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Amiens, la cathédrale : sur le piédestal du "Beau Dieu" au portail occidental, un buisson de roses.

A relief of the Divine Triad of Palmyra. Aglibol, Baalshamin and Malakbel (occasionally identfied by the Romans as Sol Invictus). 1st century AD. παντὶ γὰρ ἐν κόσμῳ λάμπει τριάς, ἧς μονὰς ἄρχει - for in every universe shines a triad, ruled by a Monad The Chaldean Oracles

Ερμής του Πραξιτέλη 340 π.Χ. 📷 Αρχαία Ολυμπία 1877

@timotheeology @Catholicizm1 I can never really tell if he's a paid actor or just a cartoonish example of the current zeitgeist

@Catholicizm1 Obv I never watch CA bc I'm not a normie who thinks Protestantism is a serious sect of Christianity, but Trent is smart (the only smart dude at CA imo) and in my judgment a good dude irl, even if he acts stuck up--moreover he's had a tough time over past year and deserves a break

Man. You guys really broke Trent Horn. He doesn’t seem to be doing too good.

#UnJourUneOeuvre/#WorkOfTheDay 🇫🇷 Cette sculpture provient de Cerveteri (vers 520 - 510 av. J.-C.), une cité célèbre à l’époque archaïque pour sa sculpture en argile. Il s’agit d’un sarcophage figurant les défunts tendrement enlacés, à demi étendus sur un lit dans l’attitude de banqueteurs. Pièce maitresse de la collection Campana, ce sarcophage dit des époux a probablement été découvert vers 1845-1846. La qualité et le modelé des figures et le soin apporté au décor peint font de cette urne monumentale l’une des productions les plus abouties des ateliers étrusques, dont on connait au moins une réplique, légèrement différente, trouvée en 1881.   ∴ 🌍 This sculpture comes from Cerveteri (c. 520 - 510 BC), a city famous in the Archaic period for its clay sculpture. It is a sarcophagus depicting the deceased tenderly entwined, half stretched out on a bed in the attitude of banqueters. A masterpiece in the Campana collection, this sarcophages, known as the Husband and Wife, was probably discovered around 1845-1846. The quality and modelling of the figures and the care taken with the painted decoration make this monumental urn one of the most accomplished productions of the Etruscan workshops, of which at least one slightly different replica, found in 1881, is known.

Destruction of Leviathan, Gustave Doré (1865)

Terracotta statue of a young woman, Etruscan, late 4th–early 3rd century BC

Winged Victory

Stèle funéraire de Panchares fils de Leochares affrontant un cavalier macédonien - Alexandre ? - à la bataille de Chéronée et découverte au Pirée. Marbre, musée archéologique du Pirée, 338-337 av. J.-C.

My watercolour painting In illo tempore

The seated burials have often been interpreted as victims of sacrifices or as executed individuals. Delattre suggests that, given the cross-legged/ heel sitting postures of the deceased, these might have practised meditation or self-mummification (akin to the Buddhist Nyōjō)

Thread: Good morning. Heracles killing Geras (personification of old age). Only known from Athenian vases. Attic red-figure pelike, 480–470 BC. Musée du Louvre. More about this theme palladion.hu/en/heracles-an…

“Apollo is the god who sits in the centre, on the navel (ὀμφαλοῦ) of the earth, and he is the interpreter (ἐξηγητής) of religion for all mankind.” (Rep. 427b)

@Repentant_0311 @UbiPetrus2019 Your religion is being gay

@UbiPetrus2019 While not to be taken lightly, past body count is far less important than recent/ongoing behavior. It's something to be approached with caution, clarity, and prayerful consideration. Life in Christ, ongoing repentance, and full transparency would be non negotiable.

In light of the dude shame-bragging about his wife's promiscuous past (the beak on that chick...), we need to draw lines here. You should only be able to marry someone with a similar - if not identical - body count to yours:

@UbiPetrus2019 The modern Christian fascination with defending whores and projecting virtue on them is pure comedy

This chick is an absolute predator. The immediate vibe is her telling legions of her fellow 'I've-had-my-fun-and-now-I-need-a-meal-ticket-THOTs' is "Churches are where the eatin' is good, lots of naive guys you can hitch your wagon to & push around once you're used up."

Les petits chevaux de Tarquinia

A red-figure kylix depicting Clytemnestra killing Cassandra at an altar of Apollo. 5th century BC. ἥκει τόδ᾿ ἦμαρ· σμικρὰ κερδανῶ φυγῇ. - The day has come, I would gain little by fleeing. Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1301