University of Otago provides funding as a member of The Conversation NZ. When Jesus is shown on the cross, he is almost always depicted wearing a loincloth around his waist. We now know ...

The cross, or crucifix ... but still not Jesus’ death. Harley-McGowan writes: it is clear that the earliest representations of deaths in early Christian art were pointed in their focus on ...

Jesus was both fully human and fully divine." The art was also affected by what people were going through at the time. "Images of Christ on the Cross became particularly pitiful after the Black ...

Science and archaeology offer insights into ancient artifacts that could be linked to Jesus Christ ... piece of a cross,” said excavation team leader Gülgün Köroğlu, an art historian ...

I’ve distilled his insights to fit my available space: “The cross defeats the powers. Jesus is a social and ... at the newspaper -- by using the easy options below. Gifts processed in this ...

For more than 30 years, the Rev. Bruce Stewart has encouraged people to gather at the National Gallery of Art and contemplate the “Stations of the Cross” — a series of 14 deeply painful ...

How well do you know the life of Jesus? Take the quiz. James Faubel: If the crucifixion of Christ was so important to Christians, why are there no images of Christ on the cross in Christian art ...

Eventually, the Stations of the Cross became an important catechetical tool, and the popularity of this devotion inspired some of the greatest examples of medieval Christian art. Some scholars ...