Pablo has responded with a video clip --
http://ourladyofmountcarmelusa.com/dedicated-to-those-people/
A blue-eyed Jesus (?) addressing the Pharisees.
As a side rant, I hate it when they go so far as to give Our Lord blue eyes and/or "dirty dish blond" hair. He was a real man who walked the earth from 0 - 33 AD. He was ethnically Jєωιѕн. Jєωs don't have blue eyes, or light hair for that matter.
He isn't Santa Claus, or a fairy tale that can and must be "interpreted" by each culture.
Also, Our Lord was the perfect man. Blue eyes is actually a defect -- insufficient melanin in the eye, which happens to signify insufficient melanin in the skin as well. Those with blue eyes get sunburn more easily, and can't absorb as much UV light without getting a headache.
I don't know what movie that was from, but let's just say the actor that portrayed Our Blessed Lord was no Jim Caviezel!
We have no way to know with absolute certainty what color Our Lord's eyes were. There are many depictions of Him with blue eyes in literature and art, including ancient icons. Also, Our Lord had non-Jєωιѕн ancestors as well. But aside from that, the grey and blue eye color has long been endemic in all white peoples. From dna studies, scientists have concluded that blue eyes have been around for about 6,000 to 10,000 years. So, Adam or Eve probably had them. Blue eyes have never been considered, historically, a fault, but a trait that was prized. It still is today. These facts hold for blonde hair as well.
As an aside, I am pretty sure that there are and have been countless men with all shades of blonde hair who are/were very manly.
The Description of Publius Lentullus
The following was taken from a manuscript in the possession of Lord Kelly, and in his library, and was copied from an original letter of Publius Lentullus at Rome. It being the usual custom of Roman Governors to advertise the Senate and people of such material things as happened in their provinces in the days of Tiberius Caesar, Publius Lentullus, President of Judea, wrote the following epistle to the Senate concerning the Nazarene called Jesus.
"There appeared in these our days a man, of the Jєωιѕн Nation, of great virtue, named Yeshua [Jesus], who is yet living among us, and of the Gentiles is accepted for a Prophet of truth, but His own disciples call Him the Son of God- He raiseth the dead and cureth all manner of diseases. A man of stature somewhat tall, and comely, with very reverent countenance, such as the beholders may both love and fear, his hair of (the colour of) the chestnut, full ripe, plain to His ears, whence downwards it is more orient and curling and wavering about His shoulders. In the midst of His head is a seam or partition in His hair, after the manner of the Nazarenes. His forehead plain and very delicate; His face without spot or wrinkle, beautified with a lovely red; His nose and mouth so formed as nothing can be reprehended; His beard thickish, in colour like His hair, not very long, but forked; His look innocent and mature; His eyes grey, clear, and quick- In reproving hypocrisy He is terrible; in admonishing, courteous and fair spoken; pleasant in conversation, mixed with gravity. It cannot be remembered that any have seen Him Laugh, but many have seen Him Weep. In proportion of body, most excellent; His hands and arms delicate to behold. In speaking, very temperate, modest, and wise. A man, for His singular beauty, surpassing the children of men"
3. Other Data.
The Problem of the life passion of St. C? us, and the external appearance of Jesus possessed but minor interest for the Church Fathers, although the Catholic Acts of the Holy Apostles ascribe to him an olive complexion, a beautiful beard, and flashing eyes. Further details are first found in a letter to the Emperor Theophilus attributed to John of Damascus (in MPG, xcv. 349), which speaks of the brows which grew together, the beautiful eyes, the prominent nose, the curling hair, the look of health, the black beard, the wheat-colored complexion, and the long fingers, a picture which almost coincides with a hand-book on painting from Mt. Athos not earlier than the sixteenth century. In like manner, Nicephorus Callistus, who introduced his description of the picture of Christ (MPG, cxlv. 748) with the words, "as we have received it from the ancients," was impressed with the healthful appearance, with the stature, the brown hair which was not very thick but somewhat curling, the black brows which were not fully arched, the sea-blue eyes shading into brown, the beautiful glance, the prominent nose, but brown beard of moderate length, and the long hair which had not been cut since childhood, the neck slightly bent, and the olive and somewhat ruddy complexion of the oval face. A slight divergence from both these accounts is shown by the so-called letter of Lentulus, the ostensible predecessor of Pontius Pilate, who is said to have prepared a report to the Roman Senate concerning Jesus and containing a description of him. According to this docuмent Christ possessed a tall and handsome figure, a countenance which inspired reverence and awakened love and fear together, dark, shining, curling hair, parted in the center in Nazarene fashion and flowing over the shoulders, an open and serene forehead, a face without wrinkle or blemish and rendered more beautiful by its delicate ruddiness, a perfect nose and mouth, a full red beard of the same color as the hair and worn in two points and piercing eyes of a grayish-blue.
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