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In Eastern Christianity, the most widely used Christogram is a four-letter abbreviation, ΙϹ ΧϹ—a traditional abbreviation of the Greek words for 'Jesus Christ' (i.e., the first and last letters of each of the words ΙΗϹΟΥϹ ΧΡΙϹΤΟϹ, with the lunate sigma 'Ϲ' common in medieval Greek), [23] and written with titlo (diacritic ...
A Christ figure, also known as a Christ-Image, is a literary technique that the author uses to draw allusions between their characters and the biblical Jesus. More loosely, the Christ figure is a spiritual or prophetic character who parallels Jesus, or other spiritual or prophetic figures.
The Cone Nebula, sometimes referred to as the Jesus Christ Nebula because of its resemblance to the popular depictions of Jesus with his hands in a prayer position. People have been found to perceive images with spiritual or religious themes or import, sometimes called iconoplasms or simulacra , in the shapes of natural phenomena.
Jesus was visible, and orthodox Christian doctrine maintains that Jesus is YHWH incarnate. In the Gospel of John, Jesus stated that because his disciples had seen him, they had seen God the Father (Gospel of John 14:7-9 [20]). Paul of Tarsus referred to Jesus as the "image of the invisible God" (Colossians 1:15). [21]
Detectives took the Turin Shroud, believed to show Jesus' image, and created a photo-fit image from the material. They used a computer program to reverse the aging process.
The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own; but the Father who dwells in me does his works." [179] [180] The Return of the Prodigal Son by Pompeo Batoni, 1773. Approximately 30 parables form about one-third of Jesus's recorded teachings. [179] [181] The parables appear within longer sermons and at other places in the narrative. [182]
Saint Paul Church (Westerville, Ohio) - Angel room, Jesus Loves Me stained glass window " Jesus Loves Me " is a Christian hymn written by Anna Bartlett Warner (1827–1915). [ 1 ] The lyrics first appeared as a poem in the context of an 1860 novel called Say and Seal , written by her older sister Susan Warner (1819–1885), in which the words ...
The word may be misunderstood by some as being the surname of Jesus due to the frequent juxtaposition of Jesus and Christ in the Christian Bible and other Christian writings. Often used as a more formal-sounding synonym for Jesus, the word is in fact a title, hence its common reciprocal use Christ Jesus, meaning The Anointed One, Jesus.