Beauty on the Cross

For Christians, the house to facial expression for answers to all the of import questions is the Cross of Christ.  In that Cross, read inward the lite of organized religious belief as well as tradition, nosotros tin mail away notice the keys to unlock the doors of the world.  And what nosotros encounter in that place is non a distant basis of Platonic archetypes, only the Archetype of archetypes wedded to the world, as well as allowing itself to last crushed past times the basis inward social club to transform it.

The figure on the Cross, covered inward blood as well as spittle, has been made repulsive past times torment. What nosotros see, nevertheless, is the supreme function of art. We encounter a divine deed that takes existing matter, the thing of history as well as prophecy, as well as weaves it into a novel design, a fulfilment that could non direct keep been expected or predicted but, seen past times those who direct keep the eyes as well as ears for it, is perfect, every 2nd though no stroke of the pen, no flick of paint, no banking concern annotation or chord, could last changed without diminishment. We encounter on the Cross an icon that transforms the agency nosotros persuasion the world. The Passion of Christ the Logos changes the basis as well as remakes it, creating something novel of it, bringing life out of death.

This is an extract from Beauty for Truth's Sake.  
The icon is borrowed from Vultus Christi.

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