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  • Let’s hear it for Our Lady. (And for J Paul Getty)

    Let’s hear it for our Lady on this the Feast of the Assumption. Here’s a gorgous pic of her being crowned in heaven.

    Our Lady

    And, let’s hear it for the J Paul Getty museum which has just decided to make a very significant collection of images, including the one above, available under an Open Content Programme. That means that the images are available in high quality for you to do what you like with. They are free at the point of delivery, just like healthcare.

    The religious pics are fabulous and are crying out for use in blogs, courses, Lent and Holy Week programmes, Christmas Carol Service brochures and all kinds of things.

    The picture above is a Coronation of the Virgin from Willem Vrelant, a Flemish illuminator who produced it sometimes around the 1460s. More about it here.

    All hail Our Lady, Queen of Heaven.

    All hail J Paul Getty for sharing her with us today.

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9 responses to “Scotland Says No!”

  1. Tim Avatar
    Tim

    Hallelujah!!

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  2. Eamonn Avatar
    Eamonn

    Amen!

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  3. Susan Sheppard Hedges Avatar
    Susan Sheppard Hedges

    Yes!!!

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  4. Martin Reynolds Avatar
    Martin Reynolds

    “something that the church overwhelmingly felt was not the way forward”

    …… the way set by the emergency Primates meeting way back when Gene had just been elected was not the way forward and, sad to say, I can’t think of any good that has flowed from it.

    I can only hope that the threats are now over and the listening begins.

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  5. Neil Oliver Avatar
    Neil Oliver

    Excellent news.

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  6. Zebadee Avatar
    Zebadee

    This has to be good news for the Anglican Communion it’self.

    Reply
  7. Brother David Avatar
    Brother David

    TBTG!

    Reply
  8. Brother David Avatar
    Brother David

    BTW, Father Mark Harris in the US says that the Philippine province has already said no to the covenant.

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  9. Kelvin Holdsworth Avatar
    Kelvin Holdsworth

    Yes – it is reported that the Philippine province has said no, but the reports I saw suggested that it was their bishops who said no rather than a vote in a General Synod.

    My point was that I think that the Scottish Synod is the first actual Synod of a Province to say no. Happy to be proved wrong though.

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