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This is a list of original Roman Catholic hymns. The list does not contain hymns originating from other Christian traditions despite occasional usage in Roman Catholic churches. The list has hymns in Latin and English.
The Transfiguration is an oil on canvas altarpiece by Ludovico Carracci, from 1595. It is held in the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna . An earlier version of the topic was painted between 1588 and 1590, and is housed in the Scottish National Gallery , in Edinburgh .
Behind the altar is a reproduction of Raphael's Transfiguration. The martyr Fr. Andrea Santoro (1945–2006) was priest at Trasfigurazione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo in 1971–81. [6] On 21 February 2001, it was made a titular church to be held by a cardinal-priest. Cardinal-Protectors. Pedro Rubiano Sáenz (2001–2024)
The Church of the Gesù (Italian: Chiesa del Gesù, pronounced [ˈkjɛːza del dʒeˈzu]) is the mother church of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), a Catholic religious order. Officially named Chiesa del Santissimo Nome di Gesù [ 1 ] [ a ] (English: Church of the Most Holy Name of Jesus ), [ 2 ] its façade is "the first truly baroque façade ...
The luminous cloud, a sign of the Holy Spirit came down on the mountain at the time of the Transfiguration and also covered Christ. [12] The Byzantine iconography of the Transfiguration emphasized light and the manifestation of the glory of God. The introduction of the Transfiguration mandorla intended to convey the luminescence of divine glory ...
La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ ("The Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ") is an oratorio written between 1965 and 1969 [1] by Olivier Messiaen. Based on the account found in the synoptic gospels of Jesus' transfiguration , its writing is on a colossal scale, requiring around two-hundred performers.
The Old Catholic theological view of the Transfiguration shares much in common with the Eastern Orthodox perspective. Old Catholics also believe that the transfiguration was a major event that revealed the divinity of Christ; that Jesus is indeed the splendor and eikon of the Father. The Transfiguration shows forth humanity in the splendor of ...
Ecclesiam Suam is an encyclical letter of Pope Paul VI on the Catholic Church given at St. Peter's, Rome, on the Feast of the Transfiguration, 6 August 1964, the second year of his Pontificate. In the opening words of the letter, Pope Paul refers to the Church founded by Jesus Christ as "a loving mother of all men". [ 1 ]