IN the NEWS - Reformers would NOT be Surprised

Take an harp, go about the city,

thou harlot that hast been forgotten;

Isaiah 26:15

 

The fact that the Catholic Church organized & hosted this event would be of NO SURPRISE to the Reformers-Luther, Calvin & Zwingli-If they were alive today....

"While it's always important to consider the other person's point of view, get ready for strong emotions if you visit the "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination" exhibit at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.

You may have seen the photos of various glitterati attending the "Met Gala" -- the dress code was

"Sunday Best." They included actress Sarah Jessica Parker (formerly of TV's "Sex in the City," now starring in "Divorce") modeling a gold lamé dress and wearing a Nativity scene on her head. Singer Rihanna (her songs include "S&M" and "Love the Way You Lie") appeared as a mini-skirted rhinestone pope. Other women-in-the-news were on the red carpet, wearing creations by everyone from Balenciaga to Versace.

A production of the Met's Costume Institute three years in the making, the exhibit supplements "Women's Cultures: Equality and Difference," the Pontifical Council for Culture's 2015 attempt to find out about the feminine "other." Remember the council's webpage (since changed) with a photo of Man Ray's 1936 bondage sculpture "Venus Restored"? The council helped the Costume Institute get church vestments and objects.
To my mind, there are many circles of "otherness" here. To begin with, all the costume models, live at the gala and in plaster in the museum, are female. The Catholic vestments are the real deal; the Vatican lent some 40 pieces from the Sistine Chapel sacristy."
NCR