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Happy birthday to the King! Elvis Presley, nicknamed by many as "The King of Rock and Roll," was born 90 years ago in Tupelo, Mississippi.. The son of Vernon and Gladys Presley, Elvis Aron Presley ...
A religious image is a work of visual art that is representational and has a religious purpose, subject or connection. All major historical religions have made some use of religious images, although their use is strictly controlled and often controversial in many religions, especially Abrahamic ones.
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 . In the early Church , Christians used the Ichthys (fish) symbol to identify Christian places of worship and Christian homes. [ 1 ]
Church pressure to restrain religious imagery affected art from the 1530s and resulted in the decrees of the final session of the Council of Trent in 1563 including short and rather inexplicit passages concerning religious images, which were to have great impact on the development of Catholic art.
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Media in category "Images of religious figures" The following 7 files are in this category, out of 7 total. Aid from the Padre.jpg 1,925 × 2,493; 637 KB.
English Roman Catholic priest who died in the 73rd year of his ministry [8] Corrado Bafile: 1903–2005: 101: Italian Roman Catholic cardinal [9] Giovanni Benedetti: 1917–2017: 100: Italian Roman Catholic bishop [10] Pravrajika Bhaktiprana: 1920–2022: 102: Indian Hindu sannyasini [11] Dmytro Blazheyovskyi: 1910–2011: 100: Ukrainian ...
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