{"id":59867,"date":"2025-08-25T18:40:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T18:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=59867"},"modified":"2025-08-25T18:40:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T18:40:04","slug":"a-dog-a-torch-and-a-saint-the-fiery-mission-of-st-dominic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/a-dog-a-torch-and-a-saint-the-fiery-mission-of-st-dominic\/","title":{"rendered":"\u4e00\u53ea\u72d7\u3001\u4e00\u652f\u706b\u70ac\u548c\u4e00\u4f4d\u5723\u4eba\uff1a\u5723\u9053\u660e\u70bd\u70ed\u7684\u4f7f\u547d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>\u201cSt. Dominic of Guzman\u201d by Claudio Coello, circa 1685. \/ Credit: Claudio Coello, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Rome Newsroom, Aug 8, 2025 \/ 04:00 am (CNA). The first image to greet visitors to the basilica containing the tomb of St. Dominic in Bologna, Italy, is a mosaic of the saint next to a dog carrying a flaming torch in its mouth. This is not a depiction of a pyromaniacal game of fetch but a reference to a dream that\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\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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This is not a depiction of a pyromaniacal game of fetch but a reference to a dream that\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":61766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-59867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21896,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/st-eulalia-of-merida\/","url_meta":{"origin":59867,"position":0},"title":"St. Eulalia of M\u00c3\u00a9rida","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"11 12 \u6708, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] St. Eulalia of M\u00c3\u00a9rida Feast date: Dec 10 St. Eulalia descended from one of the\u00c2\u00a0most prominent\u00c2\u00a0families in Spain in 290 AD. 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