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  • Frostispiece of Molanus, De historia sanctarum imaginum et picturarum (1617), Antwerp, Gasparus Bellerus

    Virtues preserved as false saints



    Molanus counters the claims of the Anabaptists that certain virtues have been turned into fictive saints in the Catholic Church

    Conflict
    False sanctity Iconoclasm/Critic to image cult
    Mention
    Leuven, 1617
    Subject
    Allegories of virtues preserved as false saints

  • False criticism on the Three Godly Graces by a Calvinist



    Molanus attacks Calvinsts’ claims of the inexistence and thus untruthfulness of the use of images of Fides, Spes, and Charitas.

    Conflict
    Iconoclasm/Critic to image cult
    Mention
    Leuven, 1617
    Subject
    Allegories of virtues preserved as false saints ; Three Graces