Biblical illiteracy sterilises the capacity for comprehension of Christian art.24 A combined effort must be taken to overcome a difficulty which has arisen due to the cultural climate nourished by art criticism broadly influenced by materialist ideologies. Highlighting only the aesthetic-formal aspect of works, without interest for the content which inspired such beauty, such ideologies sterilise art, stemming the living and life-giving stream of spiritual life, limiting it to the world of emotions.