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"Holy Diver" is a song by American heavy metal band Dio. It was released in August 1983 as the lead single from the band's debut album of the same name . Although it only reached number 40 on the Mainstream Rock chart at that time, it is one of Dio's most popular songs today.
Before You Die; Behold The Lamb (David Phelps, Dottie Rambo and The Christ Church Choir) Being Me; Between Here And Sunset; Big House On The Hill; Big, Big Man; Billy; Brand New Breed Of Believers, A; Brand New Feeling, A; Breaking Bread; Bring All Your Needs To The Altar (Jimmy Swaggart) Build My Mansion (Next Door to Jesus) By And By The ...
The 1983 debut Holy Diver, by his band Dio, reduced lush moral landscapes to simple good-versus-evil conflicts, using the lyrical duality of 'Rainbow in the Dark' and 'Holy Diver' to raise questions about deceit and hypocrisy in romance and religion. In the sharp contrasts of Dio's imagery, there was always a built-in contradiction that fed ...
Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again. Dying you destroyed our death, rising you restored our life. Lord Jesus, come in glory. When we eat this bread and drink this cup, we proclaim your death, Lord Jesus, until you come in glory. Lord, by your cross and resurrection, you have set us free. You are the Saviour of the world.
Longinus (Greek: Λογγίνος) is the name given to the unnamed Roman soldier who pierced the side of Jesus with a lance, who in medieval and some modern Christian traditions is described as a convert to Christianity. [4] His name first appeared in the apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemus. [5]
Only the Gospel of Luke describes one of the criminals as penitent, and that gospel does not name him. Augustine of Hippo does not name the thief, but wonders if he might not have been baptized at some point. [21] According to tradition, [22] the Good Thief was crucified to Jesus' right and the other thief was crucified to his left.
It is almost invariably chanted in the Fourth liturgical mode, as is "Let every breath praise the Lord". On feast days, the Gospel is not read at the Holy Table, but is brought into the center to the nave by the deacon, who holds the Gospel Book while the priest chants the Matins Gospel in front of the icon of the feast being celebrated. [1]
"Hosanna" is the name of one of the songs in the 1971 rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar. The song covers the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. The message that Jesus conveys in this sequence is "There is not one of you that cannot win the kingdom, / The slow, the suffering, the quick, the dead."