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Reverend Laurie Green explained to the congregation that Folley âhas depicted the Descent of the Body of Christ from the Cross like the icons of oldâ to âmeditate and reflect on the scene of utter horrorâ. In the transcript of the dedication he continues, âWe want the brutal truth told but not in a brutal wayâ. In summing up his dedication the bishop stated: "This was truth seen through the believing eye of the artist We should embrace the vision".
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