Tag: Church History
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Michelangelo, the Catholic Church, and the Mysteries Hidden in His Art
Michelangelo Buonarroti was not simply one of the greatest artists who ever lived. He was also a man whose life became inseparably connected with the Catholic Church. Born in AD 1475, Michelangelo lived during one of the most dramatic periods in Church history. Renaissance Rome was filled with extraordinary beauty, political struggle, corruption, reform movements,…
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From Jerusalem To Rome: WHEN The Shadow Gave Way To The Body
Could ancient Jewish tradition have unknowingly preserved signs pointing to Christ? Yoma 39b records that several Temple signs ceased about forty years before Jerusalem’s destruction in AD 70—roughly the time of the Crucifixion. Seen alongside Hebrews, Romans, and the Gospel accounts, these traditions invite a profound reflection on the passing of the old sacrificial order,…