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“The brightest Christmas ever was lit by a single star and swaddled in the most drab colors, but offered mankind the greatest gift of all…true and lasting love.” The Pioneer Woman John Piper
1. "If Christmas is just a nice legend, in a sense you are on your own. But if Christmas is true, then you can be saved by grace.” —Timothy Keller 2. "The brightest Christmas ever was lit by a ...
“The one thing women don’t want to find in their stockings on Christmas morning is their husband.” — Joan Rivers “Once again, we come to the holiday season, a deeply religious time that ...
In Orthodox Christian iconography, the Star of Bethlehem is often depicted not as golden, but as a dark aureola, a semicircle at the top of the icon, indicating the Uncreated Light of Divine grace, with a ray pointing to "the place where the young child lay" (Matthew 2:9). [130] Sometimes the faint image of an angel is drawn inside the aureola.
Moravian stars in the Striezelmarkt in Dresden A Moravian star half assembled A completed Moravian star hanging by a church. A Moravian star (German: Herrnhuter Stern) is an illuminated decoration used during the Christian liturgical seasons of Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany representing the Star of Bethlehem pointing towards the infant Jesus. [1]
Religious satire is a form of satire that refers to religious beliefs and can take the form of texts, plays, films, and parody. [6] From the earliest times, at least since the plays of Aristophanes , religion has been one of the three primary topics of literary satire, along with politics and sex.
Famous Christmas movie quotes “Faith is believing in things when common sense tells you not to.” — Fred Gailey, "Miracle on 34th Street" “Tell her that you love her. You’ve got nothing ...
A religious image is a work of visual art that is representational and has a religious purpose, subject or connection. All major historical religions have made some use of religious images, although their use is strictly controlled and often controversial in many religions, especially Abrahamic ones.