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Moses Indignant at the Golden Calf, painting by William Blake, 1799–1800. Idolatry is the worship of an idol as though it were a deity. [1] [2] [3] In Abrahamic religions (namely Judaism, Samaritanism, Christianity, Islam, and the Baháʼí Faith) idolatry connotes the worship of something or someone other than the Abrahamic God as if it were God.
Discovery of the True Cross, by Tiepolo, 1745. The "True Cross" refers to the actual cross used in the Crucifixion of Jesus.Today, many fragments of wood are claimed as True Cross relics, but it is hard to establish their authenticity.
Objects used in Hindu worship (42 P) P. Religious paintings (10 C, 69 P) Plants in religion (11 C, 4 P) Prayer beads (1 C, 16 P) R. Relics (6 C, 15 P) Reliquaries (2 ...
The term idol is an image or representation of a god used as an object of worship, [1] [2] [3] while idolatry is the worship of an "idol" as though it were God. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Ancient Near East and Egypt
The worship of ancestors and the mountains were largely inseparable. An interconnected web between history, landscape, and culture was thus formed. [ 12 ] One example is the Hindu belief that Mount Kailash is the final resting place for the souls of the dead, as well as the large cemetery placed on Mount Kōya-san.
At the time of the Reformation, Luther retained the crucifix in the Lutheran Church and they remain the center of worship in Lutheran parishes across Europe. [27] In the United States, however, Lutheranism came under the influence of Calvinism, and the plain cross came to be used in some churches, though many Lutheran churches continue to use ...
Worship of an Apis bull, experienced by ancient Egyptians as holy, has been known since the First Dynasty in Memphis, while worship of the Apis as a proper god, at least according to Manetho's Aegyptiaca, seems to be a later adoption, purportedly started during the reign of king Kaiechos (possibly Nebra) of the Second Dynasty. [4]
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