When a stained‑glass window depicted Jesus as Black for the first time Most Western depictions portrayed Jesus as a white European, but in 1877, something changed. World 17 min ago
I, along with other conservators who have examined the window, found the dark paint used for the skin color authentic and not a result of any deterioration, which can have a darkening effect on paintings over time.
A stained-glass window, donated in 1877 to a church in Rhode Island, shows Jesus as a dark-skinned man.
In a second image on the same window, Christ speaks with a Samaritan woman alone, which, during that time, men were not supposed to do.
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