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okasha

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6. Though I don't share this belief,

Reply to hrmjustin (Reply #4)

Thu May 9, 2013, 02:37 PM

May 2013

I do love its depictions in art. During the Middle Ages, many works show only Jesus' feet as the rest of him disappears into the clouds. Art historians refer to the motif as "the rocketing Jesus."

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