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by bcadmin | Sep 16, 2022 | Ark of the Covenant, Church History, Featured, medieval, News, Pope Benedict XIV | 0 |
No biblical relic has fascinated the curiosity of Christians such as the Ark of the Covenant. Constructed during the Exodus by the Israelite craftsmen Bezalel and Aholiab under Moses’ direction, the Ark was meant to be the tangible sign of God’s presence with Israel. It contained the tablets of the Ten Commandments, the rod of […]
It is an irony of history that the first person to use the phrase “Dark Ages” was a Catholic clergyman who meant nothing pejorative by the term. Caesar Baronius (1538-1607) was an Italian cardinal and the most renowned Catholic historian of the Counter-Reformation. At the time, Protestants were fond of characterizing the Middle Ages as […]
by bcadmin | Feb 2, 2021 | Art, Books and Art, Featured, Fra Angelico, medieval, News, Presentation of the Lord | 0 |
Lessons from Presentation of Jesus in the Temple by Fra Angelico This holy feast day give us an opportunity to look at some of the best art that Christian civilization has to offer. Specifically, Presentation of Jesus in the Temple by Bl. Giovanni di Fiesole, also known as Fra Angelico (whose feast day is approaching […]
The medieval era, we are told, was defined by suspicion and antagonism towards the natural, material world. “In medieval Christian doctrine,” observes academic and author Joel Kotkin in his new book The Coming of Neo-Feudalism, “the world we grasp with our senses is ephemeral, while the spiritual world is more real…. The emphasis on a […]
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