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The book of Acts describes the Holy Spirit descending on the apostles at Pentecost in the form of a wind and tongues of fire resting over the apostles' heads. Based on that account, the Holy Spirit is sometimes symbolized by a flame. [4]
On 26 May 1822, a bright, hot day in early summer, 500–600 people were in the church for the Pentecost service, including mothers with babies to be baptised. [3] As the vicar, Iver Hesselberg, was coming to the end of his sermon on weather and fire as images of the Holy Spirit, [4] there was a loud noise as fire broke through the wooden wall.
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The Paschal candle is lit during baptisms to signify the Holy Spirit and fire that John the Baptist promised to those who were baptised in Christ. [ 7 ] Before 1955, the option existed of blessing the baptismal font on the Vigil of Pentecost, and this was the only time the Paschal candle would be lit at services after Ascension.
English: Members of the Holyoke Fire Department attempt to extinguish the Precious Blood Church fire in Holyoke, Massachusetts on May 27, 1875. Fireman John T. Lynch stands before the front door pulling people from the flames, Lynch was lauded as a hero during the tragedy and would go on to become the chief of the fire department years later.
Free Methodist Church logo. In the Free Methodist Church, the cross and flame logo is used to symbolize the "Holy Spirit spreading across the entire world". [4] The globe (on which the cross and flame are superimposed) alludes to John Wesley's dictum for Methodist believers: "The world is my parish" representing the missional purpose of the Church. [11]
The Pentecost or Descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and Mary The Coronation of the Virgin in Heaven [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Alternative choices were made and might include the Visitation and the Finding in the Temple , as in the Seven Joyful Mysteries of the Life of the Ever-Blessed Virgin from St. Vincent's Manual , or the Franciscan Crown form ...