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45 Cards in this Set
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Goldfinch
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suggests the Passion (Crown of Thorns)
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Latin/Greek cross
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the Passion/floor plan for churches (arms of equal length
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lamb
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innocent and pure sacrificial animal. Lamb of God. Good Shepherd. most common animal symbol.
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centaur
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half human, half horse
anger |
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snake
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wisdom or evil.
with tail in mouth - eternity wound around staff - Christ's healing power |
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apple
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forbidden fruit
latin word "malum" means apple and evil disobedience/original sin willing indulgence in sensual pleasures |
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dog
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fidelity
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fish
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Christianity (general)
Christ (specific) |
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candle
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light of God
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columbine
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sorrow
Seven Sorrows of Mary |
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laurel
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eternity, triumph
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lily
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Mary's purity
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iris
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Mary's sorrow for the lance which pierced Christ's side
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bee
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can't find yet
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INRI
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abbreviation for "Jesus of Nazareth King of the Jews" in Latin
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Black
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mourning, penance, evil, death
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Blue
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heaven, truth, fidelity
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green
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hope, regeneration, fertility
victory when attached to palm or laurel |
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purple
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sorrow, penitence, love, truth, royalty
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red
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passion, blood, fire, love, hate, sin, suffering
with black - purgatory, devil |
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white
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light, innocence, purity, joy, virginity
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yellow or gold
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sun, color of heaven, "illuminated truth" deceit, jealousy, cowardice, treason
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hourglass
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time
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mirror
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virgin's purity, human vanity
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shoes
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holy ground
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towel
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purity
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St. Sebastian
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wouldn't stop bearing testimony, shot through with arrows, 2 women nursed back to health, continues to bear testimony, killed w/sword. "crown of martyrdom"
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Bartholomew
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haven't found yet
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Matthew
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winged man or angel
traces genealogy of Christ and emphasizes Christ's immortality |
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St. George
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soldier of the Roman army, slew the dragon, saved virgin, beheaded
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Judas
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haven't found yet
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Mark
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winged lion
emphasizes Christ's royal lineage |
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St. Francis of Assisi
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lives at the end of the Gothic Era. Lived after he was really sick and cleaned up his life. "newly born". order of monasticism
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St. Peter
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crucified upside down b/c he felt he was unworthy to die the same way as the savior
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Luke
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winged ox
emphasizes Christ's sacrifice and atonement |
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St. Paul
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martyred by having head cut off. b/c Roman citizen - "only" beheaded
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John
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eagle
soaring majesty of his writing of Christ's divinity and ascension |
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3
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supreme power to the Greeks
the Trinity to Christians |
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4
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earth, four elements, four "humors" of man, four points of compass, four coners of world
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7
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sum of divine number 3 and earthly number 4. symbolizes man
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12
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haven't found yet
MeganG thinks 12 apostles |
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Satyr
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half human, half goat
lust |
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Minotaur
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half human, half bull
human brutality |
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3 vows of monasticism:
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poverty, chastity, obedience
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Stigmata
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St. Francis first to receive, sign that you've had an intense spiritual understanding of the atonement
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