Luther reveals the deception of the Catholic clergy, Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, After Adriaan de Weerdt, 1604 print The three -headed people (vulgus) stands for the Pope, who sits on a throne. Surprise the people look at how Martin Luther reveals the deception of the Catholic clergy by lifting the mantle of the pope. In the light of his torch testimony of the script (testimonium scriptuae), he shows that the leader of the Catholic Church is actually a devil. The pope has the legs of a monster. Moreover, he houses the snake, the wolf, the jackal and the scorpion, animals that stand for the de
Luther reveals the deception of the Catholic clergy, Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, After Adriaan de Weerdt, 1604 print The three -headed people (vulgus) stands for the Pope, who sits on a throne. Surprise the people look at how Martin Luther reveals the deception of the Catholic clergy by lifting the mantle of the pope. In the light of his torch testimony of the script (testimonium scriptuae), he shows that the leader of the Catholic Church is actually a devil. The pope has the legs of a monster. Moreover, he houses the snake, the wolf, the jackal and the scorpion, animals that stand for the deception of the church. In the background, the humanist Erasmus reveals to the people that priests are also disguised wolves. On the right a country worker is reading the Bible, every hardworking person has the right to the Word of God. The print has a Dutch, Latin and French caption and is part of a twelve -part series with the subject of the degeneration of the Catholic clergy and the causes of the rebellion and the iconoclasm. print maker: Germanyafter design by: Colognepublisher: The Hague paper etching / engraving pope. human-shaped devil. Vice, Evil, Sin; 'Peccato' (Ripa). priest (Roman Catholic). farmers Low Countries
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