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  2. Nativity of Jesus in art - Wikipedia

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    The Nativity of Jesus has been a major subject of Christian art since the 4th century. The artistic depictions of the Nativity or birth of Jesus, celebrated at Christmas, are based on the narratives in the Bible, in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, and further elaborated by written, oral and

  3. Nativity with Saint Francis and Saint Lawrence - Wikipedia

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    It depicts the nativity of Jesus, with saints Francis of Assisi and Lawrence among other figures surrounding Mary and the newborn Jesus. [3] [2] The painting is about 2.7 metres high and two metres wide. [4] On the night of 17–18 October 1969, [5] two thieves stole the painting from its home in the Oratory of Saint Lawrence in Palermo. [4]

  4. Jesus bloodline - Wikipedia

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    The Jesus bloodline refers to the proposition that a lineal sequence of the historical Jesus has persisted, possibly to the present time. Although absent from the Gospels or historical records, the concept of Jesus having descendants has gained a presence in the public imagination, as seen with Dan Brown's 2003 best-selling novel The Da Vinci Code and its 2006 movie adaptation of the same name ...

  5. Life of Christ in art - Wikipedia

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    Nativity of Jesus in art; Adoration of the Magi (Three Kings), sometimes combined with the Adoration of the Shepherds; Circumcision of Christ; Presentation of Jesus; Flight to Egypt, or the Massacre of the Innocents. Later sometimes the Rest on the Flight into Egypt. Finding in the Temple, the last episode of Jesus's childhood in the Canonical ...

  6. The Taking of Christ (Caravaggio) - Wikipedia

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    The main light source is not evident in the painting but comes from the upper left; the lesser light source is the lantern held by the man at the right (believed to be a self-portrait of Caravaggio; also, presumably, representing St Peter, who would first betray Jesus by denying him, and then go on to bring the light of Christ to the world). At ...

  7. The Christmas story like you've never seen it before: Kids go ...

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    Hanna Wahlbrink, creative director at Southland Christian Church, says that she and her team produced the video for the church's Christmas Eve service in 2015. Years later, the video is filling ...

  8. In Bethlehem, the home of Jesus' birth, a season of grieving ...

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    Father Issa Thaljieh, a 40-year-old Greek Orthodox parish priest at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, kneels at the spot where tradition says Jesus was born.

  9. Forensic science reveals how Jesus really looked - AOL

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    With the world's annual celebration of his birth mere weeks away, it turns out one of the most revered figures who ever walked the Earth likely didn't look like the pictures of him.