Picturesque Biblical Teachings
A certain Clarence Larkin, a Baptist pastor in the early 1900s, created charts to visually explain some biblical teachings to the faithful. To take a look at these charts, click here.
It is very fitting that I should come across these charts now, as I am currently reading Dante’s Inferno (thanks, Hala) and the drawings of the Inferno have been very helpful in explaining the various cantos. If I am going to hell, it pays to know the address beforehand.
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February 5th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
If Dante is to be believed, Hell favors Neopolitans, not circassians.
February 5th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
I suppose so. Only technically, I am only half Circassian.
February 5th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
This is my favorite of those charts:<br /><br />http://www.preservedwords.com/images/failure.gif<br /><br />From paradise lost, to paradise restored. That’s a nice summation, and it’s based on Christian scripture (some of his charts are not).<br /><br />He’s a Baptist, though… wans’t Dante a Catholic? I don’t know much about Baptists but there’s way too much fire and brimstone in some of those drawings for me!<br />
February 6th, 2008 at 2:16 am
i want "The Heavens" printed
February 6th, 2008 at 10:02 am
Dante was Catholic, yes. I just wanted to say that "drawings" do help in understanding religious teachings, as the drawings of Inferno helped me understand the different cantos Dante wrote.<br /><br />Omar, posterizing these would probably cost a lot of money in Amman, so I’ll skip that until I am rich :D<br />
February 7th, 2008 at 6:48 am
haha, when we both be rich we’ll make sure to send each others the prints of these. just remember, I’ll send you my address! haha