Blayne Clegg, a junior at Catholic University of America in Washington DC, called the Mama painting 'heretical' and 'blasphemous'
A Catholic university student says a painting of George Floyd depicted as Jesus Christ is 'heretical' and 'blasphemous,' as students set up a petition to have it removed from campus.
Blayne Clegg, a junior at the Catholic University of America (CUA) in Washington, D.C., called artist Kelly Latimore's Mama painting 'heretical and blasphemous idolatry' after discovering it 'a few weeks ago.'
The painting was unveiled at the school at the end of Black History Month in the law school building, but Clegg told Fox News on Tuesday that he doesn't 'spend much time' there as an undergraduate student. The student said the painting has been met with a 'universally negative' reaction and that no one can 'justify' the painting.
'I haven't found anybody who's been able to give a serious theological justification for this kind of heretical, blasphemous idolatry,' he said of the painting.
Clegg admitted that 'Jesus has been depicted as many different races, but Jesus is always depicted as nothing but Jesus.'
'There has never - to my knowledge - been any serious, respected Catholic theologian or icon maker who has depicted Jesus Christ as another human being,' he told Fox News.
Kelly Latimore's Mama painting (pictured) shows George Floyd as Jesus, and CUA students are now asking for it to be removed from campus as no one has 'been able to give a serious theological justification for this kind of heretical, blasphemous idolatry'
The painting is based off Michelangelo's La Pieta (pictured), which depicts Mary holding Jesus' dead body in her arms
The painting is a replica of Renaissance painter and sculptor Michelangelo's La Pieta, which debuted around 1498 in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.
The original marble sculpture depicts Jesus'
