07. Who is Jesus?
The questions are the title of the above painting by Paul Gauguin, explained in Wikipedia as follows:
Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? (French: D’où venons-nous ? Que sommes-nous ? Où allons-nous ?) is an 1897–98 painting by French artist Paul Gauguin. The painting was created in Tahiti and is in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts. Viewed as a masterpiece by Gauguin, the painting is considered “a philosophical work comparable to the themes of the Gospels”.
Wiki explains that Gauguin attended a Catholic boarding school with a strong religious focus, and although he became anticlerical, these questions stayed with him.
1. Jesus' suffering and death
2. Jesus' resurrection and ascension
(7b) What was their reaction to the news?
(7c) What was their response to Jesus when He met them?
Incredulous, like the disciples?
Or like the women – mystified, but willing to accept what is given to you to see?
3. What was accomplished?
Although I would like to have a pop-up form which allows you to keep your personal answers here, I haven't found how to do that within budget. So, I plan to prepare downloadable pdf files with fillable spaces for your answers - yet to be done.
