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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.

    Conflict
    Iconoclasm/Critic to image cult
    Mention
    Leuven, 1617
    Subject
    Allegories of virtues preserved as false saints ; Three Graces
  • Frostispiece of Molanus, De historia sanctarum imaginum et picturarum (1617), Antwerp, Gasparus Bellerus

    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.

    Conflict
    Iconoclasm/Critic to image cult
    Mention
    Leuven, 1617
    Subject
    Three Graces
  • Frostispiece of Molanus, De historia sanctarum imaginum et picturarum (1617), Antwerp, Gasparus Bellerus

    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.

    Conflict
    Iconoclasm/Critic to image cult
    Mention
    Leuven, 1617
    Subject
    Three Graces