Cain and Abel

Book Title: Brevis institutio ad Christianam pietatem : secundum doctrinam Catholicam continens explicationem Symboli Apostolici, Orationis Dominicae, Salutationis Angelicae, Decem praeceptorum, Septem Sacramentorum : ad usum puerorum nobilium ... / per R.D. Michaelem Episcopum Sidoniensem, Suffraganeum Moguntinensem

Author: Helding, Michael, 1506-1561

Image Title: Cain and Abel

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Description: Cain and Abel present an offering to God, while in the foreground Cain murders Abel in a fit of jealousy after God prefers his brother’s offering to his own, as an illustration of the violation of the fifth commandment: "Thou shalt not kill".

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