ST. PETER'S BASILICA, VATICAN CITY, ROME
He saith unto them, "Whom saith ye that I am?" Simon Peter (Cephas) replied, "Thou art the Christ (Messiah), Son of the living God." And Jesus answered him, "Blessed art thou Simon, Son of Jonah, for flesh and blood hath not revealed this to thee, rather my Father in heaven. And I also saith unto thee, that thou art Peter and upon this rock I shall build my church; and the gates of Hades (hell, netherworld, powers of death) shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven "[Saint Matthew 16:15-19]
* Also see Luke 9:18 The photo below was taken of St. Peter's Crypt beneath the high altar of St. Peter's Church in 1983 by Pamela Christiansen.
When scanned in at high resolution (1200dpi), a face becomes visible on the suspect Seraph.
An unedited high resolution (1200dpi) scan of the negative is available here
The Good Shephard
This photo taken of a Holy Bible reprint shows a beam of light across Christ's face that wasn't present at the time of the photograph and is not in the reprint
NATIVE AMERICAN TENDING SHEEP
Wyoming, between Cody and Yellowstone.
Photo taken by Verna T. Clayton with Louise Stone
STATUE OF VIRGIN MARY
Eyes appear closed in one photograph, and open in the other. Photos taken in Italy by friend of Louise Price Phillips
Now it happened that as he was praying alone the disciples were with him; and he asked them, "Who do the people say that I am?" And they answered, "John the Baptist; but others say, Eli'jah; and others, that one of the old prophets has risen." And he said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" And Peter answered, "The Christ of God." But he charged and commanded them to tell this to no one, saying, "The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised." And he said to all, "If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.
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