No other posting today. Neo-Noir Thursday returns next week with a new theme. All summer I've been doing movies that led up to but weren't quite neo noir. Next week I'll do ... something new. It may be a very short series. I hope that is cryptic enough.
Meanwhile, today is the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Here is one of Caravaggio's masterpieces related to the theme. The Lemon Girl and I saw this on our honeymoon.
This painting is absolutely consistent with the doctrine of the Assumption. That is true but would shock many Catholics with strong Marian devotions. The doctrine of the Assumption is one of a small number of bits of Catholic dogma that was carefully written to satisfy strongly opposed factions within the church. It starts of seeming to say something clear but then it makes qualifications and, when you get to the end of the qualifications, it isn't at all clear what it says.
You might call it the feast of the great mysteries because it involves all the great mysteries of catholic faith.
Meanwhile, today is the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Here is one of Caravaggio's masterpieces related to the theme. The Lemon Girl and I saw this on our honeymoon.
This painting is absolutely consistent with the doctrine of the Assumption. That is true but would shock many Catholics with strong Marian devotions. The doctrine of the Assumption is one of a small number of bits of Catholic dogma that was carefully written to satisfy strongly opposed factions within the church. It starts of seeming to say something clear but then it makes qualifications and, when you get to the end of the qualifications, it isn't at all clear what it says.
You might call it the feast of the great mysteries because it involves all the great mysteries of catholic faith.
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