They Said It...
Christianity is not established by law, and the genius of our institutions requires that the Church and the State should be kept separate....The state confesses its incompetency to judge spiritual matters between men or between man and his maker...spiritual matters are exclusively in the hands of teachers of religion.
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ming328.jpgSubmitted by Syscrusher on Mon, 2005/06/06 - 22:11.
 This is the Sword of State for one of the Ming Emperors (not necessarily the one buried in this particular tomb, since the museum section is consolidated). I apologize for the quality of the Ming museum photos. The display cases were very poorly lighted and were in a room with a large sun-exposed doorway. The reflection conditions were very bad, and I was not even able to attempt photography of some of the displays. |