ST. PAUL’S NEWMAN CENTER Memorial Opportunities NAVE CONCEPTUAL, TBD Pantocrator Ceiling Mural Speaking Our Theological Truth PANTOCRATOR MURAL The word Pantocrator is of Greek origin and means “ruler of all.” The image shows Christ holding the four Memorial Gospels in His left hand. This is the book by which we $120,000.00 are all judged, but its blessing proclaims God’s loving kindness towards us. The Gospels are giving us His The image represents the central reality of the Christian forgiveness. faith: the divine majesty of the Creator and Ruler of all the world, made flesh and therefore visible to us in the The tetramorph represents the four Evangelists – “people person of Christ Jesus our Redeemer. who proclaim the good news” (the four Gospels) – here surrounding the Pantocrator. The Evangelists may be One of the oldest sacred art images in Christendom, represented by the “Evangelist portraits” derived from it represents the nature of Christ, the Christology, classical tradition, or by symbols originating from the providing an understanding and explanation to the four “living creatures” that draw the throne-chariot of world of who Jesus is. The visual center of the image is God, the Merkabah, in the vision in the Book of Ezekiel Christ’s face; God manifested in earthly flesh to show us (Chapter 1) and reflected in the Book of Revelation His face, thereby adopting us as His children, so that we (4:6-9ff). have His identity. We are all one body in Christ Jesus, Son of Man. • Gospel of Matthew – Winged Man • Gospel of Mark - Winged Lion The two-dimensional perspective with the sky and • Gospel of Luke – Winged Ox (or Bull) perfected stars implies that He is now outside time and • Gospel of John – Winged Eagle space, showing us His spiritual presence. © Rohn & Associates Custom Studio, Inc. 2020 All rights reserved.