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The Catholic Church states that idolatry is consistently prohibited in the Hebrew Bible, including as one of the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:3–4) and in the New Testament (for example 1 John 5:21, most significantly in the Apostolic Decree recorded in Acts 15:19–21). There is a great deal of controversy over the question of what constitutes ...
One of the Seven churches of Asia to whom the first part of the Book of Revelation is addressed (Revelation 2:1–7). The author praises the Ephesians for their perseverance and discernment, but admonishes them for backsliding from a more praiseworthy condition.
The two halves chosen by Holbein correspond to Protestant interpretations of the Bible, which saw the Old Testament as describing a time of sin and punishment compared to the New Testament showing the way to salvation, [7] with Christ and his Evangelists contained as a mystery in the Old Testament and revealed in the New. [6]
Paintings of New Testament people (12 C, 5 P) A. Paintings based on the Acts of the Apostles (2 C, 1 P) G. Paintings based on the Gospels (8 C, 9 P) M.
However many modern artists such as Eric Gill, Marc Chagall, Henri Matisse, Jacob Epstein, Elisabeth Frink and Graham Sutherland have produced well-known works of art for churches. [15] Salvador Dalí is an artist who had also produced notable and popular artworks with Christian themes. [ 16 ]
The original Ecclesia and Synagoga from the portal of Strasbourg Cathedral, now in the museum and replaced by replicas. Ecclesia and Synagoga, or Ecclesia et Synagoga in Latin, meaning "Church and Synagogue" (the order sometimes reversed), are a pair of figures personifying the Church and the Jewish synagogue, that is to say Judaism, found in medieval Christian art.
New Testament people in art (9 C, 3 P) C. Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane in art (1 C, 1 P) L. Life of Christ in art (6 C, 18 P) P. Paintings based on the New ...
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