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To: Jon Stept who wrote (58)	9/24/1999 6:36:00 PM
From: J-14	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4775

Jon, in response to your questions: "As a matter of inquiry, what is the Catholic church's representation of Christ? What do they show at the Vatican? Is the image white? And why do so many of the candles I see in the Latin shops in my area that have the nice illustrations on them have a white/non-latin looking Jesus? Why don't they use latin looking Jesus?" Well, to answer your questions, I must answer (and don't think I'm avoiding your question), in the Vatican, there would be (I haven't been there... yet) many, and I mean many, representations of Christ. ALL would be different, because different artists have painted Him differently. Honestly speaking, the majority would probably caucasian, with european features. That is only because the 'usual' Jesus is painted white (wittness the afore-mentioned candles). In fact, if you mentioned the idea of a latin-looking to most latinamericans, at least to the ones I know, they'd laugh pretty hard. Try it. Then mention Our Lady Of Guadalupe, and show them a picture of her (She appeared in Mexico, so she has very mexican features). BTW, the Church doesn't have an official representation of Jesus, because the Church can't say, "This is the way Jesus looked!" because we don't have any pictures of Him, so any interpretation could possibly be correct. As for the discussion of Jews in Biblical times, I don't think anyone can be sure, so (most likely), it will be difficult to come to an agreement.