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The Six Ages, as formulated by Augustine of Hippo, are defined in De catechizandis rudibus (On the catechizing of the uninstructed), Chapter 22: . The First Age "is from the beginning of the human race, that is, from Adam, who was the first man that was made, down to Noah, who constructed the ark at the time of the flood", i.e. the Antediluvian period.
Lucas Cranach the Elder, The Golden Age (2nd version) Lucas Cranach the Elder, The Silver Age Virgil Solis, The Iron Age. The Greek poet Hesiod (between 750 and 650 BC) outlined his Five Ages in his poem Works and Days (lines 109–201). His list is: Golden Age – The Golden Age is the only age that falls within the rule of Cronus. Created by ...
Many of the ages given in the text are long, but could have been considered modest in comparison to the ages given in other works (for instance, the Sumerian King List). [2] The ages include patterns surrounding the numbers five and seven, for instance the 365 year life of Enoch (the same as the number of full calendar days in a solar year) and ...
The term Golden Age comes from Greek mythology, particularly the Works and Days of Hesiod, and is part of the description of temporal decline of the state of peoples through five Ages, Gold being the first and the one during which the Golden Race of humanity (Greek: χρύσεον γένος chrýseon génos) [1] lived.
The Holy Bible was one of the main sources for medieval Historians and greatly influenced ecclesiastic historiography. Medieval ecclesiastic historiography encompasses the historiographic production by the Clergymen of the European Middle Ages, who created their own style of developing history and passing it on to posterity.
The intertestamental period or deuterocanonical period (Catholic and Eastern Orthodox) is the period of time between the events of the protocanonical books and the New Testament. It is considered to cover roughly four hundred years, spanning the ministry of Malachi (c. 420 BC) to the appearance of John the Baptist in the early 1st century AD .
Francisco Herrera the Elder and Francisco Herrera the Younger, Spanish Golden Age father and son who both did noted church paintings [266] [267] [268] Adriaen Isenbrandt , works include a depiction of the Mass of Saint Gregory and a triptych with the Assumption of Mary [ 269 ] [ 270 ]
The Catholic Church believes itself to be the continuation of the Christian community founded by Jesus in his consecration of Simon Peter. [103] [104] In the Catholic view, modern bishops are the successors to the apostles. The See of Rome is traditionally said to be founded by Peter and Paul.