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An early 16th-century illuminated Roman Pontifical. The word ordinal in the medieval period, rather than applying to a liturgical book containing the rites of ordination, was the title given to a text associated with the recitation of the canonical hours that was eventually assimilated into the breviary.
Catholics use images, such as the crucifix, the cross, in religious life and pray using depictions of saints. They also venerate images and liturgical objects by kissing, bowing, and making the sign of the cross. They point to the Old Testament patterns of worship followed by the Hebrew people as examples of how certain places and things used ...
The Wiedmann Bible depicts the complete Old and New Testament in images. The original includes 19 Leporello (concertina fold) books which contain 3,333 hand-painted images, and has a total length of 1.17 km (0.73 miles). [1] Created by the Stuttgart artist Willy Wiedmann over a period of 16 years (1984–2000).
William F. Albright – Methodist archaeologist who writes on Bible archaeology; Esther E. Baldwin – missionary, teacher, translator, writer, editor; Julia Colman – temperance educator, activist, editor, writer; Edward Eggleston – Methodist minister and author; Arno Clemens Gaebelein – Methodist minister and writer
It put an emphasis on the Bible, the doctrine of atonement, conversion and the need to practice and spread the gospel. [1] It began to manifest itself in Scotland in the later 1730s as Protestant congregations, usually in a specific locations, experienced intense "awakenings" of enthusiasm, renewed commitment and, sometimes, rapid expansion.
The Living Oracles is a translation of the New Testament compiled and edited by the early Restoration Movement leader Alexander Campbell. [1] [2]: 87–88 Published in 1826, it was based on an 1818 combined edition of translations by George Campbell, James MacKnight and Philip Doddridge, and included edits and extensive notes by Campbell.
At several points, opponents of the English prayerbook in John Knox's group maligned it by reference to John Hooper's persecution under the Edwardian prayer book and vestments regulations. On the other side, that of Richard Cox , the martyrdom of Hooper and others was blamed on Knox's polemic against Mary I , Philip II and the emperor, Charles V .
In 1843 Eadie was appointed professor of biblical literature and hermeneutics in the Divinity Hall of the United Presbyterian body. He held this appointment along with his ministerial charge for the rest of his life. [1] He received the honorary degree of LLD from Glasgow University in 1844, and that of DD from the University of St Andrews in 1850.