the Celtic Cross. In modern times the ringed cross is sometimes a symbol of faith or to show ones Irish, Scottish or Welsh identity. An Irish Catholic priest might tell you that the circle on a Celtic ...

The altar panel of St. Clare in Assisi One painting is often reproduced in practically all guidebooks of any language on Assisi – one that little attention has been paid, and is usually outshadowed by the San Damiano Cross. It is the altar panel on the right transept of the Basilica of St...

The piece of art work I selected for my formal analysis was The Crucifixion. This piece of work comes from the Byzantine era in Italy during the 1300's. The painting is one of the crucifying of Jesus Christ. This painting is very detailed so there is a lot I can point out in it. This pa...

Hind site is always 20/20. Looking back on history, especially the history of painting, one can decipher a great deal about the time it was painted in and the changes in those times. One can understand the value systems, the ethics, government, morality, economics and personal lives of the times r...

What are stigmata and can it occur to anyone? Can it happen to you or someone you know? When does it happen? Is this phenomenon true or just another hoax? What happens to someone who is considered a stigmatic? What exactly is a stigmatic? Stigmata is the spontaneous duplicated wounds that ...

This artwork by Elwyn Lynn effectively represents the Biblical event of "Peter's Denial" in an evocative and relevant way to the modern world, through his piece "Betrayal". The biblical event this piece of artwork conveys the betrayal of Peter as he denies his knowledge of J...

Jesus was born a Jew, and he remained a practicing Jew his entire life. In order to understand Christianity, it is important to understand the Judaism from which it came. Theology and history were joined in the Jewish mind. The imperative of trust in the Lord, and fear of the Lord, dominated Jewish...

Many individuals base their lives on their religious beliefs, and Charles Dickens explains his religious beliefs in A Tale of Two Cities. Dickens uses spiritual allusions in his novel as evidence by James Weigel's commentary "If the terrors of the revolution take a political form, the hope that Di...

"The Shroud of Turin is either the most awesome and instructive relic of Jesus Christ in existence.... or it is one of the most ingenious, most unbelievably clever, products of the human mind and hand on record; there is no middle ground." (John Walsh, The Shroud, 1963) The Shro...

Who is God? A theme that Gerard Hopkins seems to have spent his life exploring and attempting to answer through his poetry. By exploring nature around him, Hopkins adds insight to God's relationship with and essential role to man-- that of creator and redeemer. In his poem "Windhover&quo...

Over the centuries, picturing religious events in the form of artwork has been very important. However, the way or style in which the events were pictured changed. The cultural production of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries is often described as the Baroque Period. Among the most no...

Quentin G. DeSouze Small Group Comm. 2-4-04 "My Christian Camp Experience" The year was 1998 and I was 14 years old. I had just graduated from the eighth grade and I didn't really know what I was going to do for the summer. As I left school I was walking with two of my friends...