Such images imply that the relatively standardized, modern depiction of Jesus emerged in approximately 1490, but art historians might argue otherwise. Although the Renaissance produced a vast ...

The world may never know the true face of Jesus, but a modern breakthrough has given an idea of what Christ looked like nearly 2,000 years ago.

Jesus officially inaugurated this program of liberation when he began his public ministry, as Luke 4:16-21 relates. In the synagogue in Nazareth, Jesus read a text based on Isaiah 58:6 and 61:1-2: ...

Find today’s reading here. “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida!” (Lk 10:14) Many of us of a certain age grew up with an image of Jesus in our homes, regarding us dreamily, softly ...

It's a familiar image for millions of Christians: Jesus, with a crown of thorns, hanging from the cross. In a film that opened Friday in Houston, he is black. Color of the Cross tells a ...

Some social media users have claimed that Michelangelo based his depictions of Jesus on Tommaso de’ Cavalieri. Aleksandra Wrona Published Dec. 26, 2024 Image courtesy of Getty Images ...

Many Christians today wear crucifixes around their neck, but it wasn’t always the case. For nearly nine centuries, the Church refused to show Jesus’s cross. And it wasn’t without reason.

I should have. While Jesus is undoubtedly the focal point of this image compared to a plain, wooden, T-shaped object he hangs upon, the cross is nevertheless at work in our own lives.

The world may never know the true face of Jesus, but a modern breakthrough has given an idea of what Christ looked like nearly 2,000 years ago.