The History of The Catholic Church in Nine Paintings

The Young Pope

The Origins of Christianity

The first four paintings depict the birth of Christ, Christ’s giving the keys to St. Peter, the conversion of St. Paul, & the first ecumenic council at Nicaea.

Adoration of the Shepherds (1620), by Dutchman Gerard van Honthorst, in the Uffizi, a painting it is very difficult to get good images of, because it was very badly dama…