tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-481788719516463263.post6909526296417730218..comments2023-10-31T08:31:20.136-07:00Comments on Art & Faith Matters: Matthew 20.1-16: Vineyard WorkLynn Miller Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407716923344714540noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-481788719516463263.post-87048779411751265022017-10-01T17:50:44.591-07:002017-10-01T17:50:44.591-07:00I think this is a pore probable explanation: In th...I think this is a pore probable explanation: In the foreground a procession of clerics, lead by the pope, has stepped beyond the fenced area to meet with Christ and the apostles. The Pope seems to be offering Jesus money to gain admission to heaven, and Jesus is refusing it. Perhaps it is an allusion to Tetzel's (alleged ) couplet "As soon as the coin in the coffer rings, the soul out of purgatory springs" (Sobald der Pfennig im Kasten klingt, die Selle aus dem Fegfeuer springt), which he is supposed to have used to preach the sale of indulgences which would release souls from Purgatory.<br /><br />Jesus, like the owner of the Vineyard, is carrying a bag with money with which he will pay the true workers in the vineyard, i. e., the Reformers.Lee Podleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13526177951444976805noreply@blogger.com