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1 Peter


Waterfall of the Misty Dawn by Pat Steir
Alchemy 50 (Alquimia 50) by Olga de Amaral
The Disciples Peter and John Run to the Sepulchre the Morning of the Resurrection (Les disciples Pierre et Jean courant au Sépulcre le matin de la Résurrection) by Eugène Burnand

1 Peter 1:1–12 Where Angels Long to Look

Theodor Metochites presenting model of the church of the Chora to Christ by Unknown artist
Rondanini Pietà by Michelangelo Buonarroti
Wooden Reliquary Box with Stones from the Holy Land by Unknown Syrian or Palestinian artist

1 Peter 2:1–10 A Living Stone and a Chosen People

Bowl-Bearing Figure by Unknown Congolese artist
Ecce Homo, from the Stations of the Cross by Margaret Adams Parker
The Dying Gaul by Unknown Roman artist

1 Peter 2:11–25 Examples of Suffering

Yellow Crucifixion by Marc Chagall
Christ appearing to Saint Peter on the Appian Way (Domine, Quo Vadis?) by Annibale Carracci
The Last Judgement by The Last Judgement

1 Peter 4:12–19 Finding Meaning in Suffering

Consecration of St Augustine by Jaime Huguet
Good Shepherd by Unknown artist [Syria]
The Repentant St Peter by El Greco

1 Peter 5 The Pastures of God’s Love


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General Resurrection from the Bamberg-Eichstätt Psalter by unknown German artist
Sarcophagus of Theodore by Unknown Italian artist
The Resurrection, Cookham by Stanley Spencer

1 Corinthians 15:35–58 Bodily Resurrection

Yellow Crucifixion by Marc Chagall
Christ appearing to Saint Peter on the Appian Way (Domine, Quo Vadis?) by Annibale Carracci
The Last Judgement by The Last Judgement

1 Peter 4:12–19 Finding Meaning in Suffering

The War in Heaven (pane 7g), part of The Great East Window of York Minster
Saint Michael and the Devil by Unknown Spanish Artist
The Fall of the Rebel Angels by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Revelation 12:7–12 War in Heaven

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