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While some Anglicans (typically of the Low-Church variety) maintain the aniconism of the English Reformation, articulated in the religious injunctions of Edward VI [8] and Elizabeth I, [9] as well as the Homily against the Peril of Idolatry and the Superfluous Decking of Churches, [10] other Anglicans, influenced by the Oxford Movement and ...
The use of religious images has often been a contentious issue in Christian history. Concern over idolatry is the driving force behind the various traditions of aniconism in Christianity. In the early Church, Christians used the Ichthys (fish) symbol to identify Christian places of worship and Christian homes. [1]
In some communities, it is common for nearby churches of different Christian denominations (e.g. Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican, Methodist and Presbyterian) to make the new Easter Fire together and then after this, each congregation processes back to their own church with their own Paschal Candle for their Easter Vigil celebration; this is ...
Invisible churches were secret churches where enslaved African Americans combined Hoodoo with Christianity. Enslaved and free Black ministers preached resistance to slavery and the power of God through praise and worship, and Hoodoo rituals would free enslaved people from bondage. [ 43 ]
Today, churches celebrate in a variety of ways; including accessorizing sanctuaries with the liturgical color red, with orange mixed in, symbolizing flames of fire, inviting individuals to share ...
Having spent the past 40-plus years preaching and writing about the good news as it’s put forth in the New Testament — our faith’s foundational text — I’ve concluded Christianity’s ...
The United Methodist Church has been undergoing a major upheaval as more than 7,000 congregations across the country, one quarter of the total, decided whether to leave the denomination or remain ...
The exact number of the Holy Nails has been a matter of speculation for centuries. [1] Three nails are sometimes depicted as a symbolic reference to the Holy Trinity. In the early Church, two nails were posited by St. Ambrose (that is, omitting any in the feet); [1] notably in Ambrose's De obitu Theodosii. [2]