Images and Relics
Images and Relics

Author: John Dillenberger

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 9780195121728

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John Dillenberger has written the first comprehensive account of the relation between the visual arts and theological currents in Europe during the first half of the sixteenth century. With an astute knowledge of the theology of the period and a keen interest in the lives and work of prominent artists, Dillenberger makes incisive connections that illuminate the cultural movements of the time. Images and Relics considers both popular and professional art within distinct religious contexts. It examines the works of Matthias Grunewald, Albrecht Durer, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Michelangelo, Hans Holbein the Younger, Hans Baldung Grien, and Albrecht Altdorfer, and demonstrates how these artists expressed and transformed the reigning theological ideas of their day. The book also addresses the range of iconoclastic movements from the 1520s to the 1570s, particularly in northern Europe. Finally, Dillenberger reflects on the ambiguity of the history of this period and its continuing impact on modern-day life.

A Treatise on Relics (Classic Reprint)
A Treatise on Relics (Classic Reprint)

Author: Jean Calvin

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-21

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 9780666053510

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Excerpt from A Treatise on Relics Nothing, indeed, can be more deserving of our admiration than the conduct of the Christian martyrs, who cheerft submitted to an ignominious death, inflicted by the most atrocious torments, rather than. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A Treatise on Relics
A Treatise on Relics

Author: John Calvin

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2018-09-20

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 373403387X

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Reproduction of the original: A Treatise on Relics by John Calvin

The Texture of Images
The Texture of Images

Author: Livia Cárdenas

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2020-11-16

Total Pages: 574

ISBN-13: 9004440127

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Textures of Images presents for the first time a fundamental analysis and synopsis of the printed relic-book genre. The author brings into focus the specific mediality and aesthetics of this kind of printed books between the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period.

Relics in the Shrine of All Saints at St. Martha of Bethany Church in Morton Grove, Illinois
Relics in the Shrine of All Saints at St. Martha of Bethany Church in Morton Grove, Illinois

Author: Fr. Dennis B. O’Neill

Publisher: Trafford Publishing

Published: 2015-08-27

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 1490763163

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A relic can be anything from the past that has survived to the present. In some branches of the Christian Church, relics are more specifically either the bodily remains of the saints or their clothing, items they used, things they touched or which were touched to their remains, or things associated with the life of Christ or of his blessed mother. Throughout history, many people have venerated holy relics because the saints bodies were temples of the Holy Spirit, through which each of them, in their own individual ways, channeled the presence of Christ to their contemporaries. In the early Christian era and in the Middle Ages, people believed that the aura and the energy of the saints continued to exude from their remains, even after their deaths. Just as people who knew the saints personally during their lifetimes often experienced them as radiating Christs presence through the many ways they were a blessing to others, so honoring their remains and their images were considered valid ways of honoring them and of imploring their assistance.

Treatise on Relics
Treatise on Relics

Author: John Calvin

Publisher: Prometheus Books

Published: 2008-07

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 1615923799

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John Calvin was an influential French theologian and pastor during the Protestant Reformation, and a principal figure in the development of the system of Christian theology later called Calvinism. In 1543 he penned A Treatise on Relics, and their religious-historical influence.

Relics
Relics

Author: Joan Carroll Cruz

Publisher: TAN Books

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 476

ISBN-13: 0895558505

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Scripture speaks of miracles wrought through relics: a dead man was raised when Elisha’s bones touched him, and the clothing of Jesus and His apostles healed the sick. In the early Church, Masses were celebrated over the bones of the martyrs, and phials of their blood have effected countless miracles. Direct successors of the Apostles themselves speak of venerating relics; Church Fathers encourage it; throughout the ages of Catholic legacy, relics of the saints are always present. The Church takes diligent care in preserving and documenting the authenticity of her relics. Best-selling author Joan Carroll Cruz takes full advantage of these resources. With painstaking research, she exposes the details behind hundreds of the Church’s most famous and beloved relics. She covers 38 second-class relicsof our Lord and Lady, such as the Holy Grail and Our Lady’s Veil, and relics of all sorts from 75 favorite saints, such as St. Mary Magdalene, St. Agnes, St. Charles Borromeo, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Maria Goretti, and many more! Relics is a unique collection of years of dedicated research about the lives of the saints and the mementos they left behind, to remind us of their presence and intercession for us.