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Our Lady of Grace, Dearborn Heights, Michigan

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Window

Building Name: St. Peter's Episcopal Church

City: Detroit

Window Shape: 2 (rectangle)

Subject/Title of Window: Charity of Dorcas and Jesus Teaching Nicodemus

Brief Description of Subject: This two lancet window illustrates charity and seeking righteousness.
 
The left lancet's scene is from Acts 9:36, "In Jappa, there was a disciple named Tabitha (which when translated, is Dorcas), who was doing good and helping the poor." The picture is based on a 1901 painting by Charles W. Donson titled "Charity of Dorcas." The inscription in the predella is from 1 Corinthians 13:13, "And now abideth faith, hope, and charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity." (KJV)
 
The right lancet's scene is from John 3:1 - 31 --- Jesus teaches Nicodemus. The picture in the lancet is based on a 1937 engraving by the Nazarene School. The inscription in the predella is a variation of the fourth beatitude found in Matthew 5:6, "Blessed are they which hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled." (NIV)

Inscriptions: The Greatest of These is Charity
Blessed Are They Who Seek After Righteousness


Height: 58"

Width: 38"

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