Catholic France
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Symbols and Imagery in the Sacred Heart Devotion—Part 2: St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
We remarked last time that, from the beginning of the modern era, following the Renaissance and Reformation, the Catholic countries across the world began to be awash in images of His Sacred Heart – in churches, monasteries, schools and private homes. The call even went forth to place it on the flags of whole nations.…
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Ingres and Catholic France
Ingres: that great French painter from the time and place that so clutches at my heart: Nineteenth Century Catholic France! The Nineteenth Century. It is not so long ago. My grandfather was born in the Nineteenth Century. He even saw the Queen: Victoria, Monarch of the British Empire upon “which the sun never set” ……
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Symbols and Imagery in the Sacred Heart Devotion—Part 1: Origins
First part of a series discussing symbols and imagery in the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
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The Great Nineteenth
By Gary Potter Foreword 2011 (from Roger Buck) We are very thankful this fascinating, rich and insightful piece has been made available to us through the Creative Commons Attribution – Share Alike License. (For more regarding attribution, please see notes at the end of this essay. As described there, very small modifications have also been…
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Valentin Tomberg, Catholic Tradition and the Counter Revolution—Pt. 6
2023 Update: Here is the first of a never-completed nine-part series of musings on Valentin Tomberg, Catholicism, Rudolf Steiner and the world tragedy, written many years ago in 2011. In recently re-visiting it, for the first time in years, I have seen fit to rewrite it a little. But for the most part it remains…
Foreword for Monarchy by Roger Buck
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