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Looks like about 4k words on a comic I doubt Peter Milligan or Salvador Larroca think about too often. But, it let me talk LA Riots, westward expansion, the colonizing of Palestine, Horatio Nelson, the fear of being outdated, concentration camps, ableism & revivalist churches.
#OTD in 1566, the first phase of the Iconoclastic Fury began during which Calvinist Protestant crowds wreaked havoc in Catholic Churches. King Philip of Spain sent the Duke of Alba to the Low Countries to end the “Beeldenstorm” by all means necessary: https://t.co/alHGosypk8
Aleijadinho (1730 or 1738-1814)
Antônio Francisco Lisboa,his nickname means "Little Cripple".Was the prime sculptor and architect of Colonial Brazil,noted for his works in several churches. He was born deformed and lost his fingers due to leprosy, but kept sculpting until old age
@LilithByTheSea some fine-art porn maybe. not all churches.
[New OC]
Spiffy Sunshine, he/they
A priest of the Solar Church, tasked by Celestia with eliminating abusive figures within her churches. Of course, this requires extreme secrecy, as if he were caught, Celestia would deny all involvement with him.
The World Council of Churches. The National Council of Churches. The United Nations Human Rights. Senators and Congressmen. 47 years in prison?????????????
#FolkloreThursday
“Oranges & Lemons” is a popular children’s nursery rhyme & singing game about some of London's churches. Throughout the song, the bells of each church ‘speak’ to one another. Centuries old, it was first published in 1744 in Tommy Thumb’s “Pretty Song Book.”
Originally in Norway, this was practiced deep in the forest or on elf-mounds. This practice was later outlawed as witchcraft in Norway, but it persisted later in Iceland, where the designated location was at crossroads where all 4 directions lead directly to churches. 2/
ANCIENT YEWS
A piece about British folklore for 'The End is Nigh' show. Featuring: The ancient trees of British graveyards, witch queens, spectral dogs and old churches. 🪦💀 https://t.co/d7lZbOU2IJ
Purganima, the Wandering Pokémon 👻
Ghost Type
1) They can be seen wandering the streets leading lost trainers in the middle of the night, they are seen living in churches.
2) Despite their reputation as peepers, they are benevolent spirits very loyal to its trainer.
#Fakemon
Nevertheless, each person should live as a believer in whatever situation the Lord has assigned to them, just as God has called them. This is the rule I lay down in all the churches.
1 Corinthians 7:17 (NIV)
@Intramuros visita iglesia day 2.
for holy monday: the manila cathedral.
the mother of all philippine churches. she rose and fell seven times in the face of tempests, tremors and war.
yet she perseveres, and stands like a phoenix.
#artph #visitaiglesia #artistsofsea
The Gargouille : it spits water from the roofs of churches. When it is exposed to the sunlight, it turns into stone.
#dragon #creatureart #art #drawing #digitalart
Lucky Somerton, #Oxfordshire, to have this wonderful early Christopher Whall #stainedglass window, made by Powells, 1892, for #ArtsandCrafts #Cotswolds(ish) #churches. Whall made up the armour for the soldier in cardboard to get it right. Images: Rex Harris
Doonesbury on "values-free churches." Entire strip here: https://t.co/3qXmxwacEW
The Pesanta from Catalan folklore is an enormous black-furred dog with steel paws who lives in abandoned ruins, mostly old churches. At night it creeps into people’s homes & sits on their chests, giving them nightmares & breathing problems. #MythologyMonday