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Jesus as The Good Shepherd in the St. Callixtus Catacombs, Rome, 3rd c.

I've been thinking a lot recently about how we got to Trump, how empires decline and morph, and particularly how religion serves and then is replaced. This meek, very human depiction of Christ was easy to pass off during the so-called persecution period bc it was also a pagan theme at the time. His image became more kingly after the legalization of the cult, and eventually became warlike by the 6th c. #painting