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  2. Doves as symbols - Wikipedia

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    Doves as symbols. White doves at the Blue Mosque, Mazar-i-Sharif. Doves, typically domestic pigeons white in plumage, are used in many settings as symbols of peace, freedom, or love. Doves appear in the symbolism of Judaism, Christianity, Islam and paganism, and of both military and pacifist groups.

  3. Sign of the Dove - Wikipedia

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    Sign of the Dove. In Christianity, the Sign of the Dove was a sign by which John the Baptist recognized the Messiah Jesus Christ . The Four Gospels each record an account of the sign of the dove. The accounts are recorded in Matthew 3, Mark 1, Luke 3, and John 1 ( Matthew 3:16 ( Mark 1:10; Luke 3:22; John 1:32 )) And Jesus, when he was baptized ...

  4. Christian symbolism - Wikipedia

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    A dove with an olive branch, Catacombs of Domitilla, Rome. The dove as a Christian symbol is of very frequent occurrence in ancient ecclesiastical art. [18] According to Matthew 3:16, during the Baptism of Jesus the Holy Spirit descended like a dove and came to rest on Jesus. For this reason the dove became a symbol of the Holy Spirit, and in ...

  5. Peace symbols - Wikipedia

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    Peace symbols. The symbol designed for the British nuclear disarmament movement in 1958 is now widely known as the "peace sign". A number of peace symbols have been used many ways in various cultures and contexts. The dove and olive branch was used symbolically by early Christians and then eventually became a secular peace symbol, popularized ...

  6. Matthew 3:16 - Wikipedia

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    Based on this verse the dove has long been a symbol for the Holy Spirit in Christian art. France notes that the wording in Matthew is vague, the Spirit could be descending in the shape of a dove or it could be descending in the manner of the dove. Luke is explicit that it is in the shape of a dove, and most readers accept this meaning. [2]

  7. Peristeria elata - Wikipedia

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    Binomial name. Peristeria elata. Hook. Peristeria elata is a species of orchid occurring from Central America to Panama, Venezuela, and Ecuador. It is the type species of its genus. It is commonly referred to as the Holy Ghost orchid, dove orchid, or flower of the Holy Spirit in English, and, as the flor del Espiritu Santo in Spanish.

  8. Holy Spirit in Christian art - Wikipedia

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    The Holy Spirit as a dove in the Annunciation by Rubens, 1628. The Holy Spirit has been represented in Christian art both in the Eastern and Western Churches using a variety of depictions. [1] [2] [3] The depictions have ranged from nearly identical figures that represent the three persons of the Holy Trinity from a dove to a flame. [4]

  9. Matthew 10:16 - Wikipedia

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    In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. The New International Version translates the passage as: I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.