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Why is Jesus often depicted with a six-pack? The muscular messiah reflects Christian values of masculinity

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Paintings of Jesus with a six-pack have influenced factions of Christianity. They reflect social and cultural ideas about masculinity and idealised notions of manhood. In many images of the crucifixion, Jesus is depicted as both strong and vulnerable. Crucifixion paintings showing a muscular messiah suggest that Jesus could perhaps physically have overcome his fate, had he wanted to.

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Why is Jesus often depicted with a six-pack? The muscular messiah reflects Christian values of masculinity

(L-R) The Last Judgement by Michelangelo (1541), The Resurrection of Jesus Christ by Piero della Francesca (1463) and The Rockox Triptych by Rubens (1613–1615). Sistine Chapel/Museo Civico/ Royal Museums of Fine Arts of BelgiumHave you ever wondered why so many images depicting the crucifixion show Jesus with a very defined, slender and toned body? Either slim, but with a six-pack, or displaying muscles and brawn. While these images are hardly a…

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