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Title: The Passion Resurrection Faade Sagrada Familia Church, Barcelona, Spain http:sun1'arqbcn'orgorgterrm


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The Passion / Resurrection FaçadeSagrada Familia
Church, Barcelona, Spainhttp//sun1.arqbcn.org/or
gterr/mk_sf.htm
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Gaudis original drawing. I want it to frighten
you! I want people to realise that Christs
sacrifice literally involved the shedding of his
blood. Gaudí draws this façade while recovering
from an illness that brought him almost to
death. On top, a cross. Under it, the empty tomb
of Christ and the descent into hell (two set of
stairs with columns).
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In Gaudis original drawing there was also a
cross down the middle of the façade. On one side
of it were those in favour of Christ, and on the
other side were those against him. The inclined
columns are human bones tibias, framing the
Passion. A very different façade for the Passion
than for the birth of Christ. One thing is the
birth of a child, a very different thing is the
death of a man on a Cross. I have begun with the
Nativity façade because if I had started with
this one, I would not have been able to continue
the work.
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Subirachs, the sculptor, proposes to rearrange
the scenes of the Passion Façade with the Way of
the Cross. The frame, however, is Gaudis.
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Down the centre, the scene of the flagellation of
Jesus. Jesus is tied to the column, but he is
also embracing the column. I lay down my life,
no one takes it away from me I have the power to
lay it down and the power to take it back. The
column has three blocks with a fourth which is
displaced - the stone of the sepulchre out of
place, the Resurrection. But Subirachs says
something more he wants to represent the fact
that Jesus breaks the old world. Indeed, with
the death and resurrection of Jesus, this world
of ours, which appears to be dominated by sin,
violence and death, has been overcome! The new
Heaven and the new earth where justice will
reign, has already begun.
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Jesus Christ is the Alpha and the Omega, the
beginning and the end of all things.
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(God) will wipe away all tears from their eyes
there will be no more death, and no more mourning
or sadness. The world of the past has gone.
Then the One sitting on the throne spoke Now I
am making the whole of creation new he said.
Write this that what I am saying is sure and
will come true. And then he said, I is already
done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning
and the End Rev. 21, 4-6a
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On the wall, Subirachs places some mysterious
numbers. In the square there are more than 500
combinations which add up to 33 (all the columns,
rows, etc) the age of Jesus when he died. But
once put on the façade, something else was
discovered. There are two numbers that repeat
themselves (something very rare in this type of
magical squares) 10 and 14. Their sum, 20 plus
28 48, and 48 is the numerical value of the
word INRI in Latin (Jesus of Nazareth, King of
the Jews, the title on the Cross). To calculate,
remember that in the Latin alphabet there is no
J, so that I 9, N 13 and R 17.
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On the right, Jesus carrying the Cross consoles
the women of Jerusalem, do not cry for me, cry
rather for At the centre, Veronica shows the
face of Christ full of blood. She has no face,
because she is a legendary figure (she is not in
the gospels). On the left, a man in profile
taking notes. It is Antoni Gaudí, the evangelist
who will later put the Gospel in stone.
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Antoni Gaudí, the evangelist who will put the
Gospel in stone in the heart of the city. With a
clear intention For the visitor to come away
in awe of Gods saving work!
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Jesus Christ nailed to the Cross, inclined over
the world because he dies for the world. At the
foot of the Cross, Mary, his mother, Mary
Magdalene, and the Apostle John. Also at the foot
of the Cross, Adams skull, symbol of mortal
humanity which Christ rescues from death. Being
God, by dying he destroys death, which can in no
way retain the Author of Life. Naked the crude
reality of the Cross.
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Jesus is laid in the sepulchre. Joseph of
Arimathea at the head. At the feet of Jesus a man
who looks much like Subirachs, the sculptor (with
the magnified hand). Above the head of Mary, an
egg (potential life) THE RESURRECTION
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