Divina dispensatione is the name for two papal bulls issued by Pope Eugene III. The first was issued on 5 October 1146 to the clergy of Italy, urging Italians to join the Second Crusade. The second wa
Pope Eugene III
The history of Christianity begins with Jesus, an itinerant Jewish preacher and teacher, who was crucified in Jerusalem c. AD 30–33. His followers proclaimed that he was the incarnation of God and had
The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci (c. 1495) in the Santa Maria delle Grazie Church in Milan, Italy, depicts the final meal before Jesus' crucifixion and death.
Christ Crucified, by Diego Velázquez c. 1632, depicting the crucifixion of Jesus
Half-length portrait of a virgin consecrated to God, praying with an orante prayer position, from the book Die Malereien der Katakomben Roms, plate 80
The Trinity by Russian icon painter Andrei Rublev, early 15th century.