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130 - John Paul II's Retreat for Artists - Christopher West
In Holy Week of 1962, Bishop Karol Wojtyla gave a retreat to a group of Polish artists. The text of that retreat has now been published in English, along with commentary, by the Theology of the Body Institute, in a book titled God Is Beauty: A Retreat on the Gospel and Art.
Christopher West, president of the TOB Institute, joins Thomas Mirus to discuss the retreat and how it fits together with St. John Paul II's Theology of the Body. Themes include:
God is Beauty
The Incarnation is perfect Beauty manifested in the human body
The artist is a conduit of beauty coming from God
Artists'…
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