St peter

BARITUS Catholic Illustration on Instagram: "There is an ancient apocryphal tradition that tells of Saint Peter fleeing Rome during Christian persecutions and meeting the risen Jesus on the Appian Way. St. Peter is said to have asked Him, "Quo Vadis?", or "Where are you going?", and Our Lord replied "To be crucified again." Cut to the heart by this reply, St. Peter is said to have turned around, and walked back into the city where he would meet his own crucifixion. I believe I have had my…

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St. Peter is standing in a colonnade wearing a blue robe and holding a large key and book.

'We can now appreciate Newman's toast first to conscience and then to the Pope. The Pope cannot impose commandments on faithful Catholics because he wants to or finds it expedient. Such a modern, voluntaristic concept of authority can only distort the true theological meaning of the papacy. ' ~ Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, 1991 It seems very much that the wheels are coming off the papal bus, that vehicle with Francis in the driving seat and with Fr Antonio Spadaro the irritating tour guide…

Pierre-Étienne Monnot was a French sculptor from the Franche-Comté who settled in Rome in 1687 for the rest of his life. He was a distinguished artist working in a late-Baroque idiom for international clients. In Italian sources he is often referred to as Pietro Stefano Monnot, an italianised version of his name.

For the Jews, the pentagram symbolized truth. For Medieval Christians, the pentagram symbolized the five wounds Christ received during his Crucifixion.

ST ANDREWS - Apostle, was brother of Peter, a Galilean fisherman, and the first to follow Christ (John 1:40-41). The gospels contribute little to his iconography; the chief source is the apocryphal book of the 'Acts of Andrew' (3rd century), retold in the Golden Legend. According to this he made missionary journeys to Scythian Russia, Asia Minor and Greece, preaching and performing many acts of healing.

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Vor der Basilica di San Pietro, die über dem Grab des Apostel errichtet wurde, steht diese monumentale Petrus-Statue.