Joseph Calasanctius - Francisco Jover y Casanova
At that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying: Who, thinkest thou, is the greater in the kingdom of heaven? And Jesus, calling unto him a little child, set him in the midst of them. And said: amen I say to you, unless you be converted, and become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, he is the greater in the kingdom of heaven. And he that shall receive one such little child in my name, receiveth me.
—Matthew 18:1-5
At that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying: Who, thinkest thou, is the greater in the kingdom of heaven? And Jesus, calling unto him a little child, set him in the midst of them. And said: amen I say to you, unless you be converted, and become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, he is the greater in the kingdom of heaven. And he that shall receive one such little child in my name, receiveth me.
—Matthew 18:1-5
Apoxyomenos
The Scraper
Marble, Roman copy of the 1st century AD after the Greek bronze original by Lysippos (Λύσιππος), ca. 320 BC.
Found in the Roman Trastevere in 1849.
During classical antiquity soap was not commonly used. One method for personal hygiene was to rub oneself with oil and scrape the resulting paste, a mixture of the oil with sweat and dust, off the body. The tool for this was called strigil (strigilis) by the Romans.
ἀποξυόμενοςThe Scraper
Marble, Roman copy of the 1st century AD after the Greek bronze original by Lysippos (Λύσιππος), ca. 320 BC.
Found in the Roman Trastevere in 1849.
During classical antiquity soap was not commonly used. One method for personal hygiene was to rub oneself with oil and scrape the resulting paste, a mixture of the oil with sweat and dust, off the body. The tool for this was called strigil (strigilis) by the Romans.
Chloe
Feminine name, meaning "blooming" or "fertility" in Greek.The name was a popular Ancient Greek girl's name and remains a popular Greek name today.
The word χλόη (khlóē), which was one of the many names of the goddess Demeter, refers to the young, green foliage or shoots of plants in spring.
The name appears in the New Testament, in 1 Corinthians 1:11 in the context of "the house of Chloe," a leading early Christian woman in Corinth, Greece.
ΧλόηFeminine name, meaning "blooming" or "fertility" in Greek.The name was a popular Ancient Greek girl's name and remains a popular Greek name today.
The word χλόη (khlóē), which was one of the many names of the goddess Demeter, refers to the young, green foliage or shoots of plants in spring.
The name appears in the New Testament, in 1 Corinthians 1:11 in the context of "the house of Chloe," a leading early Christian woman in Corinth, Greece.
Forwarded from References for future
The dragon sickness is a euphemism for the bourgeois materialism which is rife in our consumerist culture. Smaug's fury at the loss of a single insignificant and practically useless trinket serves as a metaphor for modern man and his mania for possessing trash that he doesn't need.
Joseph Pearce
Joseph Pearce
The Triumph of Death - circa 1562 - Pieter Bruegel the Elder
This moral work shows the triumph of death over all earthly things: a huge army of skeletons ravaging the land.
In the background, a devastated landscape still sees episodes of destruction.
In the foreground, Death, leading his armies from a horse, destroys the world of the living, who are guided into a huge coffin, with no hope of salvation. All social strata are present, neither power nor devotion can save them.
This moral work shows the triumph of death over all earthly things: a huge army of skeletons ravaging the land.
In the background, a devastated landscape still sees episodes of destruction.
In the foreground, Death, leading his armies from a horse, destroys the world of the living, who are guided into a huge coffin, with no hope of salvation. All social strata are present, neither power nor devotion can save them.