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		abrenuntio on Dec 18, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Silver amulet is the oldest evidence of Christiani... "This perfume was worth an entire year's wages. Why wasn't it sold and the money given to the poor?" Sacred art exists to honor the Lord. We ourselves may remain poor and humble in the middle of all this beauty :-)

NemoNobody on Dec 19, 2024 [–]

Yeah... and it's for God and the King that he so divinely ordained rule over all of us bc that is how that was, the church and the palace had all the money and they supported each other for thousands of years

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