{"id":50647,"date":"2021-08-04T18:51:51","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T16:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/topa.be\/sint-carolus-borromeus\/beschrijving\/scb-pulpit\/"},"modified":"2021-10-14T19:19:04","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T17:19:04","slug":"preekstoel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/topa.be\/en\/sint-carolus-borromeus\/beschrijving\/preekstoel\/","title":{"rendered":"SCB Pulpit"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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When nowadays you want to reach an adult audience with a message, you can do so through refresher courses, publications, advertising, film, websites, television and the internet. In the 17th<\/sup>\u00a0and 18th<\/sup>\u00a0centuries the audience could mainly be reached through giving sermons, in other words giving a religious address in the town of Antwerp the Jesuit fathers were in charge of Sunday homilies in Saint Andrew\u2019s Church, the Lent meditations in the Cathedral and they were asked for all kinds of occasions. Besides they held parochial missions in the countryside and co-operated at the Dutch mission, i.e. the spiritual or pastoral care among the Catholics in the United Provinces, who could not stand up for their faith publicly. Because of this varied practice they caused a special genre of publications to flourish: pulpit literature.<\/p>\n

Especially in the first years after 1585 and during the Twelve Year\u2019s Truce (1609-1621), when a lot of Protestant Christians from the North came to Antwerp for the fair, theological disputes dealt with the great differences with the Protestants, such as the Eucharist and confession, worship of the Virgin Mary and hagiolatry.<\/p>\n

The present pulpit dates from after the fire (ca. 1720) and is ascribed to Jan Pieter II Van Baurscheit. To have a real impression of such a monumental work a sketch is not sufficient. Therefore, the sculptor will first make a model. The bozetto of the carrying figure in terracotta (80 cm (30,5 in) tall) is kept in the church museum.<\/p>\n

The allegory of \u2018the Church that triumphs over heresy\u2019 is the supporting base (A) of the tub (B). Because Protestant Christians reject the doctrinal authority of the Church, the Church\u2019s authority is explicitly represented. Notice how \u2013 barely visibly \u2013 two iron staves go along the two angels left and right and through the hollow statue underneath the tub. The Catholic Church is personified by a female figure in canonicals with the papal ferula (with the triple cross) in her hand. The monsters of lies and ignorance, and also the masks of false appearance are trampled on by the Church. That is what is called \u2018to crush heresy\u2019, which is subtitled by the banderol under her feet: \u201cCONFREGISTI CAPITA DRACONIS PS. LXXIII V. 15\u201d (\u201cIt was You [God] who have crushed the heads of the dragon [Leviathan]\u201d<\/em>, Psalm 73 verse 15) (= Ps. 74,14). With her left arm, she lays the biggest monster. Two putti are next to her: sheltering behind a shield they attack both monsters with lightning. On the left putto\u2019s diadem, one can read \u201cGLADIUS SPIRITUS\u201d (the sword of the Spirit) (Eph. 6:17: \u201ci.e. God\u2019s word<\/em>\u201d) and on the other one\u2019s \u201cSPIRITUS VERITATIS\u201d (The Spirit of truth). Another two floating putti below the tub accompany Church with her attributes. One is carrying the keys of the kingdom of heaven [one key has broken] and a chalice with a host, the other one the papal tiara and a book, symbol of the doctrinal authority of the Church, for instance concerning the interpretation of the Scriptures. On the banderol between the two angels\u2019 heads underneath the tub we can clearly read another text that applies allegorically to the supporting figure: \u201cCOLUMNA ET FIRMAMENTUM VERITATIS, 1 TIM. 3;15 (\u2018the pillar and foundation of truth<\/em>\u2019 (1 Tim. 3;15): a way to describe \u201cthe Church of the living God<\/em>\u201d)<\/p>\n

Underneath the sounding board a banderol between the two trumpeting angels draws Mother Mary into the Counter Reformation battle: \u201cCUNCTAS HAERESES SOLA INTERMISTI\u201d (\u2018Only you have eradicated all heresies\u2019), a phrase from the liturgy of the Feast of the Annunciation.<\/p>\n

The tub (B) contains 6 medallions depicting scenes from the life of Mother Mary.<\/p>\n