Category: exempla

The Phoenix

The Phoenix, from The Book of Beasts: The phoenix is a bird of Arabia and is unique in all the world. It lives for more

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The Marriage Bond

“A couple of weeks ago Helen and Kenneth Felumlee passed away after 70 years of marriage. They met as teenagers and felt an instant attraction

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Art As Prophecy

Prophets in the ancient world spoke for God. They also served as a reminder to the people of their relationship with the Almighty, particularly when

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You Are Light

“You are the light of the world.” “You are the salt of the Earth.” Salt does not exist for itself, it serves to season food.

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Candlemas

It is not uncommon, even today, for an art historian or museum docent to attribute the use of heavy shadow in Baroque art to the

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