The Popes and the Arts
The Church, especially the Popes, have always patronized and supported the arts in the service of preaching the Gospel.
Tag: art and faith
Contemplating Corpus Christi with Raphael
Raphael’s imagery in the ‘Stanza della Segnatura’ provides artistic expression of Eucharist as summit of the goal of faith and of reason
Icon Writing: My journey from Syria to Byzantium
Schaher Rhomaei shares how he began to explore the extraordinary art of ‘icon writing’ -and how icons can be a ‘visual Gospel’ to inspire a deeper and more profound faith.
Iconography, imago Dei and identity
Following the CHC’s second iconography course, we ask how this ancient art helps to illustrates man’s relationship with God
A Theology of the Family
Perugino’s Adoration of the Magi offers a profound insight into the Church’s vision of the nature of the family
The ancient practice of Iconography
Rev Nikita Andrejev, tutor on the CHC Iconography course, talks about this most ancient practice