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e. " Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image " ( Hebrew: לֹא-תַעֲשֶׂה לְךָ פֶסֶל, וְכָל-תְּמוּנָה, romanized : Lōʾ-t̲aʿăśeh lək̲ā p̲esel, wək̲ol-təmûnāh) is an abbreviated form of one of the Ten Commandments which, according to the Book of Deuteronomy, were spoken by God to the Israelites ...
Religious images in Christian theology have a role within the liturgical and devotional life of adherents of certain Christian denominations. The use of religious images has often been a contentious issue in Christian history. Concern over idolatry is the driving force behind the various traditions of aniconism in Christianity .
The phrase "image of God" is found in three passages in the Hebrew Bible, all in the Book of Genesis 1–11: . And God said: 'Let us make man in our image/b'tsalmeinu, after our likeness/kid'muteinu; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.'
According to the Acts of the Apostles, chapter 10, Saint Peter had a vision of a vessel ( Greek: σκεῦος, skeuos; "a certain vessel descending upon him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners") full of animals being lowered from heaven ( Acts 10:11 ). A voice from heaven told Peter to kill and eat, but since the vessel (or ...
Moloch. Tombs in the Valley of Hinnom, the location of the tophet, just outside the city of ancient Jerusalem, where Moloch rituals were performed according to 2 Kings 23:10. [ 1] Moloch, Molech, or Molek[ a] is a word which appears in the Hebrew Bible several times, primarily in the Book of Leviticus. The Bible strongly condemns practices that ...
Executed by Hardman & Co. in the 1870s. [ 1] The Fruit of the Holy Spirit (sometimes referred to as the Fruits of the Holy Spirit[ 2]) is a biblical term that sums up nine attributes of a person or community living in accord with the Holy Spirit, according to chapter 5 of the Epistle to the Galatians: "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy ...
Symbolism of Christian saints has been used from the very beginnings of the religion. [ 1] Each saint is said to have led an exemplary life and symbols have been used to tell these stories throughout the history of the Church. [ 2] A number of Christian saints are traditionally represented by a symbol or iconic motif associated with their life ...
Biblical inspiration. Biblical inspiration is the doctrine in Christian theology that the human writers and canonizers of the Bible were led by God with the result that their writings may be designated in some sense the word of God. [ 1] This belief is traditionally associated with concepts of the biblical infallibility and the internal ...