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10 Early Depictions Of Jesus Christ

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The image of Jesus often falls into recognizable types. There is the baby Jesus being cared for by the Virgin Mary. There is the serene Prince of Peace preaching to humanity. And there is the Crucified Christ who died for our sins. A wider variety of images, however, derives from an earlier period before the codification of the representations of Jesus. 10Good Shepherd Mausoleum Of Galla Placidia The image of Jesus that comes to us from the Bible is that of a simple countryman, descended from a line of kings but not an earthly king Himself. His relatively humble beginnings have given us the Jesus of unsophisticated dress, often a plain robe. In the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia in Ravenna, there ...

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