Two masterpieces, centuries apart, reflect a theological insight centuries old: Mary was given not only to John, but to the ...

but in the art, they are gathered together under one roof. They include scholars like Aristotle, Plato and Pythagoras. This Renaissance masterpiece depicts the Virgin Mary, the Christ Child ...

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The Virgin and Child Enthroned (1470s ... as well as links with the wider context of Florentine Renaissance art, would all be of enormous benefit.” ...

The Virgin and Child Enthroned is an early work ... as well as links with the wider context of Florentine Renaissance art would all be of enormous benefit,” he added. “In view of these ...

After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfil the Scripture), 'I thirst.' A jar full of sour wine ...

Mannerism developed during the late Renaissance. This painting tells a variation on a ... John will be executed and Jesus will be crucified. Elizabeth and Mary share their distress, and the two angels ...

‘All generations will call me blessed': ‘The Church's devotion ... an ‘epitome of the whole Gospel,' express this devotion to the Virgin Mary." 1 1. CCC, 971. The internal quotes are from ...

But the Virgin Mary received faith and joy when the angel Gabriel announced to her the glad tidings that the Spirit of the Lord would come upon her and the power of the Most High would overshadow ...

COMMENTARY: Today’s feast is directly linked to the jubilee years of 1975 and 2000, making its observance this jubilee year a ...

GENAZZANO, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary, after invoking ... That’s just three of a myriad Virgin Marys around the world, whose ...