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A Gallery Dedicated to the Illumination of God’s Plan of Salvation As Depicted In Classical Art © Copyright St. Francis of Assisi Parish, Colorado Springs, CO. 2016 THE ART OF SALVATION PROJECT GOALS: v Introduce sacred art as a part of our Catholic heritage v Model the typological reading of Scripture, as taught by the Church v Illuminate God’s divine Plan of Salvation through sacred art As Catholics, we have a rich heritage of the illumination of the Word of God through great art. During most of history, when the majority of people were illiterate, the Church handed on the Deposit of Faith not only in reading and explaining the written Word in her liturgies, but also in preaching the Gospel through paintings, sculptures, mosaics, drama, architecture, and stained glass. In “The Art of Salvation” project, we hope to reclaim that heritage by offering a typological understanding of the plan of salvation through classical art. What is Divine Typology? “Typology is the study of persons, places, events and institutions in the Bible that foreshadow later and greater realities made known by God in history. The basis for such study is the belief that God, who providentially shapes and determines the course of human events, infuses those events with a prophetic and theological significance” (Dr. Scott Hahn, Catholic Bible Dictionary) “The Church, as early as apostolic times, and then constantly in her Tradition, has illuminated the unity of the divine plan in the two Testaments through typology, which discerns in God’s works of the Old Covenant prefigurations of what he accomplished in the fullness of time in the person of his incarnate Son” (CCC 128).
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