Rembrant changed how the world saw Jesus
In the mid-17th century Rembrandt and students at his Amsterdam studio painted a series of at least eight heads of Christ which set the liturgical art world on its ear.
In the mid-17th century Rembrandt and students at his Amsterdam studio painted a series of at least eight heads of Christ which set the liturgical art world on its ear.
It will remain for me to walk through the blood.
which pours from your coherence.
My feet will not mind the dust
if I am walking in your tracks.
In Jesus we have discovered the true light that illumines our life and the life of the world. In Jesus we can recover our sight. We can see more than what the eyes of our body see. In Jesus we learn to see with the heart and mind. In Jesus, in his light, everything recovers its meaning.
We are saved by the death of Jesus! All Christians believe this. This is a central tenet within the Christian faith and the center of almost all Christian iconography. Jesus' death on a cross changed history forever. But how does this work?
"Only in this second volume do we encounter the decisive sayings and events of Jesus' life... I hope that I have been granted an insight into the figure of Our Lord that can be helpful to all readers who seek to encounter Jesus and to believe in Him."-Pope Benedict XVI
VATICAN CITY, 11 MAR 2011 (VIS) - In the Holy See Press Office yesterday afternoon, the second volume of Benedict XVI's book on Jesus of Nazareth: "From the Entrance into Jerusalem to the Resurrection" was presented in the course of a press conference chaired by Cardinal Marc Ouellet P.S.S. prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, and Claudio Magris, a writer and German scholar.