Modernism

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Agnes with a lamb near her feet. St. Agnes (Saint Agnes) design drawing for stained glass window by J&R Lamb Studios, ink, mount size 10.5 x 14.5 in.

Roman Catholic Saints

Saint Francis Xavier baptizing the infidels by an unknown painter, 18th century; in the collection of the Museo Nacional de Arte, Mexico City, Mexico.

How did St. Francis Xavier shape Catholicism?

Marriage. A couple getting married during a church wedding ceremony. (religion, ceremony, bride, groom)

The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church

Candles Burning On Table In Church

What Is the Most Widely Practiced Religion in the World?

Stained glass window showing ten Christian saints. St Peters Church, Cound, Shropshire, England.

Too Good to Rot? Saints with Incorrupt Bodies

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Calendar showing the month of February

Why Are There Only 28 Days in February?

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex in 2019. (Meghan Markle, British royalty)

6 Things You Should Know About Meghan, Duchess of Sussex

NBA Lakers Celtics Finals Kevin Garnett shooting.

10 Great Sports Rivalries

Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

12 Greek Gods and Goddesses

Common, or southern, cassowary (Casuarius casuarius).

8 Birds That Can’t Fly

A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England

Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

Ruminant. Deer. Red deer. Cervus elaphus. Buck. Stag. Antlers.

9 of the World’s Deadliest Mammals

Modernism: Facts & Related Content

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Date	1890 - 1910

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Roman Catholicism

Key People

Alfred Firmin Loisy

French theologian

George Tyrrell

Irish theologian