To believers, holy water provides a spiritual cleansing.
Growing up as a skeptic in a religious family, such as Sebastian, people come across some daunting religious symbols and sayings that further conflict them.
This reminds me of when Sebastian dips his fingers in the holy water of the chapel, makes the sign of the cross, and genuflects with Charles copying him to be polite. This process is very symbolic to believers, but can be just a formality to skeptics (such as Sebastian and Charles).
The crowns reveal the religious power of monarchs as Head of Church.
This painting reveals Henry VIII's departure from Catholicism due to his disagreement with the Pope (as a Catholic skeptic he founded the Church of England to which he became a believer).
A Protestant Allegory by Girolamo da Treviso
You have some really powerful photos here. I like how you related many of them back to the book and discussed how skeptics might consider religious symbols. I didn't think about what a skeptic thinks of a church.
ReplyDeleteI liked the images so very much -- I did often wonder WHERE the images came from, though. Try to tuck in what you're showing (where, what) as well as why you've selected each image.
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