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02 Dec 14
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dare to assert that attention should be paid not to the historic Christ but to a "pneumatic" or glorified Christ.
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For this reason, some have gone so far as to want to remove from the churches images of the divine Redeemer suffering on the cross.
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"You believe in Christ born in the flesh," says St. Augustine, "and you will come to Christ begotten of God."
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In the sacred liturgy, the whole Christ is proposed to us in all the circumstances of His life, as the Word of the eternal Father, as born of the Virgin Mother of God,
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Since His bitter sufferings constitute the principal mystery of our redemption, it is only fitting that the Catholic faith should give it the greatest prominence.
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It is rather Christ Himself who is ever living in His Church.
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In the course of the liturgical year, besides the mysteries of Jesus Christ, the feasts of the saints are celebrated.
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the Church always strives to put before the faithful examples of sanctity in order to move them to cultivate in themselves the virtues of the divine Redeemer.
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The sacred liturgy puts all these gems of sanctity before us so that we may consider them for our salvation, and "rejoicing at their merits, we may be inflamed by their example."
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In order that we may be helped by our senses, also, the Church wishes that images of the saints be displayed in our churches, always, however, with the same intention "that we imitate the virtues of those whose images we venerate."
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We desire to commend and urge the adornment of churches and altars.
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We now deem it Our duty to censure the inconsiderate zeal of those who propose for veneration in the Churches and on the altars, without any just reason, a multitude of sacred images and statues, and also those who display unauthorized relics, those who emphasize special and insignificant practices, neglecting essential and necessary things.
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Modern art should be given free scope in the due and reverent service of the church and the sacred rites, provided that they preserve a correct balance between styles tending neither to extreme realism nor to excessive "symbolism," and that the needs of the Christian community are taken into consideration rather than the particular taste or talent of the individual artist.
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"anything else that is not in keeping with the sanctity of the place."[178]
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Thus the human arts will shine forth with a wondrous heavenly splendor, and contribute greatly to human civilization, to the salvation of souls and the glory of God.
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26 Apr 07
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