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  2. Christ Pantocrator - Wikipedia

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    Christ Pantocrator mosaic in Byzantine style from the Cefalù Cathedral, Sicily. The most common translation of Pantocrator is "Almighty" or "All-powerful". In this understanding, Pantokrator is a compound word formed from the Greek words πᾶς, pas (GEN παντός pantos), i.e. "all" [4] and κράτος, kratos, i.e. "strength", "might", "power". [5]

  3. Five Holy Wounds - Wikipedia

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    The wounds around Jesus' head from the crown of thorns and the lash marks from the flagellation do not qualify as they did not occur on the cross. [citation needed] Two of the wounds were through either his hands or his wrists, where nails were inserted to fix Jesus to the cross-beam of the cross on which he was crucified.

  4. Sign of the cross - Wikipedia

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    The movement is the tracing of the shape of a cross in the air or on one's own body, echoing the traditional shape of the cross of the crucifixion of Jesus. Where this is done with fingers joined, there are two principal forms: one—three fingers (to represent the Trinity), [3] right to left—is exclusively used by the Eastern Orthodox Church ...

  5. Stigmata - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 18 December 2024. Appearance of wounds corresponding to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus For other senses of this word, see Stigma and stigmata (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Stigmatism. Hands with stigmata, depicted on a Franciscan church in Lienz, Austria St Catherine fainting from the ...

  6. John 20:27 - Wikipedia

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    Jesus granted Thomas's demands to verify his crucifixion, marks: [3] the marks of the nails in Jesus' hands and the pierced hole on his side . [4] It surely shocked Thomas that Jesus knows exactly his problem as every letter of his requirements for physical verification ( John 20:25 ) is met and spoken back to him with uncanny precision.

  7. The Incredulity of Saint Thomas (Caravaggio) - Wikipedia

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    According to the Gospel of John, Thomas the Apostle missed one of Jesus's appearances to the Apostles after his resurrection, and said "Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe it." [2] A week later, Jesus appeared and told Thomas to touch him and stop ...

  8. Canonical digits - Wikipedia

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    When the priest must hold the chalice with one hand, he takes it by the knot. When he holds it with both hands, he takes it, as a general rule, with the right hand by the knot, and with the left by the foot. Before the consecration and after the ablution, he places his thumb in front of the knot, and all the other fingers behind. [1]

  9. Healing the man with a withered hand - Wikipedia

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    Jesus Heals the Man with a Withered Hand by Ilyas Basim Khuri Bazzi Rahib (1684) According to St. Jerome, in the Gospel which the Nazareni and Ebionites use, which was written in Hebrew and according to Jerome was thought by many to be the original text of the Gospel of Matthew, the man with the withered hand, was a mason.