{"id":132,"date":"2016-12-16T19:15:30","date_gmt":"2016-12-17T01:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gnosisdenver.org\/?page_id=132"},"modified":"2018-09-11T09:33:21","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T15:33:21","slug":"the-symbolism-of-the-christian-virtues","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gnosticstudies.org\/index.php\/gnostic-kabalah\/the-symbolism-of-the-christian-virtues\/","title":{"rendered":"The Symbolism of the Christian Virtues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All of the Christian Virtues have their associated symbolism. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Symbolism of the Three Theological Virtues<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Three Theological Virtues are often depicted in art as young women. The symbols most often associated with them are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Faith &#8211; cross, pointing upward, staff and chalice, lamp, candle<\/li>\n<li>Hope &#8211; anchor, harp, flaming brand, palm<\/li>\n<li>Charity\/Love &#8211; flaming heart, with children, gathering fruit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/threewomen1a%20from%20mackey-manual_of_the_lodge2pics-images-2.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They are also associated with rungs on the &#8220;Ladder of Jacob&#8221; (see Genesis 28:10-22) and are here represented by the letters: F, H and C  below (Note: the F is a little difficult to see).<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/ladder1a%20from%20mackey-manual_of_the_lodge2pics-images.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><a name=\"FourCardinalVirtuesSymbolism\"><\/a>The Symbolism of the Four Cardinal Virtues<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Cardinal Virtues are often depicted as female allegorical figures and were a popular subject for sculpture. The attributes and names of these figures may vary according to local tradition.<\/p>\n<p>In many churches and in Christian artwork the Cardinal Virtues are depicted with symbolic items:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Temperance (Restraint) \u2013 wheel, bridle and reins, vegetables and fish, cup, water and wine in two jugs<\/li>\n<li>Fortitude (Courage) \u2013 armor, club, with a lion, palm, tower, yoke, broken column<\/li>\n<li>Prudence \u2013 book, scroll, mirror (sometimes fighting or controlling a serpent, lizard or dragon)<\/li>\n<li>Justice \u2013 sword, balance and scales, crown<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/fourwomen1a%20from%20mackey-manual_of_the_lodge2pics-images-3.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Compare the Cardinal Virtues as depicted on the tomb of Pope Clement II (1005 \u2013 1047) at Bamberg Cathedral in Germany:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/carvingsandvirtues1.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>And then compare these 19th Century French Tarot plates:<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/cardsandvirtues1.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All of the Christian Virtues have their associated symbolism. The Symbolism of the Three Theological Virtues The Three Theological Virtues are often depicted in art as young women. The symbols most often associated with them are: Faith &#8211; cross, pointing upward, staff and chalice, lamp, candle Hope &#8211; anchor, harp, flaming brand, palm Charity\/Love &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":129,"menu_order":301,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[18,16,3,17,9],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gnosticstudies.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/132"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gnosticstudies.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gnosticstudies.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gnosticstudies.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gnosticstudies.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gnosticstudies.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":133,"href":"https:\/\/gnosticstudies.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/132\/revisions\/133"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gnosticstudies.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gnosticstudies.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gnosticstudies.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gnosticstudies.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}