Tool of suffering

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Mocking of Christ, Fra Angelicos fresco in cell 7 of the Convent of San Marco in Florence, around 1440
Death card from 1894 with the Arma Christi and other iconographic attributes
Lunette of the fresco The Last Judgment by Michelangelo : Angels hold the cross and the crown of thorns
Lunette of the fresco The Last Judgment by Michelangelo : Angels hold the scourge column and a staff with the sponge soaked in vinegar

With Arma Christi (also Passion tools , latin Arma Christi , weapons of Christ ') are called weapons, torture devices or other objects related to the suffering and death of Jesus Christ are. The depiction of the tools of suffering in Christian iconography has been common since the late Middle Ages. They often appear on depictions of the Last Judgment , the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the so-called Gregory Mass .

Some of the instruments of suffering are counted among the so-called Christ relics. According to tradition, Helena , the mother of Constantine the Great , had objects in the Holy Land that were directly related to the suffering and death of Christ, above all the Holy Cross . Relics such as the Holy Lance , the Holy Sponge and cross nails were venerated from around the year 1000. After the end of the Crusades , an abundance of new relics appeared, and more after the instruments of suffering had increasingly been the subject of devotional literature and piety since the late 14th century. Since the Passion tools are viewed as weapons for overcoming sin and death, they are also considered to be signs of victory. Mainly:

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See also

Web links

Commons : Arma Christi  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gertrud Schiller : Iconography of Christian Art. Volume 2: The Passion of Jesus Christ. Lund Humphries, London 1972, ISBN 0-85331-324-5 .