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The Bible presents Daniel and his companions as distinct, positive examples of individuals refusing to pay homage to another god, even at the price of their lives. During the time of the exile, Nebuchadnezzar erects a gold statue of himself and commands all subjects to worship it. Three Jewish officials – Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego ...
The earliest catechisms of Reformed (Calvinist) Christianity, written in the 16th through 18th centuries, including the Heidelberg (1563), Westminster (1647) and Fisher's (1765), included discussions in a question and answer format detailing how the creation of images of God (including Jesus) was counter to their understanding of the Second ...
The statue, which was made around 1200, was originally featured in the Kolvenierskapel in St. Peter's Church. Crooked Christ was the miracle statue of Leuven, which means that it was an image with a special devotion connected to it. Every time a disaster threatened the city, the crucifix was carried around in a procession. This ritual was ...
The statue has been described as a "visual translation" of the Gospel of Matthew passage in which Jesus tells his disciples, "as you did it to one of the least of my brothers, you did it to me". [2] The bronze sculpture was intended to be provocative, with its sculptor, Timothy Schmalz commenting, "That's essentially what the sculpture is there ...
Other claimed relics, based on the Crucifixion of Christ include: The Holy Coat: The possession of the seamless garment of Christ (Latin: tunica inconsultilis; John 19:23), [39] for which the soldiers cast lots at the Crucifixion, is claimed by the cathedral of Trier, Germany, and by the parish church of Argenteuil, France.
Christ’s rising encourages us to rise above despair and cynicism, to be champions of hope in communities that are rising to do the same, all rooted in restoration, reconciliation and renewal ...
The various versions of the Man of Sorrows image all show a Christ with the wounds of the Crucifixion, including the spear-wound. Especially in Germany, Christ's eyes are usually open and look out at the viewer; in Italy the closed eyes of the Byzantine epitaphios image, originally intended to show a dead Christ, remained for longer.
The statue earned the nickname ‘Christ with a ball.’ In the end, after surveying the land, a design was decided upon of Christ with his arms wide open in an Art Deco style.” View this post ...