Weird Catholic
Deacon TomThe unusual side of Church history
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The Feet of the Ascension
And they came up and took hold
of his feet
and worshiped him.
Matthew 28:9
Ascension is among the most quirky and delightful subjects for pious art, with a number of artists simply showing the feet of Jesus as the clouds take him a...
D (for Disclosure) Day
Humans are naturally apocalyptic. The idea of the end-time calls to us through the primordial mists of aeons past, memories of world-ending catastrophes that shattered humanity’s sense of its place in the order of creation. All peoples have...
The Devil's Mousetrap
The Merode Altarpiece is a beautiful, richly symbolic Flemish triptych probably painted by Robert Campin and assistants in the 1420s on a commission from the Engelbrecht family. The name “Engelbrecht” means “brought by an angel,” which woul...
King Arthur in the Lives of the Saints
N.C. Wyeth, King Arthur
I published the first section of this before, but I’ve expanded it to look at how treatments of Arthur changed under the influence of Geoffrey of Monmouth, turning Arthur from a relatively negative figure in early s...
The Nails of the Crucifixion
This is a “supercut” of multiple pieces I’ve published over the years about various questions related to the nails of the crucifixion, including any relics that may survive. As readers of An Owl Among the Ruins already know, we’ve been thro...
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