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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.
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Iconoclasm/Critic to image cult Mention
Leuven, 1617
Subject
Allegories of virtues preserved as false saints ; Three Graces Altarpiece depicting the Three Godly Graces in the Egmond Abbey, Holland
Monastry of Egmond
Molanus affirms the antiquity of the use of Fides, Spes, and Charitas in painting and gives an example from a monastery in Holland.
Faith, Hope, and Charity and their mother, Wisdom, are official martyrs of the Church
Molanus argues that the Three Graces and their mother have a very long tradition in the Church and attempts to remove them from the litanies should not be tolerated.