Billions of images to appear on millions of computer monitors. Will the face of Christ emerge and the voice of Christ be heard?
The Internet causes billions of images to appear on millions of computer monitors around the planet. From this galaxy of sight and sound will the face of Christ emerge and the voice of Christ be heard? Full article at Vatican.va
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The Internet is certainly a new “forum” understood in the ancient Roman sense of that public space where politics and business were transacted, where religious duties were fulfilled where much of the social life of the city took place, and where the best and the worst of human nature was on display. It was a crowded and bustling urban space, which both reflected the surrounding culture and created a culture of its own. This is no less true of cyberspace, which is as it were a new frontier opening up at the beginning of this new millennium. Like the new frontiers of other times, this one too is full of the interplay of danger and promise, and not without the sense of adventure which marked other great periods of change. For the Church the new world of cyberspace is a summons to the great adventure of using its potential to proclaim the Gospel message. This challenge is at the heart of what it means at the beginning of the millennium to follow the Lord’s command to “put out into the deep”: Duc in altum! (Lk 5:4).
MOSAIC ARTIST, Italian Apse 1145-60 Mosaic the Cathedral of Cefalů – Christ Pantocrator. https://www.wga.hu/art/zgothic/mosaics/3cefalu/2cefalu.jpg https://www.wga.hu/index1.html – http://www.wondersofsicily.com/cefalu-cathedral.htm Cefalù’s cathedral is one of the most impressive Norman churches in Sicily. It commands a slightly elevated position overlooking the huddled terracotta roofs of Cefalù’s old quarter. Behind it rears the sheer-sided limestone cliff of La Rocca. The interior with its pink granite columns and astonishing Byzantine mosaics is a UNESCO’s World Heritage site. Master craftsmen from Constantinople created these wonderful blue and gold and red and green mosaics. They are exceptionally fine and are considered the best examples of Byzantine mosaic work in all Italy. The main image is of Jesus Christ as Pantocrator, meaning ‘Almighty’ or ‘All-Powerful Ruler’. Christ’s right hand is raised in benediction, and in his left, he holds a Bible open at this verse from St John’s Gospel (which you can read in both Greek and Latin): I am the light of the world. Who follows me will not wander in darkness but will have the light of life.
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