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Catholics

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  • James II and Louis XIV and their allies portrayed as inmates of a lunatic asylum. Etching by R. de Hooghe, 1688.
  • An army of red people behind a blue barrior bearing sparkling religious symbols attempting to quell a group of red devils bearing the word 'AIDS' and holding forks; an advertisement to use religions as a shield against AIDS by the Catholic Commision on AIDS. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • King Louis XIV receives an enema while sitting on a globe of the earth, thus besmearing it with ordure; around him, chaos reigns; symbolising the events following the Protestant rebellions of 1674 including the flight of the royal family from England in 1689. Engraving by R. de Hooghe, c. 1689.
  • The Blessed Virgin Mary cradling the emaciated body of Jesus Christ; advertising the support group Catholic AIDS Link for people with HIV/AIDS. Photocopy.
  • A groom with his bride and a message to love faithfully and obey the christian way of life and avoid AIDS; an advertisement by the Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau. Colour lithograph by A.B.C. Ngónzi, ca. 1990's (?).
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    Examination of evidence and report to the Most Reverend James Whitfield ... upon the miraculous restoration of Mrs. Ann Mattingly, of the city of Washington, D.C. ... together with the documents / By the Right Reverend John England.

    England, John, 1786-1842. | Date: 1830
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    Limbo : a memoir / A. Manette Ansay.

    Ansay, A. Manette. | Date: [2001], ©2001
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    Bellerophon slaying the Chimera; representing the defeat of heresy (Protestantism) in Belgium by Ferdinand of Spain. Etching by T. van Thulden, c. 1640, after P.P. Rubens, 1635.

    Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640. | Date: 1635 | Reference: 27226i
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    The Duke of Wellington and his ministers recoil in horror from the shrouded ghost of George Canning who points to the catholic bill on the table. Lithograph 1829.

    Doyle, John, 1797-1868. | Date: Nov 1829 | Reference: 651165i
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    Jansenism is weighed in a balance against Roman Catholicism. Etching attributed to Carel Allard, 1705.

    | Date: [1705] | Reference: 2141442i
    Part of: Lust-hof van Momus.
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