As for that Statue of Jupiter

Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus 19:4
"On the right of the transept, in St. Peter’s, at Rome, there stands an

old pagan bronze statue of Jupiter—mended toward the head so as to make a statue of St. Peter, whose brazen toe has been nearly kissed away by the lips of the faithful. 

For this MAdAME DE STAEl, a profound critic and a devout Catholic makes the following excuse: We shame not in pagan trophies which art has hallowed. The wonders of genius always awaken holy feelings in the soul, and we pay homage to Christianity in tribute to all the best works that other faiths have inspired." 

M.E. Cornell