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The only antisemitic painting in the world of Indian Fine Arts belongs to Kerala. It is a painting by the famous artist Raja Ravi Varma (1848-1906). What

Good Friday, the Friday before Easter, the day on which Christians annually observe the commemoration of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ. From the early days of Christianity, Good Friday was observed as a day of sorrow, penance, and fasting, a characteristic that finds expression in the German word Karfreitag (“Sorrowful Friday”). Following the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke), the mainstream of Christian tradition has held that Jesus’ last meal with his disciples on the evening before his Crucifixion was a Passover seder. That would place the date on which Jesus died on 15 Ni...

Further, it’s clear that those who met at that council identified with the group that spent two centuries defining its identity over and against various heterodox and heretical groups by appealing to Matthew’s Gospel. In this sense, Jesus founded the Catholic Church—there are no ifs, ands, or buts about it.

REFLECTIONS TODAY A long line of tradition has associated the Beloved Disciple, the author of the Fourth Gospel, with the Apostle John. In the Synoptic Gospels, though close to Simon, John has a subordinate role. In the Fourth Gospel, the Beloved Disciple is at par with Simon Peter. He is the “hero

REFLECTIONS TODAY Luke brings his Gospel to a close with the report of the Ascension. He will also begin the story of the Church with a recounting of the Ascension (First Reading). The Gospel gives us the impression that Jesus ascends on the same day as his resurrection, while Acts tells us that Je