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2. Religious images in Christian theology - Wikipedia

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   Throughout the ages, art has been a part of the church. God designed the temple, employing artisans to create its beautiful and ornate workmanship. Churches of old included stained-glass windows created to illustrate God’s word, and even the most simple country churches often include beautiful wooden crosses and podiums.

3. Christian views on poverty and wealth - Wikipedia

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   Cosimo Perrotta characterizes the Christian attitude vis-a-vis poverty and work as being "much closer to the tradition of the Old Testament than to classical culture." [20] However, Irving Kristol suggests that Christianity's attitude towards wealth is markedly different from that of the Hebrews in the Old Testament. Kristol asserts that ...

4. Genesis 1:1 - Wikipedia

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   Genesis 1:1 forms the basis for the Judeo-Christian doctrine of creation out of nothing (creatio ex nihilo).Some scholars still support this reading, [5] but most agree that on strictly linguistic and exegetical grounds this is not the preferred option, [6] [7] [8] and that the authors of Genesis 1, writing around 500–400 BCE, were concerned not with the origins of matter (the material which ...

5. Pre-existence of Christ - Wikipedia

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   The pre-existence of Christ asserts the existence of Christ prior to his incarnation as Jesus.One of the relevant Bible passages is John 1 (John 1:1–18) where, in the Trinitarian interpretation, Christ is identified with a pre-existent divine hypostasis (substantive reality) called the Logos (Koine Greek for "word").

6. Gustave Doré's illustrations for La Grande Bible de Tours

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   Héliodore Pisan after Gustave Doré, "The Crucifixion", wood-engraving from La Grande Bible de Tours (1866). It depicts the situation described in Luke 23.. The illustrations for La Grande Bible de Tours are a series of 241 wood-engravings, designed by the French artist, printmaker, and illustrator Gustave Doré (1832–1883) for a new deluxe edition of the 1843 French translation of the ...

7. List of inscriptions in biblical archaeology - Wikipedia

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   The Creation by Atum: 1.9: Papyrus Bremer-Rind: 6–7: The Repulsing of the Dragon and the Creation: Shabaka Stone: 1.15: The "Memphite Theology" 4–6: The Theology of Memphis: 1.17: Coffin Texts Spell 1130: 7–8: All Men Created Equal in Opportunity: Book of the Dead: 1.18: Book of the Dead 175: 9–10: The Primeval Establishment of Order ...

8. Parable of the Talents - Wikipedia

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   Catholic bishop Robert Barron says that the talents in this parable are "a share in the mercy of God, a participation in the weightiness of the divine love," rather than personal abilities or wealth. He utilizes the interpretation of Old Testament professor Robert Schoenstene, who argues that a talent in ancient Jewish times was very weighty ...

9. God the Father in Western art - Wikipedia

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   Yet, in early depictions of scenes from the Old Testament, artists used the conventional depiction of Jesus to represent the Father, [5] especially in depictions of the story of Adam and Eve, the most frequently depicted Old Testament narrative shown in Early Medieval art, and one that was felt to require the depiction of a figure of God ...