Christmas is a Christian holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ. No one knows the exact date of Christ's birth, but most Christians observe Christmas on December 25. On this day, many go to church, where they take part in special religious services. During the Christmas season, ...
aIt is not easy to pin-point the origins of the Christmas feast, today the more important feast of the Christmas season in most western Christian churches. One can only say for certain that the birth of Jesus Christ was being celebrated in Rome by the year 336 A.D.; afterwards the feast...
For me, the Mystics of the Church website and my other websites are really a "work of love and reparation" so to speak, and I have really been enjoying creating them over the past few years. I spent much of my life in selfish and sinful pursuits, so the websites are a sort of r...
Ste.Chappelle,Paris The origins of the first stained glass windows are lost in history.The technique probably came from jewelry making,cloisonné and mosaics.Stained glass windows as we know them,seemed to arise when substantial church building began.By the 10th century,depictions of Christ and ...
Origins Retreat Centre, situated in the Cradle of Humankind provides a wonderful setting for rest, relaxation and spiritual renewal.
Many claims have been made about the resemblances between Christianity and earlier myths and religions. Some of those claims are true and others aren’t.
o Antediluvian Age--from the casting out of Adam from the Garden to the deliverance of Noah.o Patriarchal Age--Noah to Israel's deliverance from bondage.o Mosaic (Jewish) Age--Moses to the "manifestation" of Christ.o Christian Age--Pentecost to the Presento A period or age to come ...
The contemporary Commonwealth must now be seen as a product of the transformation which occurred since the mid-1960s. It is necessary, however, to take a brief look at its earlier origins. Anthony Low, Smuts Professor of the History of the British Commonwealth at the University of Cambridge,...
(Scripture), the "Gendered Body," the "Dead Body," the "Oppressed Body," the "Ecclesial Body," and the "Virtuous Body," conspicuously absent is a chapter treatment of Christ's "Incarnate Body" and its strategic significance. ... PM Blowers - 《Journal of Early Christian Studies》 被引...
Wreaths have been around since the ancient Greek and Roman times, but they eventually took on Christian meaning, with the circular shape representing eternal life and the holly leaves and berries symbolic of Christ’s crown of thorns and blood. ...