The ship of Religion, Typus religionis (title on object), The ship of the militant Catholic Church. Sailing ship representing the Roman Church manned by all kinds of officials and parts of the Catholic Church. The pope sits in a sloop behind the ship together with the worldly followers of the church. The ship is threatened by boats manned by heretics, apostates and sinners. On the left the goal of the canal: the port of salvation, heaven. In the air the dove of the Holy Spirit propels the ship. With many inscriptions in the scene in French and legend A-E in the caption. According to the

---

Size: 5704px × 3099px
Location:
Photo credit: © Penta Springs / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -, 1560, 1762, air, allegorical, apostates, auvergne, billom, boats, ca, canal, cartoon, catholic, church, dove, followers, french, goal, heaven, heretics, holy, inscriptions, jesuit, kinds, left, legend, maker, manned, militant, object, officials, painting, parts, pope, port, print, propels, reformation, religion, religionis, representing, roman, sailing, salvation, scene, ship, sinners, sits, sloop, spirit, theme, threatened, title, typus, worldly