Also cre\u00adat\u00aded by C. D. Asam, albeit some\u00adwhat lat\u00ader (c. 1735), fur\u00adther wall paint\u00adings adorn the two cen\u00adtral side bays: On thenorth side, the paint\u00adings brack\u00adet the mar\u00adble pul\u00adpit made by J. J. K\u00fcrschn\u00ader in 1732, form\u00ading a coher\u00adent the\u00admat\u00adic com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion: The pul\u00adpit\u2019s sound\u00ading board is crowned by an impos\u00ading stuc\u00adco stat\u00adue of the order\u2019s founder, St. Bene\u00addict, admon\u00adish\u00ading the lis\u00adten\u00aders to be atten\u00adtive to his words. On the left side of the pul\u00adpit, those who heed his words (or those of the preach\u00ader in the pul\u00adpit) fol\u00adlow the path of virtue to Heav\u00aden\u00adly Jerusalem, for\u00adti\u00adfied by the grace of the Gospel which has been unlocked for them by the ser\u00admon. The suc\u00adcess\u00adful con\u00adver\u00adsion of those who had at first despised the word of God by St. Bene\u00addict and his order is depict\u00aded to the right of the pulpit.<\/p>\n
The paint\u00ading in the south\u00adern bay, which suf\u00adfered ear\u00adly in its his\u00adto\u00adry from ris\u00ading damp, doc\u00adu\u00adments the glob\u00adal mis\u00adsion of the Bene\u00addictines for the King\u00addom of God and the sal\u00adva\u00adtion of humankind. The his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal exam\u00adple which it depicts is Colum\u00adbus\u2019 sec\u00adond arrival in Amer\u00adi\u00adca in 1493 with twelve Bene\u00addic\u00adtine monks on board of the \u201cSan\u00adta Maria\u201d. That this stal\u00adwart ves\u00adsel, which mas\u00adtered all per\u00adils and hard\u00adships, is also meant to sym\u00adbol\u00adize the Church is appar\u00adent from the sculpt\u00aded rocks on either side of K\u00fcrschner\u2019s marble
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Also cre\u00adat\u00aded by C. D. Asam, albeit some\u00adwhat lat\u00ader (c. 1735), fur\u00adther wall paint\u00adings adorn the two cen\u00adtral side bays: On thenorth side, the paint\u00adings brack\u00adet the mar\u00adble pul\u00adpit made by J. J. K\u00fcrschn\u00ader in 1732, form\u00ading a coher\u00adent the\u00admat\u00adic com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion: The pul\u00adpit\u2019s sound\u00ading board is crowned by an impos\u00ading stuc\u00adco stat\u00adue of the order\u2019s \u2026 <\/p>\n