The Visual Commentary on Scripture

The VCS is a free, online resource that provides material for teaching, preaching, researching, and reflecting on the Bible, Art, and Theology.

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James the son of Zebedee is best known for being the patron saint of pilgrimage.

This statue of James can be found in Santiago de Compostela, a site closely associated with pilgrimage.

Take a closer look in this week's exhibition, The Way to Glory:

https://t.co/h2YdvPfcKX

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Psalm 104 presents the earth and everything in it as a theatre of God’s glory that incites the praise of God’s people. None of the characters or scenes in this creational theatre is insignificant.

Take a closer look at our exhibition of the week:

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Sandra Bowden’s collagraph takes inspiration from the psalmist’s pronouncement that God has set the earth on an immovable foundation.

Click here to read about the third work in our exhibition on #Psalm 104:

https://t.co/jF6RtJiAHG

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Vincent van Gogh wrote that ‘all nature seems to speak … I do not understand why everyone does not see and feel it; nature or God does it for everyone who has eyes and ears and a heart to understand’.

Take a closer look at Long Grass with Butterflies in this week's exhibition:

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The title of this work, The World Spills, comes from an essay by philosopher Bayo Akomolafe who writes that ‘the world spills in excess of itself’.

Find out more in our exhibition on #Psalm 104, O Lord, How Manifold Are Thy Works!

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The events described in #Matthew 2:1–12 culminate with the star finally halting above the place where the Child was and the Magi entering the house. There they see Jesus and his mother, fall to their knees, and offer him gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

As interpreted by theologians and communicated in the liturgy, however, the story of the Wise Men has been understood to have various other meanings, several of which emerge in the works discussed here.

Click here to explore Timothy Verdon's exhibition The Adoration of the Magi:

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Cristobal de Villalpando, trained in Mexico City by Baltasar de Echave Rioja, son of one of the first Hispanic artists to emigrate to ‘New Spain’ (as Mexico was then known), was inspired by Rubens for his depiction of the Magi.

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Benozzo Gozzoli's fresco cycle, painted for the Medici family's private chapel in 1459, is one of the most impressive depictions of the Journey of the Magi.

Take a closer look in our exhibition of the week, The Adoration of the Magi:

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In the week of #Epiphany, our Exhibition of the Week looks at the Adoration of the Magi.

Click here to read Timothy Verdon's commentary on Matthew 2:1–12 and this sixth-century mosaic in the church of Sant’Apollinare Nuovo at Ravenna:

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Fung Chunlan’s photograph I Don’t Know about Tomorrow features a boy in an outfit of ginkgo leaves standing against the backdrop of an ominous storm.

Find out more in this week's exhibition on Ephesians 1:

https://t.co/MpTofDOHkU

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The offensive mingling of the grotesque and the sacred, not unlike the original crucifixion of Christ, belies a profound message of faith in Damien Hirst's God Alone Knows.

Read about it in our exhibition on Ephesians 1:

https://t.co/e54U5CqdM4

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We continue our weekly exhibitions with a closer look at #Ephesians 1.

Gao Lei’s painting Devonian Christmas presents a horseshoe crab flanked by a murex snail and a trilobite.

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The Visual Commentary on Scripture wishes you a Happy Christmas!

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Looking for Christmas-themed works of art and commentaries?

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Have you seen our film series about Jesus and the Virgin Mary, produced in partnership with the National Museums in Berlin?

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Chloë Reddaway writes about 'the faithful and joyful fertility of the Virgin' and 'the new covenant of grace in Christ', beautifully depicted in Pontormo's fresco of the #Visitation.

A look at today's joyful #Advent commentary:

https://t.co/K5Do1oEqmi

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Today's Bible and Art Daily episode from @TheVCS in the Series 'Trees of Life' is a commentary I have written.

Episode 7 of 14: The Ground of Rebirth has artwork by Arthur Boyd - https://t.co/L7grP8k24S

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Psalm 139 is a perfect companion to Agnes Martin's humble, joyful work:

'Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
it is so high that I cannot attain it.'

In the third week of #Advent, we explore joy:

https://t.co/wA7Vb32kAS