During the Renaissance there apparently was controversy surrounding the problem of Christ's belly button in religious art. Sine Jesus was supposed to have been a virgin birth from a woman who was virgo intacta, should the messiah have been portrayed with or without a belly button. An incorrect portrayal could have been construed as heresy, which might have rendered the artist kindling for a great ecclesiastical weenie roast.
Similar concerns arose about the penis of the lord and the fate of the divine prepuce. The recent invention of the telescope lead to the discovery of Saturn's rings. The seventeenth century Vatican scholar, Leo Allatius, studied the problem, and with great discretionn and perspicuity, declared that the rings of Saturn were in fact previously unobserved prepuce of the baby Jesus.
So much conjecture surrounding Jesus --poor guy. No peace at all with worries of belly buttons, penises, weenie roasts, and the purely personal prepuce, some controversy going back as far as the Renaissance.
For no particular reason, I was thinking about belly buttons just a few days ago. I wouldn't even remember that were it not for this cute story. One of the things I was wondering about was the phenomenon of "Innie" and "Outie". I'm pretty sure I've only seen "innies" until I saw the last picture in your story. Does that little bump in the middle make it an outie?
A delightful story and poem.
During the Renaissance there apparently was controversy surrounding the problem of Christ's belly button in religious art. Sine Jesus was supposed to have been a virgin birth from a woman who was virgo intacta, should the messiah have been portrayed with or without a belly button. An incorrect portrayal could have been construed as heresy, which might have rendered the artist kindling for a great ecclesiastical weenie roast.
Similar concerns arose about the penis of the lord and the fate of the divine prepuce. The recent invention of the telescope lead to the discovery of Saturn's rings. The seventeenth century Vatican scholar, Leo Allatius, studied the problem, and with great discretionn and perspicuity, declared that the rings of Saturn were in fact previously unobserved prepuce of the baby Jesus.
So much conjecture surrounding Jesus --poor guy. No peace at all with worries of belly buttons, penises, weenie roasts, and the purely personal prepuce, some controversy going back as far as the Renaissance.
Thank you for your comments, my friend! 🤍
CJ
For no particular reason, I was thinking about belly buttons just a few days ago. I wouldn't even remember that were it not for this cute story. One of the things I was wondering about was the phenomenon of "Innie" and "Outie". I'm pretty sure I've only seen "innies" until I saw the last picture in your story. Does that little bump in the middle make it an outie?
(giggling) Yeah, if there's no obvious "hole" there, it's an outie. I'm glad you enjoyed the story! That makes me smile. Thank you.