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While some Anglicans (typically of the Low-Church variety) maintain the aniconism of the English Reformation, articulated in the religious injunctions of Edward VI [8] and Elizabeth I, [9] as well as the Homily against the Peril of Idolatry and the Superfluous Decking of Churches, [10] other Anglicans, influenced by the Oxford Movement and ...
A Coventry Cross of Nails (in German, Nagelkreuz von Coventry) is a Christian cross made from iron nails, employed as a symbol of peace and reconciliation. The original version was made from three large medieval nails salvaged from the Coventry Cathedral after the building was severely damaged by German bombs on 14 November 1940, during the ...
In Western Christianity, it is common for believers to have a home altar, [14] [15] while dwelling places belonging to communicants of the Eastern Christian Churches often have an icon corner. [16] A cult image is a human-made object that is venerated or worshipped for the deity, person or spirit that it embodies or represents. [17]
Having spent the past 40-plus years preaching and writing about the good news as it’s put forth in the New Testament — our faith’s foundational text — I’ve concluded Christianity’s ...
Triclavianism is the belief that three nails were used to crucify Jesus Christ.The exact number of the Holy Nails has been a matter of speculation for centuries. [1] Three nails are sometimes depicted as a symbolic reference to the Holy Trinity.
Most Christians have read about the earliest days of the church, found in the opening chapters of Acts and the collection of Epistles. The moment we read about in Acts Chapter 2 almost reads like ...
The United Methodist Church has been undergoing a major upheaval as more than 7,000 congregations across the country, one quarter of the total, decided whether to leave the denomination or remain ...
Christian tradition is a collection of traditions consisting of practices or beliefs associated with Christianity. Many churches have traditional practices, such as particular patterns of worship or rites , that developed over time.