Portraits were considered extremely important in early history because they were
a.
a sign of wealth and recognition.
b.
the only method for recording images of people.
c.
the only accepted form of art, and therefore the only method for artists to earn an income.
d.
popularized by rembrandt, who was and is considered the greatest philosopher of the renaissance.

B, -The only method for recording images of people.

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the similarity is that both are sacrifices which have the same purpose (repenting our sins) and sacrifice - jesus christ.  the difference is in the way of the offering that sacrifice. the sacrifice of jesus on the calvary is sacrifice of his actual living body and blood, but the sacrifice of the mass is the sacrifice of the jesus through bread (body) and blood (wine). in the sacrifice on calvary jesus was offered for us; while at mass he offers himself through us.