{"id":52142,"date":"2021-08-10T17:01:40","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T15:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/topa.be\/sint-carolus-borromeus\/beschrijving\/scb-when-leaving\/"},"modified":"2021-08-18T17:11:14","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T15:11:14","slug":"buitengaan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/topa.be\/en\/sint-carolus-borromeus\/beschrijving\/buitengaan\/","title":{"rendered":"SCB When leaving"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Antwerp jesuit church, a revelation.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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When leaving the church through the enclosed porch (Jan Pieter I Van Baurscheit, 1721) you will see a couple of life size ladies showing two of the most important virtues: on the left confident faith (cross) and on the right firm hope (anchor, of which the barb has broken off). From a distance, a third virtue can be seen in between them, on top of the porch: love, symbolized by a mother treating her little children lovingly. Together they represent the three divine virtues. The way they have been positioned corresponds completely with the verse in the Bible:\u00a0\u201cSo faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0(1 Cor. 13:13). Since in our culture we read from left to right, faith, left, is in the first position. Hope follows in the second one. The \u201cgreatest\u201d of the three divine virtues holds the most important position, enthroned between them.<\/p>\n

In the Baroque period, the three divine virtues were mostly depicted on an altar, at which Jesus\u2019 sacrifice of love was celebrated. Why then, are they on the enclosed porch here, and only visible when going out? Could it be inspired by an anecdote from Ignatius\u2019 life? At his departure from Barcelona to Rome (ca. 20-3-1523) someone reproached him that it was not wise to go on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land without knowing the languages and without a companion. Ignatius, who wanted to depend only on God and did not take any money with him either, answered that \u201cthe only things he wanted to own were the three divine virtues: faith, hope and love.\u201d This is an enduring message for all those who provide themselves only with material luggage on their voyage through life\u2026<\/p>\n

Even if this were the only contribution of art-loving Jesuits of olden times to the social graces of present day visitors, the aim of this exuberant church may be called successful: to help people think and choose \u2018to the greater glory of God\u2019.<\/p>\n

Once you are outside again in Hendrik Conscienceplein, you might be glad to look once again at the magnificent fa\u00e7ade or\u2026 on a cosy outdoor caf\u00e9. But notice the heavy iron railing (1873) that must protect the artistic fa\u00e7ade\u2026 Incidentally the bars are decorated with little crosses, alternating with little hearts and anchors. Once again, the three divine virtues! Out of the abundance of the heart\u2026 also religious art speaketh\u2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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