Feeding the Hungry and Visiting those in Prison
detail from Women Performing Acts of Mercy
© University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, photo Martin Crampin | 1883 Two-light window with four panels showing four of the acts of mercy: feeding the hungry, visiting those in prison, clothing the naked and visiting the sick. An angel in the trefoil above holds the text 'Come ye blessed of my father' (Matthew 25:34).technique: stained glass firm/studio: Joseph Bell & Son Church of All Saints, Oystermouth, Swansea south wall of south aisle Given by the Nicholl family. |
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- clothing the naked - one of the (seven) Acts of Mercy [Matthew 25:31-46]
- feeding the hungry - one of the (seven) Acts of Mercy [Matthew 25:31-46]
- visiting or liberating the imprisoned: one of the seven Acts of Mercy [Matthew 25:31-46]
- visiting the sick - one of the (seven) Acts of Mercy [Matthew 25:31-46]
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Further reading
Geoffrey R. Orrin and F.G. Cowley, A History of All Saints' Church, Oystermouth (1990), p. 87.
ReferencesJohn Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan (London/Cardiff: 1995), p. 484.
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© University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, photo Martin Crampin
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