A view of some of the windows in the glorious Parisian church of Sainte Chapelle.
(Wikimedia Commons public domain photograph by Maximillian Puhane)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
I was reading something a while ago by the prolific Boston-based Catholic philosopher and apologist Peter Kreeft, and it gave me an idea for an item that perfectly combines my religious-historical interests and my libertarian-leaning political conservatism:<\/p>\n
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Q. \u00a0Who was the first Christian in history to be given a government grant?<\/em><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
No, he didn\u2019t build the cathedral at Chartres.<\/p>\n
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No, she didn\u2019t lead the armies of France.
\n(Did you know, by the way, that a significant number of the Christians polled in one survey identified St. Joan of Arc as the wife of the patriarch Noah?)<\/p>\n
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No, he didn\u2019t receive the money from the Emperor Constantine the Great.<\/p>\n
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No, it wasn\u2019t the artist who did the Byzantine mosaics in the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia at Ravenna.<\/p>\n
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Could it have been Michelangelo, for his magnificent dome over the Cathedral of Florence? No.<\/p>\n
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How about Ghiberti, for the \u201cDoors of Paradise\u201d on the Baptistry in front of the Cathedral? Again, no.<\/p>\n
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Q. \u00a0Who was the first Christian in history to be given a government grant?<\/em><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\nA. \u00a0It was Judas Iscariot.<\/em><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
***<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhoever does not visit Paris regularly will never really be elegant.\u201d\u00a0-Honor\u00e9 de Balzac<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cParis is always a good idea.\u201d \u2013 Audrey Hepburn<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cA walk about Paris will provide lessons in history, beauty, and in the point of Life.\u201d \u2013 Thomas Jefferson<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cTo know Paris is to know a great deal.\u201d \u2013 Henry Miller<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.\u201d \u2013 Ernest Hemingway<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know, I sometimes think, how is anyone ever gonna come up with a book, or a painting, or a symphony, or a sculpture that can compete with a great city. You can\u2019t. Because you look around and every street, every boulevard, is its own special art form and when you think that in the cold, violent, meaningless universe that Paris exists, these lights. I mean come on, there\u2019s nothing happening on Jupiter or Neptune, but from way out in space you can see these lights, the caf\u00e9s, people drinking and singing. For all we know, Paris is the hottest spot in the universe.\u201d \u2013 Owen Wilson (sort of)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
Posted from Paris, France<\/p>\n
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