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Almost 300 years after Jesus was said to have died, early Christians began gathering secretly in a small cave on the Mount of Olives. [3] The issuance of the Edict of Milan by the Roman Emperors Constantine and Licinius in 313 made it possible for Christians to worship without government persecution.
Dominus Flevit (Latin, "the Lord wept") is a Roman Catholic church on the Mount of Olives, opposite the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem in Israel.During construction of the sanctuary, archaeologists uncovered artifacts dating back to the Canaanite period, as well as tombs from the Second Temple and Byzantine eras.
Paintings which depict Jesus within Gethsemane, a garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. Pages in category "Paintings of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
The Church of the Pater Noster (French: Église du Pater Noster) is a Roman Catholic church located on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. It is part of a Carmelite monastery, also known as the Sanctuary of the Eleona. The Church of the Pater Noster stands next to the ruins of the 4th-century Byzantine Church of Eleona. The ruins of the Eleona ...
The work depicts the Christian iconographic subject of the Agony of Jesus in the Garden of Olives. In this painting, Jesus Christ is accompanied by three apostles: Peter, John and James the Greater. After praying three times to God on Mount Gethsemane, Jesus receives, from three angels, the chalice and the symbols of the Passion of Christ. In ...
The Church of Bethphage, also spelled Beitphage, meaning "house of the unripe figs", is a Franciscan church located on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem.It contains a stone traditionally identified as the one which Jesus used to mount the donkey at the start of his procession into Jerusalem.
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus expressed the essence of Christian humanism. Here are the salient passages from the Book of Matthew, King James Version: Blessed are the poor in spirit: for ...
Disciples' task set by Jesus: Matthew 21:1–5. Jesus, the disciples and the crowd went to Bethphage from Jericho (20:29). Jesus ordered two disciples: "In that village you'll find a donkey and her colt, untie them and bring them to me." "Say that the Lord needs them." Narrator claims this fulfilled a prophecy. Mark 11:1–3