Christ the Good Shepherd

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about 1880 technique: stained glass firm/studio: Michael and Arthur O'Connor Church of St Mary, Angle, Pembrokeshire south wall of chancel A more complex image than that by Wailes in this church. Here the shepherd Christ is again shown with the lost sheep (Luke 15:6) but is depicted wearing the crown of thorns (Matthew 27:29) and with the wound of crucifixion shown clearly in his hand. This is Christ the shepherd who lays down his life for the sheep (John 10:15).  (ObjectID=432 ImageID=629) Original File Name=_MG_0955.jpg

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• Christ as Good Shepherd  [John 10:1-18]
• the lost sheep sought and found by the shepherd - parable of the good shepherd  [Matthew 18:12-14; Luke 15:4-7]

Thomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield, The Buildings of Wales: Pembrokeshire (New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2004), p. 123.

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales