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Regionalverband Saarbrücken Saarland Katholisch-Kirchstraße 26
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Skulpturen an der Basilika St. JohannSculptures at the Basilica of St. John the Baptist |
Philipp Mihm
1754-58 |
The Basilica of St. John was built on the site of the chapel of the same name by the architect Friedrich Joachim Stengel between 1754 and 1758.
Above the three entrances are tympana with reliefs, and on the corners of the front facade stand two statue of Faith and Hope, the third virtue, Love, is shown as the Holy Ghost above the tympanum of the main entrance.
 South: Synagoge und Ekklesia Synagoge depicted as an elderly woman with the tables of the Ten Commandments, 'Ekklesia' as a young woman with chalice and cross (Wikipedia). |
Vouchsafe to look upon them with a gracious and tranquil contenance, and to accept them, even as Thou wast pleased to accept the offerings of Thy just servant Abel, and the sacrifice of Abraham, our patriarch, and that which Melchisedech, Thy high priest, offered up to Thee, a holy sacrifice, a victim without blemish.
We humbly beseech Thee, almighty God, to command that these our offerings be borne by the hands of Thy holy angel to Thine altar on high in the presence of Thy divine Majesty.
 Southeast: Binding of Isaac God asks Abraham to sacrifice his son, Isaac, on Moriah. Abraham begins to comply, when a messenger from God interrupts him. Abraham then sees a ram and sacrifices it instead (Genesis 22) (Wikipedia). |
 Northeast: Jacob's dream of the ladder to heaven In a dream the biblical Patriarch Jacob sees a ladder leading to heaven (Genesis 28) (Wikipedia). |
 West: Melchizedek's offer Melchizedek king of Salem and priest of El Elyon ('most high God') brings out bread and wine and then blesses Abram and El Elyon (Genesis 14) (Wikipedia). |
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 Spes (Hoffnung) / Hope |
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