Preaching of Saint Mark in Egypt Sandro Botticelli Spring Michelangelo Merisi (Caravaggio) Boy with Basket of fruit Michelangelo Merisi (Caravaggio) John the Baptist Raffaello Sanzio (Raphael) Sain Sebastian Leonardo Da Vinci Last Supper (Cenacolo) (photo 05/2007) ...
Mark likes to insert one story into another, and the story of John the Baptist’s execution last week was one of those insertions. Now Mark brings us back to Galilee, as the disciples return from their preaching expedition. It’s been a good trip, and they are eager to tell Jesus all ...
And Epiphanius used that as one of his 7 Scriptural proofs that men maintained the image of God and had not lost the image of God at Adam’s fall, as Origen had claimed. Since I think the image of God is very key to the unique dignity of men, I wanted to examine that verse since...
In chapters 8:7-18, Luke develops a picture of John the Baptist’s attraction to all conditions of people flocking to flee the wrath to come –that is, seeking reassurance against future anxieties. He charges the pious, comfortable, and despised security thugs of the oppressive regime—Jewish...