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From Isa Masih, a name of Jesus Christ in the Hindi-language Bible. [12] The term literally means '[person/people] of Jesus' in India and Pakistan , but in the latter country, Isai has been pejoratively used by non-Christians to refer to 'street sweepers' or 'labourers', occupations that have been held by Christian workers of Dalit ancestry. [ 13 ]
Bede's account indicates activity in the vicinity of Leeds, though not necessarily near the town as it is now known: his unidentified place-name Campodonum might refer to an important place in the area; and one Abbot Thrythwulf had a monastery nearby in Bede's time, though it did not last long into the medieval period.
The Book of Kells (Latin: Codex Cenannensis; Irish: Leabhar Cheanannais; Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS A. I. [58], sometimes known as the Book of Columba) is an illustrated manuscript and Celtic Gospel book in Latin, [1] containing the four Gospels of the New Testament together with various prefatory texts and tables.
General deities were known by the Celts throughout large regions, and are the gods and goddesses called upon for protection, healing, luck, and honour. The local deities from Celtic nature worship were the spirits of a particular feature of the landscape, such as mountains, trees, or rivers, and thus were generally only known by the locals in ...
The Dagda - supreme god and king of the Tuatha Dé Danann; Danu - mother goddess of the Tuatha Dé Danann; Dian Cecht - god of healing; Étaín - heroine of Tochmarc Étaíne; Lir - god of the sea; Lugh - legendary hero and High King of Ireland, god of leadership, skills, the sun, and alliances, associated with friends.
Known as Leeds First Ward. A ward is a local congregation in the LDS Church. [222] Redeemed Christian Church of God 15-17 Walter Street LS4 2BB Pentecostal: Also known as the Everlasting Father's Assembly, and the building as the Land of Mercy. St Stephen's Church, Kirkstall: Morris Lane LS5 3HF Church of England: II: 1829
Esus [a] is a Celtic god known from iconographic, epigraphic, and literary sources. The Roman poet Lucan's epic Pharsalia mentions Esus, Taranis, and Teutates as gods to whom the Gauls sacrificed humans. This rare mention of Celtic gods under their native names in a Latin text has been the subject of much comment.
The name Jesus Army was used specifically for the outreach and street-based evangelism for which they were known. [2] The Jesus Fellowship was founded in 1969, when Noel Stanton (1926–2009), at that time the lay pastor of the Baptist chapel in the village of Bugbrooke near Northampton, East Midlands, was inspired by a charismatic experience ...