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Saints and Martyrs
- Jan 30, 2015
- By stlukesattic
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Flannery O’Connor is a wonderful writer and I heartily recommend that you read everything the woman ever wrote. One story, in particular, had me thinking a few weeks back: A Temple of the Holy Ghost. In it she describes the paintings seen at the fair where one could see “faded looking…
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Britain’s Protomartyr
- Dec 01, 2014
- By stlukesattic
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What the heck is a protomartyr anyway, Clark? It sounds vaguely of cavemen and authralopithecines. (Which, now that I see these words written on the screen in front of me, strikes me as a very interesting idea for a series of drawings.) Well anyway, I agree with you, but I…
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Polycarp
- Jul 07, 2009
- By stlukesattic
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Polycarp. Pencil, watercolor, gold leaf, ink on paper. Polycarp was an early Christian martyr. He famously defied the Romans in their pleas to him to renounce Christ. As a result he was burned alive.
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