Monday, January 18, 2010

Oliver Cromwell-Death Mask

Since we are listening to the series on Oliver Cromwell, I thought it was interesting that Doug Philips had this post up on his blog. Pastor Morecraft has personally shown us this death mask before, he comment? "Ugly Cus' wasn't he?" All in all it is pretty neat. And, Morecraft has this death mask housed on a book shelf in his library at Chalcedon.

Holding Cromwell's Head

It was my distinct pleasure to spend an hour in the pastor’s study of Dr. Joe Morecraft, host of the 40th Anniversary Chalcedon Conference, who handed me a copy of the death mask of hero Oliver Cromwell.

The death mask was taken at the moment of death and has been preserved over the years. Upon the return of Charles II to England and his assumption of the throne, Cromwell and his daughter were disinterred, their corpses decapitated, and their heads placed on the gates of London where they remained for some time. Notwithstanding their posthumous desecration by King and Anglican elite, Cromwell remains one of the great figures in the history of Christendom.

-Doug Phillips of Vision Forum

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