Ecce doctores ecclesiae.

CRIVELLI, Carlo. St Jerome and St Augustine.
1490. Tempera on wood
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

Here are two of the "Doctors of the Church." You will no doubt notice the basilica that stands out, almost growing out of the books of the church.

Today in Latin we will begin our preparations for the Final and finishing working on our research projects. 
   
Agenda:

1. Pater noster
2. Study for a bit. 
3. Vocab Quiz: Cap 9
4. HW Review:
1. Study for the Final by reviewing and memorize the Latin Charts. 
2. Study Present Tense Verb System
3. Get your chant on! The Endless Noun Ending Song
4. Este perfecti!

Et ego si exaltatus fuero a terra omnia traham ad me ipsum.

REMBRANDT. The Raising the Cross.
1633. Oil on canvas. Alte Pinakothek, Munich

Although we have moved past the crucifixion of Christ, let us consider Rembrandt's rendition, a painting that should be well known to you all. Two ideas are formed in this image. The first should be most obvious: Rembrandt paints himself as one of those participating in the crucifixion. Why does he do this? Because he is confessing his own original sin, that he too is guilty of Christ's death, for that is what the doctrine of Substitutionary Atonement means, that Christ is dying for him personally. The other idea reflected in this image is located in the Jerome's choice words: et ego si exaltatus fuero a terra omnia traham ad me ipsum (John 12:32). The key word here is "exaltatus," which is where we derive the English word "exalt," which means "praise" or "glorify." And so it is that the lifting of Christ on the cross actually becomes His glorification.

Agenda:

1. Pater noster
2. Correct and review Cap IX Pensum A & C
3. Study words for Cap IX.
4. Review HW: 
1. Study words for Cap IX. Quiz tomorrow. 
2. Review and memorize the Latin Charts
3. Study Present Tense Verb System
4. Get your chant on! The Endless Noun Ending Song
5. Este perfecti!

Chruch Fathers

BOTTICELLI, Sandro. St Augustine.
1480. Fresco. Ognissanti, Florence

Here is Saint Augustine, one of the principle Church Fathers, a man who bridged two worlds, the fading light of the ancient world and the growing brightness of the medieval world. He was a "doctor of the church," that is, one who helped form and shape the doctrines of the Church. 

Agenda:

1. Pater noster
2. Lingua Latina Cap IX  (for Marley)
1. Finish Pensum A
2. Do Pensum C: 1-3, 8-10
3. Finish Ben Hur.
4. Review HW: 
1. Study words for Cap IX. Quiz tomorrow. 
2. Review and memorize the Latin Charts
3. Study Present Tense Verb System
4. Get your chant on! The Endless Noun Ending Song
5. Este perfecti!

Cap IX: Pastor et Oves Part II

GUARDI, Francesco. Capriccio with Venetian Motifs.
1760s. Oil on canvas. Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona.

Today we are continuing our study of Cap IX and of a very popular and important scene in the Ancient World.

Agenda:

1. Credo
2. Lingua Latina Cap IX:
3. Review HW: 
1. Study Present Tense Verb System
2. Get your chant on! The Endless Noun Ending Song
3. Este perfecti!

Cap IX: Pastor et Oves

BÖCKLIN, Arnold. Villa by the Sea. 1864
Oil on canvas. Neue Pinakothek, Munich

Some of you might have already noticed this, but there are only 3 weeks left of school de hodie. For some this is too short; for most of us, it is too long. Nevertheless, let us press on and finish well the race that is before us.

Agenda:

1. Pater noster
2. Begin reading Cap IX together.
3. Review HW: 
1. Study Present Tense Verb System
2. Get your chant on! The Endless Noun Ending Song
3. Este perfecti!

Beginning Cap XVII

BELLOTTO, Bernardo. Capriccio of the Capitol.
1743-44. Oil on canvas. Galleria Nazionale, Parma.

Today we will begin the chapter on one of the most important declensions in Latin.

Agenda:

1. Pray
2. Correct and discuss Cap VIII Pensum A 
3. Intro new words for Cap IX words. 
4. Review HW: 
1. Study Present Tense Verb System
2. Get your chant on! The Endless Noun Ending Song
3. Este perfecti!

Et mittam manum meam in latus eius non credam.

STOM, Matthias. The Incredulity of St Thomas.
1620. Oil on canvas. Museo del Prado, Madrid.

Today consider the patientes Dei. In Stom's depiction of Thomas' unbelief, it is not Thomas but Christ on whom we fix our eyes. Note the patience and forbearance with Thomas' doubt: Christ holds his hands as if to prevent the other disciples from interrupting Thomas' inspection of his body. Stom's focus on the wound in the side is also telling, for as John tells us, it was the "blood and water" of the Church that came from forth at the latus Christi.

Agenda:

1. Credo Deum Patrem...
2. Ben Hur
3. Review HW: 
1. Study Present Tense Verb System
2. Get your chant on! The Endless Noun Ending Song
3. Este perfecti!

Jesus as Companion: quomodo cognoverunt eum in fractione panis.

BLOEMAERT, Abraham. The Emmaus Disciples. 1622.
Oil on wood. Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels

"Were not our hearts burning within us?" So ask the disciples on the way to Emmaus. They say this, of course, after their eyes have been opened. Consider today's painting and "how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread" (Luke 24:35). There is something mystical about the breaking itself that reveals some deeper mystery at work in the soul of every human. We know the character of a person best when we see them broken. What is the significance of this? It means that Jesus is both the "companion" and the "panem" that is broken and revealed in this breaking. In other words, he is not a hermit god who looks at us from some intangible distance. On the contrary, God in Christ is near and revealed in the breaking of bread.

Agenda:

1. Credo in Deum Patrem... 
2. Videmus Seven Wonders of Rome
1. Take Notes
3. Review HW: 
1. Study Present Tense Verb System
2. Get your chant on! The Endless Noun Ending Song
3. Este perfecti!

Resurrectio Veritatis.

BELLINI, Giovanni. Resurrection of Christ.
1475-79. Oil on panel transferred to canvas.
Staatliche Museen, Berlin.

Here we have Bellini's depiction of the Resurrection of Christ; consider the symbolic elements: the stunned soldiers, the petrified joy of the disciples, the merciful beauty of the myrrh-bearing women. Such an event touches all points of society. In other words, today's significance is nothing without the resurrection of Truth, the resurrection of Meaning.

Agenda:

1. Credo Deum Patrem...
2. Correct past quiz. 
3. Lingua Latina: Capitulum VIII. 
1. Collect Pensum A together.
4. Review, discuss the notes on Ancient Rome: Prosperity and Decline.
5. Review HW: 
1. Study Present Tense Verb System
2. Get your chant on! The Endless Noun Ending Song
3. Este perfecti!

Easter is not over.

CARPACCIO, Vittore. The Meditation on the Passion.
1510. Oil and tempera on wood.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Some of you might be asking, "Why are we still talking about Easter. It's so over already--pshaw!" The answer to this question is simply that Easter is not over. Consider Cappricio's argument here. It is right that we continue to think on the significance of Easter. It is the most important event in history, remember the sine qua non of Christianity. 

Agenda:

1. Apostle's Creed
2. Watch Ancient Rome: Prosperity and Decline
1. Take notes
3. Review HW: 
1. Finish Cap VIII Pensum A
2. Study Present Tense Verb System
3. Get your chant on! The Endless Noun Ending Song
4. Este perfecti!

Slumber no more.

The Large Passion: 12. The Resurrection of Christ.
DÜRER, Albrecht. 1510. Woodcut.
Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna.

The resurrection changes everything. Note here the sleepers in the foreground, a symbol of the slumber of the world before Christ breaks open the universe in new life and new glorified matter.

Agenda:

1. Credo Deum Patrem...
2. Finish Pensum A in Lingua Latina: Cap VIII. 
1. Work with a partner.
3. Watch Ancient Rome: Prosperity and Decline
1. Take notes
4. Review HW: 
1. Study Present Tense Verb System
2. Get your chant on! The Endless Noun Ending Song
3. Este perfecti!

Noli me tangere.

FRANCIABIGIO. Noli me tangere. 1520-25.
Detached fresco. Museo del Cenacolo di San Salvi, Florence

Note the title of today's painting: Noli me tangere. Christ is speaking to Mary here, as recorded in the gospel of John. "Do not touch me, for I've not yet ascended to my Father." There is much mystery and anticipation in this statement, but it concludes a dramatic scene that St. John is keen to show us regarding the nature of Christ. It is the same idea that St. Paul will later pick up and expound, regarding Jesus as the Second Adam. 

Agenda:

1. Apostle's Creed 
2. Finish reading Cap VIII together. 
3. Begin Pensum A of Cap VIII
4. Review HW:
1. Study Present Tense Verb System
2. Get your chant on! The Endless Noun Ending Song
3. Este perfecti!

Thomas' Incredulity.

CARAVAGGIO. The Incredulity of Saint Thomas.
1601-02. Oil on canvas. Schloss Sanssouci, Potsdam.

Today we shall consider the doubting faith of Thomas. Biblical characters receive their epithets for their deeds, and it is a sad thing we do not still keep up this practice. Imagine how much more humble and circumspect we might be if we could be named by our foibles. However, in the case of Thomas, he must be vindicated. "Doubting Thomas," as he is often called, was no different from you or me, especially in this hyper-scientific age. And denying the Lord as Peter did is as much a lack of faith as Thomas' "unless I put my hand in his side." Thomas is what our generation needs. Thomas is a rebuke to us all, for as Jesus says, "blessed are they who believe and have not seen."

Agenda:

1. Apostle's Creed
2. Read Cap VIII together. 
3. Review HW:
1. Study Present Tense Verb System
2. Get your chant on! The Endless Noun Ending Song
3. Este perfecti!

Christus resurrexit!

BELLINI, Giovanni. Resurrection of Christ.
1475-79. Oil on panel transferred to canvas.
Staatliche Museen, Berlin.

Salvete, discipuli...(it's "salvete" to more than one person). Welcome back from Easter Break, and I hope you had a blessed time. He has risen! The resurrection of Christ is the sine qua non of Christianity. Understand this sentence, and you will know the secret of the universe.

In Latin today we shall endeavor to remember what we are about.

Agenda:

1. Pater noster 
2. Announcements: 
1. Easter Break
2. Make up work
3. Quizzes this week
4. And the rest of the year
3. Review HW:
1. Study Present Tense Verb System
2. Get your chant on! The Endless Noun Ending Song
3. Este perfecti!