HISA04H3 Lecture Notes - Shinny, Direct Line Group, Ninety-Five Theses
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Many protestants thought that images of saints were invitations to. Their own relation to god (not through bishops, priests ) Some went as far as john calvin, the prominent theologian, and. Sacred spaces: religious buildings and early modern connections. Why ritually burned statues and paintings at the stake? idolatry declared god forbade the making of any images representing him . First image: painted by a protestant (a protestant dutch reform church, 1649) Sense of purity (simple decoration and simple color combination) Focus more on spiritual needs (not many extravagant decorations) Second one: vienna (a baroque catholic church, constructed around 1700) Sense of heaven represented in the picture (angels in the back ) Both churches were charged by special power that intended to make impression upon people and overwhelm people, justify the power (through sense of mystery) Difference (where congregation took place and temple of god, display) Spiritual corruption: people buy their way to heaven (statues and paintings)
