Author Topic: Celtic Art: Is it Catholic? (Read 2568 times)

Tiffany · « **on:** May 21, 2013, 06:02:22 AM »

Are Celtic knots and crosses Catholic? I think they are beautiful but I'm afraid of anything that might be new age.

TKGS · « **Reply #1 on:** May 21, 2013, 06:29:30 AM »

Celtic art existed long before the "New Agers" ever dreamed of being.

Though I do note that the New Agers seemed to have adopted much Celtic art as their own. It is not. We should not abandon Celtic art simply because the New Agers display it just as we should not abandon the Cross simply because some hedonistic artists wear them.

Tiffany · « **Reply #2 on:** May 21, 2013, 06:51:44 AM »

Thank you! :)

John Grace · « **Reply #3 on:** May 21, 2013, 01:26:55 PM »

An example of a Celtic Cross in the grounds of the parish church in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary.

John Grace · « **Reply #4 on:** May 21, 2013, 01:32:03 PM »

Another example is here at the grave of Irish patriot Seán Sabhat. This is the republican plot in Mount Jerome Cemetery Limerick.

soulguard · « **Reply #5 on:** October 19, 2013, 10:58:29 AM »

Some of them are over 1000 years old, so they cant be new age. It is ancient Celtic art style used to glorify Christianity, Catholics I mean.

stgobnait · « **Reply #6 on:** October 19, 2013, 01:56:58 PM »

They were used to depict The Gospels in stone pictures, and some have survived quite well...

RomanCatholic1953 · « **Reply #7 on:** October 19, 2013, 04:08:37 PM »

Yes, They are CATHOLIC. No bones about it.

Viva Cristo Rey · « **Reply #8 on:** November 28, 2013, 07:50:34 PM »

Yeah. Irish Catholic to the core!

Nadir · « **Reply #9 on:** November 30, 2013, 08:24:07 PM »

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Some of them are over 1000 years old, so they cant be new age. It is ancient Celtic art style used to glorify Christianity, Catholics I mean.

I agree that Celtic art is Christian, ie Catholic,.

A little off topic but just to correct the belief that new age is something new, although there has been a recent resurgence. It goes way back to Ancient Greece, Gnosticism, Jєωιѕн mysticism and the Kabbalah, maybe even to the Garden of Eden (your eyes shall be opened: and you shall be as Gods, knowing good and evil. - Gen 3:5)