Blog Template Theology of the Body: The Medieval Church's Family

Wednesday, April 01, 2009

The Medieval Church's Family



Thirteen children; two cardinals; three nuns; the rest are warriors and ladies. Not bad.

(In the detail, you can see the vowed religious sisters wearing the nuptial wedding bands which signify their particular, radical participation in the nuptial Church's present assent to Christ)

The Jouvenel des Ursins Family: Paris, 1445