NOTE: This thread is not about proselytising, apologetics, or even necessarily Christianity. But it does contain Christian themes and information. If you have questions about Christianity or the Catholic Church, feel free to PM me.
Greetings, all. I am GenghisKhan44, and I have been playing Minecraft some quite some time. Being a Roman Catholic, I love building churches (and praying in them). I also know about and enjoy knowing about church architecture, and I thought I would make a pack of some sort to make buildings look a little more... churchlike.
UPDATES to 1.3.1:
* Fixed and modified villager textures. (yay, and many thanks to Alvoria)
* Changed the "sound" folder to "sounds". (Thank you, Mojang.)
UPDATES to 1.3:
Finally brought into the resource packs age with an update for 1.6.2! This update includes:
Altars (now on chiselled quartz blocks) and nicer looking crafting benches.
Wooden door texture corrected so now it swings on the hinge (and not the door handle)
Retextured chests! Previously only available in the Beta style that did not open, these now open from the top! (I do not prefer it, but I am not yet making a mod out of this, nor do I plan to.) They are useful for holy oil trunks, decorative storage, and particularly tabernacles (for holding the Eucharistic elements). Trapped chests retain their original textures.
Modified trap doors. (They no longer seem to open correctly, but you take what you can get.)
Redstone torches are now cross-shaped (including on repeaters and comparators).
Item Frames now have a gold-mesh background rather than a leather one - for monstrances.
Changed the host from bread to cookies.
Changed wine from a retextured apple to a renamed potion of insta-health (with the benefit that it can now be splashed on many, or drunken only by the celebrant)
Added holy water and chrism via renaming them in the LANG file
Retextured cake is now a prosphora, or an Eastern Orthodox style communion loaf
Changed the Orthodox cross glowstone into Orthodox cross redstone lanterns (and added the needed off texture)
New track for record 13 - a bells track. (I originally had replaced the music for all the other discs, but I cannot include them due to copyright.)
slight changes to the enchanting table to make it a better ambo/lectern/pulpit
Removed cactus texture change, removed wooden cup
Changed flower pot into a golden chalice for altar dressing
Retextured villagers! No more Squidwards! Instead, poorly textured humans that all wear hats and speak Greek and Latin! (All male; do not ask me how they reproduce.)
And a little treat for our explosively minded friends...
Treat yourself to a thirty-minute showcase (minus the villagers).
As a Catholic, I love to make churches because it reminds me of the beauty of churches however small, for one thing, and for another the beauty of the God I worship. And while the churches I have been making aren't too shabby, I wanted to make them a bit more realistic - accurate. I also wanted to surround myself with the faith and reality I know and love - the Catholic faith and reality.
For us Catholics, the tabernacle is one of the most important features in a church. That is where Christ dwells day in and day out in a Catholic Church. How does He dwell in such a small box, one might wonder?
That is where the Bread and Wine come in.
At the Holy Mass (or the Divine Liturgy as some call it), the bread and wine are taken by the priest, who has the special ability to, as Christ did, turn bread and wine into the actual Body and Blood of Christ (with the appearance of bread and wine). This is a teaching of the Catholic, Orthodox and some Anglican churches. And Christ truly is with us in those forms.
When we eat the Body and Blood at Mass, we become a part of Christ (that is, we don't absorb Him; He absorbs us). We also become houses for Jesus to dwell in, or tabernacles. So truly the sharing of the Body and Blood is a holy and wholly engaging act.
If you are not a Catholic, you are under no obligation to treat anything in this texture pack with the reverence I would. If you just like building churches because you like pretty architecture, that's fine. The tabernacles also make fine ornate chests. If you do not like the glowstone with the Cross on it, you can remove it if you can edit the pack. I only beg you to treat it with a modest amount of reverence (I find it rude to make curse words and penises with blocks). I can't do anything if you do such things, but please, don't.
No priest jokes, please. Anti-Catholicism, while not appreciated, is acceptable (albeit often unproductive).
As noted above, if you have any questions about the Catholic Church or Christianity, feel free to PM me. I don't know everything, but I will offer help where I can.
Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth. Pleni sunt caeli et terra gloria tua. Hosanna in excelsis. †Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini. Hosanna in excelsis.†
I'm not a Catholic or anything (or super religious for that matter), but I think this is cool. Good on you, man. The textures themselves need some work but I really like the idea.
EDIT: Also as much as the video is helpful, it'd really be nice if you included pictures of the edited blocks, mostly because it's a quicker way of getting your information across than a 30-minute video. Also, some ideas for your pack:
Why not include some more decorative blocks, such as:
Gold ornamentation (as seen on the interior of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City)
Marble flooring (mostly deocrative, perhaps with patterns on it, as seen in various basilicas and cathedrals)
Murals (retextured paintings)
Or other things like that. Make this a full-blown texture pack with rich ornate stones and woods, and ornamentation so that we can go all out making cathedrals, churches, basilicas, and the like.
Nice idea, I have a cousin that loves building churches in MC. I'll show this pack to him.
and nice to see other Christians. I'm christian too, Lutheran protestant but I don't like the church break-up so I just call myself christian. Also, catholic means "universal", and should be assumed by all christian churches, not just the roman.
(did you know that the roman catholic theology about the Holy Mass(and other things) is heavily influenced by Aristotle? that's why unconsumed bread must destroyed by water, losing its shape makes it lose its identity)
Everyone, thank you for chiming in. I appreciate the thanks, and for saying it could use some improvement. And I agree.
There is one particular problem I'm having with the villager skins: they seem to be stuck in a layer of brown for me. That is, whenever I draw a colour, it comes out a shade of brown, even if I'd intended to draw blue or red or green or somesuchthing. Why might that be? I'm using GIMP.
And what other problems or criticisms specifically do you have? I'd appreciate both of these.
Photos: I will see to getting some of those up, esp. as that video's quality is rather poor. (Recorded it on a toaster with Debut; it does suck, but I made it because it's faster and less tedious to upload one video than several photos and I wanted to finish fast.)
@ Rillian: I did copy-paste some pictures from the Internet, and some Orthodox icons from another thread. Icons are made for veneration specifically, and some of the other pictures I have are included specifically. (A crucifix, for example, is needed above the tabernacle in Roman Catholic churches). in I could probably do a better job on the icons.
@ Gabandre: Salve! Nice to see a Lutheran! Missouri Synod, Wisconsin Synod, or ELCA? Just curious. [/christianitynerd]
Yes, "Catholic" should be used by all Christians, because that is what our Church - the pillar and ground of Truth (1 Tim 3:15) - is. She gives us all we need theologically and spiritually speaking, and all the faithful are a part of it (and many may, unknowingly, be a part of it despite not being Christian proper), and we all are a part of God's body. Thus Saint Paul was told by Christ: "Saul, why do you persecute Me (Acts 9:4)?"
I am well aware Catholic theology is influenced by Aristotle. The Summa, for example, was St. Thomas Aquinas's attempt to harmonise/reconcile (as per Sim City 4, when you "reconcile" the terrain) Catholic theology with the "secular" science of the day, Aristotelian philosophy. Something wrong with that?
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Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth. Pleni sunt caeli et terra gloria tua. Hosanna in excelsis. †Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini. Hosanna in excelsis.†
Hurray! It is done! God bless this pack and all you have added. I truly cannot thank you enough of this pack. I was literally screaming with joy when I saw it was out! Diamonds for you! ! Benefaciat vobis Deus et horum texturas.
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☧ "Praise to the Holiest in the height, and in the depth be praise."☧
@ Gabandre: Salve! Nice to see a Lutheran! Missouri Synod, Wisconsin Synod, or ELCA? Just curious. [/christianitynerd]
Yes, "Catholic" should be used by all Christians, because that is what our Church - the pillar and ground of Truth (1 Tim 3:15) - is. She gives us all we need theologically and spiritually speaking, and all the faithful are a part of it (and many may, unknowingly, be a part of it despite not being Christian proper), and we all are a part of God's body. Thus Saint Paul was told by Christ: "Saul, why do you persecute Me (Acts 9:4)?"
I am well aware Catholic theology is influenced by Aristotle. The Summa, for example, was St. Thomas Aquinas's attempt to harmonise/reconcile (as per Sim City 4, when you "reconcile" the terrain) Catholic theology with the "secular" science of the day, Aristotelian philosophy. Something wrong with that?
I live in a German colony in Brazil, so I the theology here is very close to that of Germany and I'm member of a pietist community. Theologians here don't like US Lutheranism very much and most, if not all, of US theologies actually, probably because of the great Calvinist influence. But we actually read many US christian books. As for the Aristotle question, it was merely out of curiosity.
although one of the causes of the tries to reform the church was that Aristotle's word was (in practice) more important than Jesus'. Martin Luther was closer (as an Augustinian monk) to st. Augustine, who was platonic (but Sola Scriptura, Luther also rejected some parts of Augustine's theology that conflicted with the Bible).
I was a theology student once, but paused my studies because I don't know what job I would take as a theologian, as I don't want to be a sheepherder(pastor), maybe one day I get into apologetics. My girlfriend still studies theology.
I would not say Aristotle's word has become more important than Jesus's words, anymore than I would say evolution has become more important than Genesis, though we (Catholics) accept all of these things to be true in varying degrees. But even if the members of a church hold something untrue - 90% of Catholics here in the US use contraception! - does that nullify the Church's official teaching, or make it the Church's official stance?
On another note, I am curious, as you're not from the US, what do Lutherans in other parts of the world, such as yourself, make of evolution? A big stink is made of it by Christians of all sorts over here (why I don't quite know).
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Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth. Pleni sunt caeli et terra gloria tua. Hosanna in excelsis. †Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini. Hosanna in excelsis.†
Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth. Pleni sunt caeli et terra gloria tua. Hosanna in excelsis. †Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini. Hosanna in excelsis.†
Added screenshots, and (because I accidentally nuked the editing on my OP) re-edited the original post.
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Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth. Pleni sunt caeli et terra gloria tua. Hosanna in excelsis. †Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini. Hosanna in excelsis.†
Yo. Generic non-denominational raised-Lutheran Christian here.
I'm not a big fan of Catholic iconography and stuff because, well, I won't get into that here. Sufficed to say as a christian I have a few theological issues with the papacy and leave it at that. Not looking to start a discussion here since it's not the place for it.
Cool pack so far, though.
Anyway, I thought I'd pop in and say a few things:
There is one particular problem I'm having with the villager skins: they seem to be stuck in a layer of brown for me. That is, whenever I draw a colour, it comes out a shade of brown, even if I'd intended to draw blue or red or green or somesuchthing. Why might that be? I'm using GIMP.
The reason for this is that you're in Indexed color mode. Basically, you're constrained to the original palette of the image. There are two ways around this:
The first is to create a new image with the same dimensions as the original, and then copy-paste the original into it. This will keep the image in RGB mode so you'll be able to freely select colors.
The second is just to change the color mode to RGB. I think that this is Image > Mode > RGB in GIMP.
OK, I've had to say this a lot recently: If you didn't make it, you don't have the rights to it. This goes for textures from other packs, and for images found on the Internet. Using an image you didn't make is copyright infringement, and will get you in trouble on these forums.
Please, create everything from scratch. Even if you set out to specifically re-create a well known image, if it's from your own hand and your own skill, that's fine. Understand? I don't want to see you get banned and this pack get lost. This also means removing the default textures from your download, if you did that, since they belong to Mojang.
Keep on keeping on. You've got a good start to your pack. I'll give you a proper critique once you've updated your screenshots and finish more of the blocks and stuff.
OK, I've had to say this a lot recently: If you didn't make it, you don't have the rights to it. This goes for textures from other packs, and for images found on the Internet. Using an image you didn't make is copyright infringement, and will get you in trouble on these forums.
Please, create everything from scratch. Even if you set out to specifically re-create a well known image, if it's from your own hand and your own skill, that's fine. Understand? I don't want to see you get banned and this pack get lost. This also means removing the default textures from your download, if you did that, since they belong to Mojang.
Keep on keeping on. You've got a good start to your pack. I'll give you a proper critique once you've updated your screenshots and finish more of the blocks and stuff.
First of all, thank you for the comments and the compliments, and for your honesty regarding the Catholic Church, Roman or otherwise. Naturally, I am a might apprehensive about Protestantism,and some few obnoxious Protestants, but by no means most. If we can agree about the Resurrection being a real historical event, and the foundation on which our faith rests (that is, Jesus, the Son of God, who by that Resurrection saved all mankind), that is a good start.:)
Now, about the icons. These are generally pictures that are not copyrighted. They are very old (and not particularly well-known) icons which are - I believe, due to their age - in the public domain. Also, their purpose precedes them. They are used in worship and veneration (of Jesus and the saints respectively), and not generally to make a profit - which is also the point of this texture pack(at least for the user, as a devotional exercise, not a profit source). Even though these icons are used, remember this is a 16x16 pack. In order for these icons to be used, I had to compress them tremendously, from thousands of pixels into a 16x16square or so. They only vaguely resemble the originals.
Though, since you bring it up, I will, in future, ask for permission. Imitation is not the best form of flattery when you have only 256 squares to work with.
Oh, and thank you for the tip about the villagers. Possibly next update. Or when I find some free time.
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Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth. Pleni sunt caeli et terra gloria tua. Hosanna in excelsis. †Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini. Hosanna in excelsis.†
If we can agree about the Resurrection being a real historical event, and the foundation on which our faith rests (that is, Jesus, the Son of God, who by that Resurrection saved all mankind), that is a good start.:)
Now, about the icons. These are generally pictures that are not copyrighted. -snip-
The originals may be in the public domain, but individual pictures on the internet may still be subject to copyright. I do agree with your point about compressing them down to 16x, though. There comes a point where you've retouched every pixel it's effectively an original work.
Updated for 1.7.2 - for two reasons: 1) I finally have the villagers coloured in something other than brown (thank you, again, Alvoria!) although the textures might look wrong on the farmer (but I think it looks "innovative"), and 2) somebody changed the "sound" folder to "sounds" (with an "s") throwing off the sounds in my resource pack. That had to be corrected.
Nothing else has been changed as yet.
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Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth. Pleni sunt caeli et terra gloria tua. Hosanna in excelsis. †Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini. Hosanna in excelsis.†
What's with Cyrillic? Црист Крафт? Google says Црист is Macedonian -- if you are, why Catholic and not Orthodox? Your state religion is Orthodox after all.
A lot of your paintings are orthodox just as well.
I'm not a religious person, though I am a "survivor" of 12 years of Catholic schooling, lol. But I have to commend you for this resource pack, and the overwhelmingly positive feed back you have received. I was expecting a lot of trolling, but people have been respectful, supportive and willing to discuss the pack and even religion. I find this pack valuable in that it is a celebration not only of religion, but also of artistic and cultural tradition. I am an historian, and it is nice to see that someone is taking the time to celebrate what are really the artistic traditions of eastern and western Europe, particularly from the middle ages and into the Renaissance. I think with all the emphasis lately on Minecraft being a great tool for teaching about the sciences (which it is), it also can be a great tool for teaching about history, art and even spirituality. Well done.
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"We shape our buildings, thereafter they shape us." - David Allen Coe
What's with Cyrillic? Црист Крафт? Google says Црист is Macedonian -- if you are, why Catholic and not Orthodox? Your state religion is Orthodox after all.
A lot of your paintings are orthodox just as well.
Hi! Thanks for the comments. I like Orthodoxy. It shares a lot in common with Catholicism. They have the same sacraments. They share a common episcopacy and priesthood which Protestants lack. Most especially they have the Eucharist, the Real Presence of Christ in the bread and wine, so that we both may call them Jesus's Body and Blood. A lot of the elements of Christ Craft are oriented to Orthodox churches as well as Catholic churches.
Orthodox churches, IMHO, are easier to decorate in Minecraft than Catholic ones. Catholic churches generally rely on statuary for decoration. Orthodox churches use icons, which are similar to paintings. Catholic churches, if they have altar rails (may no longer do) have short, squat gates on them. Orthodox iconostases require door-sized, decorated gates. And while a priest places a plate full of little white wafers on a Catholic altar, and Orthodox priest places a loaf on there and cuts it up.
Nevertheless, Catholic churches have things that can be assimilated into Minecraft that the Orthodox lack. The concept of adoring the Eucharist in a monstrance is unique to Western Christians, who use the aforementioned dry, small, round wafers, and don't generally soak them all in wine before distributing them to the faithful. And tabernacles, while not unique to Catholics, tend to be larger and more permanent in Catholic churches than in Orthodox ones.
And of course the elements we both have in common - altars, holy oils, holy water, wine, and bread, confessionals, clerical garb, etc. can either be retextured, renamed, or made without modification.
I'm not a religious person, though I am a "survivor" of 12 years of Catholic schooling, lol. But I have to commend you for this resource pack, and the overwhelmingly positive feed back you have received. I was expecting a lot of trolling, but people have been respectful, supportive and willing to discuss the pack and even religion. I find this pack valuable in that it is a celebration not only of religion, but also of artistic and cultural tradition. I am an historian, and it is nice to see that someone is taking the time to celebrate what are really the artistic traditions of eastern and western Europe, particularly from the middle ages and into the Renaissance. I think with all the emphasis lately on Minecraft being a great tool for teaching about the sciences (which it is), it also can be a great tool for teaching about history, art and even spirituality. Well done.
John: Thank you very much for the praise.I am very thankful for the God and for Jesus and for their saving grace, for it was just this that inspired the beauty of Medieval and Renaissance art. If God did not exist to give us free will, I wonder if we would have not only produced this wonderful art, but bothered to ask what beauty is. But this is a whole other can of worms.
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Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth. Pleni sunt caeli et terra gloria tua. Hosanna in excelsis. †Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini. Hosanna in excelsis.†
For 1.3 (for 1.6), see here.
For previous versions, see here.
Download 1.3.1 (for Minecraft 1.7.2) by clicking the image!
Download 1.3.1 for 1.7.2. here!
Download 1.3 (for 1.6.2) here!
NOTE: This thread is not about proselytising, apologetics, or even necessarily Christianity. But it does contain Christian themes and information. If you have questions about Christianity or the Catholic Church, feel free to PM me.
Greetings, all. I am GenghisKhan44, and I have been playing Minecraft some quite some time. Being a Roman Catholic, I love building churches (and praying in them). I also know about and enjoy knowing about church architecture, and I thought I would make a pack of some sort to make buildings look a little more... churchlike.
UPDATES to 1.3.1:
* Fixed and modified villager textures. (yay, and many thanks to Alvoria)
* Changed the "sound" folder to "sounds". (Thank you, Mojang.)
UPDATES to 1.3:
Finally brought into the resource packs age with an update for 1.6.2! This update includes:
Here are some Screenshots:
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The Purpose and Theology of Christcraft:
As a Catholic, I love to make churches because it reminds me of the beauty of churches however small, for one thing, and for another the beauty of the God I worship. And while the churches I have been making aren't too shabby, I wanted to make them a bit more realistic - accurate. I also wanted to surround myself with the faith and reality I know and love - the Catholic faith and reality.
For us Catholics, the tabernacle is one of the most important features in a church. That is where Christ dwells day in and day out in a Catholic Church. How does He dwell in such a small box, one might wonder?
That is where the Bread and Wine come in.
At the Holy Mass (or the Divine Liturgy as some call it), the bread and wine are taken by the priest, who has the special ability to, as Christ did, turn bread and wine into the actual Body and Blood of Christ (with the appearance of bread and wine). This is a teaching of the Catholic, Orthodox and some Anglican churches. And Christ truly is with us in those forms.
When we eat the Body and Blood at Mass, we become a part of Christ (that is, we don't absorb Him; He absorbs us). We also become houses for Jesus to dwell in, or tabernacles. So truly the sharing of the Body and Blood is a holy and wholly engaging act.
If you are not a Catholic, you are under no obligation to treat anything in this texture pack with the reverence I would. If you just like building churches because you like pretty architecture, that's fine. The tabernacles also make fine ornate chests. If you do not like the glowstone with the Cross on it, you can remove it if you can edit the pack. I only beg you to treat it with a modest amount of reverence (I find it rude to make curse words and penises with blocks). I can't do anything if you do such things, but please, don't.
No priest jokes, please. Anti-Catholicism, while not appreciated, is acceptable (albeit often unproductive).
As noted above, if you have any questions about the Catholic Church or Christianity, feel free to PM me. I don't know everything, but I will offer help where I can.
Thank you for reading and commenting.
EDIT: Also as much as the video is helpful, it'd really be nice if you included pictures of the edited blocks, mostly because it's a quicker way of getting your information across than a 30-minute video. Also, some ideas for your pack:
Why not include some more decorative blocks, such as:
Or other things like that. Make this a full-blown texture pack with rich ornate stones and woods, and ornamentation so that we can go all out making cathedrals, churches, basilicas, and the like.
and nice to see other Christians. I'm christian too, Lutheran protestant but I don't like the church break-up so I just call myself christian. Also, catholic means "universal", and should be assumed by all christian churches, not just the roman.
(did you know that the roman catholic theology about the Holy Mass(and other things) is heavily influenced by Aristotle? that's why unconsumed bread must destroyed by water, losing its shape makes it lose its identity)
There is one particular problem I'm having with the villager skins: they seem to be stuck in a layer of brown for me. That is, whenever I draw a colour, it comes out a shade of brown, even if I'd intended to draw blue or red or green or somesuchthing. Why might that be? I'm using GIMP.
And what other problems or criticisms specifically do you have? I'd appreciate both of these.
Photos: I will see to getting some of those up, esp. as that video's quality is rather poor. (Recorded it on a toaster with Debut; it does suck, but I made it because it's faster and less tedious to upload one video than several photos and I wanted to finish fast.)
@ Rillian: I did copy-paste some pictures from the Internet, and some Orthodox icons from another thread. Icons are made for veneration specifically, and some of the other pictures I have are included specifically. (A crucifix, for example, is needed above the tabernacle in Roman Catholic churches). in I could probably do a better job on the icons.
@ Gabandre: Salve! Nice to see a Lutheran! Missouri Synod, Wisconsin Synod, or ELCA? Just curious. [/christianitynerd]
Yes, "Catholic" should be used by all Christians, because that is what our Church - the pillar and ground of Truth (1 Tim 3:15) - is. She gives us all we need theologically and spiritually speaking, and all the faithful are a part of it (and many may, unknowingly, be a part of it despite not being Christian proper), and we all are a part of God's body. Thus Saint Paul was told by Christ: "Saul, why do you persecute Me (Acts 9:4)?"
I am well aware Catholic theology is influenced by Aristotle. The Summa, for example, was St. Thomas Aquinas's attempt to harmonise/reconcile (as per Sim City 4, when you "reconcile" the terrain) Catholic theology with the "secular" science of the day, Aristotelian philosophy. Something wrong with that?
I live in a German colony in Brazil, so I the theology here is very close to that of Germany and I'm member of a pietist community. Theologians here don't like US Lutheranism very much and most, if not all, of US theologies actually, probably because of the great Calvinist influence. But we actually read many US christian books. As for the Aristotle question, it was merely out of curiosity.
I would not say Aristotle's word has become more important than Jesus's words, anymore than I would say evolution has become more important than Genesis, though we (Catholics) accept all of these things to be true in varying degrees. But even if the members of a church hold something untrue - 90% of Catholics here in the US use contraception! - does that nullify the Church's official teaching, or make it the Church's official stance?
On another note, I am curious, as you're not from the US, what do Lutherans in other parts of the world, such as yourself, make of evolution? A big stink is made of it by Christians of all sorts over here (why I don't quite know).
Nice sig, BTW
I'm not a big fan of Catholic iconography and stuff because, well, I won't get into that here. Sufficed to say as a christian I have a few theological issues with the papacy and leave it at that. Not looking to start a discussion here since it's not the place for it.
Cool pack so far, though.
Anyway, I thought I'd pop in and say a few things:
The reason for this is that you're in Indexed color mode. Basically, you're constrained to the original palette of the image. There are two ways around this:
The first is to create a new image with the same dimensions as the original, and then copy-paste the original into it. This will keep the image in RGB mode so you'll be able to freely select colors.
The second is just to change the color mode to RGB. I think that this is Image > Mode > RGB in GIMP.
OK, I've had to say this a lot recently: If you didn't make it, you don't have the rights to it. This goes for textures from other packs, and for images found on the Internet. Using an image you didn't make is copyright infringement, and will get you in trouble on these forums.
Please, create everything from scratch. Even if you set out to specifically re-create a well known image, if it's from your own hand and your own skill, that's fine. Understand? I don't want to see you get banned and this pack get lost. This also means removing the default textures from your download, if you did that, since they belong to Mojang.
Keep on keeping on. You've got a good start to your pack. I'll give you a proper critique once you've updated your screenshots and finish more of the blocks and stuff.
First of all, thank you for the comments and the compliments, and for your honesty regarding the Catholic Church, Roman or otherwise. Naturally, I am a might apprehensive about Protestantism,and some few obnoxious Protestants, but by no means most. If we can agree about the Resurrection being a real historical event, and the foundation on which our faith rests (that is, Jesus, the Son of God, who by that Resurrection saved all mankind), that is a good start.:)
Now, about the icons. These are generally pictures that are not copyrighted. They are very old (and not particularly well-known) icons which are - I believe, due to their age - in the public domain. Also, their purpose precedes them. They are used in worship and veneration (of Jesus and the saints respectively), and not generally to make a profit - which is also the point of this texture pack(at least for the user, as a devotional exercise, not a profit source). Even though these icons are used, remember this is a 16x16 pack. In order for these icons to be used, I had to compress them tremendously, from thousands of pixels into a 16x16square or so. They only vaguely resemble the originals.
Though, since you bring it up, I will, in future, ask for permission. Imitation is not the best form of flattery when you have only 256 squares to work with.
Oh, and thank you for the tip about the villagers. Possibly next update. Or when I find some free time.
The originals may be in the public domain, but individual pictures on the internet may still be subject to copyright. I do agree with your point about compressing them down to 16x, though. There comes a point where you've retouched every pixel it's effectively an original work.
Happy I could help.
Nothing else has been changed as yet.
A lot of your paintings are orthodox just as well.
"We shape our buildings, thereafter they shape us." - David Allen Coe
Hi! Thanks for the comments. I like Orthodoxy. It shares a lot in common with Catholicism. They have the same sacraments. They share a common episcopacy and priesthood which Protestants lack. Most especially they have the Eucharist, the Real Presence of Christ in the bread and wine, so that we both may call them Jesus's Body and Blood. A lot of the elements of Christ Craft are oriented to Orthodox churches as well as Catholic churches.
Orthodox churches, IMHO, are easier to decorate in Minecraft than Catholic ones. Catholic churches generally rely on statuary for decoration. Orthodox churches use icons, which are similar to paintings. Catholic churches, if they have altar rails (may no longer do) have short, squat gates on them. Orthodox iconostases require door-sized, decorated gates. And while a priest places a plate full of little white wafers on a Catholic altar, and Orthodox priest places a loaf on there and cuts it up.
Nevertheless, Catholic churches have things that can be assimilated into Minecraft that the Orthodox lack. The concept of adoring the Eucharist in a monstrance is unique to Western Christians, who use the aforementioned dry, small, round wafers, and don't generally soak them all in wine before distributing them to the faithful. And tabernacles, while not unique to Catholics, tend to be larger and more permanent in Catholic churches than in Orthodox ones.
And of course the elements we both have in common - altars, holy oils, holy water, wine, and bread, confessionals, clerical garb, etc. can either be retextured, renamed, or made without modification.
John: Thank you very much for the praise.I am very thankful for the God and for Jesus and for their saving grace, for it was just this that inspired the beauty of Medieval and Renaissance art. If God did not exist to give us free will, I wonder if we would have not only produced this wonderful art, but bothered to ask what beauty is. But this is a whole other can of worms.
(P.S. I edited some stuff here ,especially the paintings)