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Augustine: "Good preachers, however, who preach Christ, are as angels of God; i. e. they ascend and descend upon the Son of man; as Paul, who ascended to the third heaven, and descended so far even as to give milk to babes. He saith, We shall see greater things than these: (2 Cor. 12:2. 1 Cor. 3:2) because it is a greater thing that our Lord ...
The Reformed interpret the phrase "he descended into Hell" as referring to Christ's pain and humiliation prior to his death, and that this humiliation had a spiritual dimension as part of God's judgement upon the sin which he bore on behalf of Christians. The doctrine of Christ's humiliation is also meant to assure believers that Christ has ...
The Ascension of Jesus (anglicized from the Vulgate Latin: ascensio Iesu, lit. 'ascent of Jesus') is the Christian belief, reflected in the major Christian creeds and confessional statements, that Jesus ascended to Heaven after his resurrection, where he was exalted as Lord and Christ, [1] [2] sitting at the right hand of God.
The Roman philosopher Seneca, writing in the same era as Jesus lived, also has a very similar discussion of how nature aids both the good and the ill. [ 3 ] Jennifer Herdt notes that the language of Matthew 5:45 carries a strong allusion to Wisdom literature including Ecclesiastes 9:2.
Ascension Rock, inside the Chapel of the Ascension (Jerusalem), is said to bear the imprint of Jesus' right foot as he left Earth and ascended into heaven.. The Christian Old Testament, which is based primarily upon the Hebrew Bible, follows the Jewish narrative and mentions that Enoch was "taken" by God, and that Elijah was bodily assumed into Heaven on a chariot of fire.
The Sun Rising (also known as The Sunne Rising) is a thirty-line poem (a great example of an inverted aubade) [1] with three stanzas published in 1633 [2] by the English poet John Donne. The meter is irregular, ranging from two to six stresses per line in no fixed pattern.
The sun is a powerful and ever-present symbol of life and vitality. To celebrate the star, channel these sun quotes that bring on the sunshine. 35 sun quotes guaranteed to brighten your day
Chrysostom: He ascended a mountain, first, that He might fulfil the prophecy of Esaias, Get thee up into a mountain; (Isaiah 40:9) secondly, to show that as well he who teaches, as he who hears the righteousness of God, should stand on a high ground of spiritual virtues; for none can abide in the valley and speak from a mountain. If thou stand ...