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In a culture of limited literacy symbolic
visual imagery was vital in enlightening pagan and heretics
and bringing them into the light of God. A boat or ship can have a
variety of meaning in Christian themed painting. The Ship symbolizes
Christ as a holy vessel upon a sea of sin and wickedness. The
holy vessel (Christ) is a place of safety for believers. The Ship represents
the faithful being delivered to a paradise after a perilous journey.
Christians were heavily persecuted during Roman times. The Ship also
symbolizes Noah's Ark. Biblical
References to Ships and the Sea On that day, when evening had come, Jesus said to them, "Let us go across to the other side. "And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him. A great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped. But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him up and said to him, "Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?" He woke up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace! Be still!" Then the wind ceased, and there was a dead calm. He said to them, "Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?" And they were filled with great awe and said to one another, "Who then is this, that even the wind and sea obey him?" (Mark 4:35-41)
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