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Two criminals are seen hanging on their respective crosses on either side of Jesus, dying along with him. These two have committed serious crimes and committed grave misdeeds. They are generally called thieves. In the other Gospels, they are called “robber, highwayman, bandit” as found in Matthew 27:38 and Mark 15:27, for example. These are the [...]

Early Christian art is composed of all visual works produced to tangibly illustrate and portray the principles of Christianity. It is the visual narrative of the burgeoning religion. In R. Jensen’s “Understanding Early Christian Art,” the author divides this period into two chronological phases: the pre-Constantinian art (3rd to 4th centuries) [...]