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The Pope's kingdom is of this world: the Pope blesses monks and nuns
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The kingdom of the Pope is of this world: the Pope blesses monks and nuns. Contrast on doctrine. Mirror-image copy of the print by Lucas Cranach in the pamphlet 'Passional Christi und Antichristi' by Martin Luther from 1521, page 610 from a 17th-century edition. The series of thirteen pairs of woodcuts depicts the contrasts between the humility and selflessness of Christ on the one hand, and the pride and greed of the Pope on the other.
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Credit lineHet koninkrijk van de paus is van deze wereld: de paus zegent monniken en nonnen. c. 1661. Monogrammist GK (prentmaker, 17e eeuw). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
