http://www.italysbestrome.com/barberini-bees-rome/
http://popes-and-papacy.com/wordpress/the-pope-and-the-bees/
CHRISTIANITY:
The bee is called "The Bird of Our Lady" OR "The Bird of Our Lord," since the bee symbolizes the soul.
St Ambrose likened the beehive to the Church, and the devout parishioners to the bees, who collected only the best flowers and eschewed the smoke of arrogant pride. Bees symbolized purity and abstinence.
Bernard of Clairvaux thought of bees as the symbol of the "Holy Ghost."
The bee was a royal symbol.
The sweetness of honey symbolized the eloquence of St Ambrose and St. John Chrysostom. Sweetness was the symbol of Christ and his divine mercy. However, a strong sting came with the Last Judgment.
The bee is carved on caskets and tombstones to represent the resurrected soul.
It is unlucky to kill a bee, since it is the servant of God.
A Virgin is thought to be able to pass through a swarm of bees without getting stung.
Pope Urban's COA
Pope Urban VIII arms featured the Italian Barberini honeybees.
http://www.angelfire.com/mi4/polcrt/Bee.html
http://popes-and-papacy.com/wordpress/the-pope-and-the-bees/
CHRISTIANITY:
The bee is called "The Bird of Our Lady" OR "The Bird of Our Lord," since the bee symbolizes the soul.
St Ambrose likened the beehive to the Church, and the devout parishioners to the bees, who collected only the best flowers and eschewed the smoke of arrogant pride. Bees symbolized purity and abstinence.
Bernard of Clairvaux thought of bees as the symbol of the "Holy Ghost."
The bee was a royal symbol.
The sweetness of honey symbolized the eloquence of St Ambrose and St. John Chrysostom. Sweetness was the symbol of Christ and his divine mercy. However, a strong sting came with the Last Judgment.
The bee is carved on caskets and tombstones to represent the resurrected soul.
It is unlucky to kill a bee, since it is the servant of God.
A Virgin is thought to be able to pass through a swarm of bees without getting stung.
Pope Urban's COA
Pope Urban VIII arms featured the Italian Barberini honeybees.
http://www.angelfire.com/mi4/polcrt/Bee.html
Dear TRADITIO Fathers:
Why does that obelisk stand in the front of St. Peter's Archbasilica? Has there ever been an attempt to remove the phallic symbol from Vatican property?
The TRADITIO Fathers Reply.
First off, Egyptian obelisks are not phallic symbols. On the contrary, they are monuments to the Sun God Re, who had associations with the Jewish Messias, that is, the Christ. In a famous passage the Old Testament prophet Malachias describes the Christ as the Sun: "But unto you that fear my name, the Sun of justice shall arise, and health in his wings: and you shall go forth, and shall leap like calves of the herd" (Malachias 4:2/DRV).
The obelisk now in St. Peter's Piazza is an historical monument, a remarkable one at that because of its size and mass -- 25 metres tall and 331 metric tons. It was brought to Rome about the time of the crucifixion of Christ, by the Roman emperor Caligula in 37, and as such has been venerated by Catholics since then as a symbol of the Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Originally situated on the wall of the Circus of Nero nearby, Pope Sixtus V was determined to re-erect the obelisk in front of St. Peter's. In 1586, in a famous feat of engineering, the obelisk was moved on rollers to the piazza by the work of some 1000 men, 140 carthorses, and 47 cranes. The re-erection took place on September 14, the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, was watched by a large crowd.
Thus, the St. Peter's obelisk is an ancient symbol of Christ, the Messias, the prophet Malachias's Sun of Justice, drawn from the world of ancient Egypt, which like all the pre-Christian pagan world had intimations of the coming of the Christ: "And all nations shall call you blessed" (Malachias 3:12/DRV).
http://www.traditio.com/comment/com1412.htm#141221
Why does that obelisk stand in the front of St. Peter's Archbasilica? Has there ever been an attempt to remove the phallic symbol from Vatican property?
The TRADITIO Fathers Reply.
First off, Egyptian obelisks are not phallic symbols. On the contrary, they are monuments to the Sun God Re, who had associations with the Jewish Messias, that is, the Christ. In a famous passage the Old Testament prophet Malachias describes the Christ as the Sun: "But unto you that fear my name, the Sun of justice shall arise, and health in his wings: and you shall go forth, and shall leap like calves of the herd" (Malachias 4:2/DRV).
The obelisk now in St. Peter's Piazza is an historical monument, a remarkable one at that because of its size and mass -- 25 metres tall and 331 metric tons. It was brought to Rome about the time of the crucifixion of Christ, by the Roman emperor Caligula in 37, and as such has been venerated by Catholics since then as a symbol of the Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Originally situated on the wall of the Circus of Nero nearby, Pope Sixtus V was determined to re-erect the obelisk in front of St. Peter's. In 1586, in a famous feat of engineering, the obelisk was moved on rollers to the piazza by the work of some 1000 men, 140 carthorses, and 47 cranes. The re-erection took place on September 14, the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, was watched by a large crowd.
Thus, the St. Peter's obelisk is an ancient symbol of Christ, the Messias, the prophet Malachias's Sun of Justice, drawn from the world of ancient Egypt, which like all the pre-Christian pagan world had intimations of the coming of the Christ: "And all nations shall call you blessed" (Malachias 3:12/DRV).
http://www.traditio.com/comment/com1412.htm#141221
