{"id":114448,"date":"2026-11-07T14:55:23","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T14:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=114448"},"modified":"2026-11-07T14:55:23","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T14:55:23","slug":"creation-of-adam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/creation-of-adam\/","title":{"rendered":"The Creation of Adam: Michelangelo&#8217;s Painting and Its Meaning"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Michelangelo painted The Creation of Adam in about 1511, on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, and it is still there for anyone who visits the Vatican Museums. To find it, count the scenes from Genesis that run down the middle of the vault, starting at the altar end. The first three show God making the world, and the fourth is this one. God comes across the sky on a crowd of angels who fly without wings,\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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