usually bearded disciple with an ax, lance, book (or scroll), olive branch, and/or stones (or standing near a pile of stones). Sometimes depicted with St. Paul. (LS) (Can. Nob. Quo.) Bartholomew the Apostle an elderly man being flayed or holding a tanner's knife and a human skin...
Irish legends hold that St. Patrick introduced the Celtic cross. Adherents claim St. Patrick combined the symbol of the Christian cross with the symbol of the sun, worshipped by pagans, to attract new believers to Christianity. Others interpret the placement of the cross on top of the sun a...
In 1879 the Archbishop of Amalfi gifted the Scottish Archbishop John Menzies Strain with what is said to be the shoulder blade of Saint Andrew, and in 1969 Pope Paul VI gifted a piece of the Saint’s skull to the then Archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, Cardinal Gordon Gray. Today ...
Four horsemen of the apocalypse, in Christianity, the four horsemen who, according to the book of Revelation (6:1–8), appear with the opening of the seven seals that bring forth the cataclysm of the apocalypse. Learn more about the four horsemen in this
In St. John's vision of Heaven, a rainbow makes an appearance -- over the head of the angel who gives John a book to eat (ch. 10), and surrounding the throne of God: Apocalypse 4:2-3 2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and behold there was a throne set in heaven, and...
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This is the ground-work of the whole satire of Part IV, according to Deane Swift, who elucidates the Yahoo by referring to The reasoning of St. Peter throughout his whole second chapter of his second epistle; that creature man, that glorious creature man, is deservedly more ...
Religion, human beings’ relation to that which they regard as holy, sacred, absolute, spiritual, divine, or worthy of especial reverence. Worship, moral conduct, right belief, and participation in religious institutions are among the constituent element
Christianity is a major religion stemming from the life, teachings, and death of Jesus of Nazareth in the 1st century CE. It has become the largest of the world’s religions and, geographically, the most widely diffused.
Written by Lawrence E. Sullivan, Paul A. Crow•All Fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Last Updated: Feb 1, 2025 • Article History Key People: St. Paul the Apostle Martin Buber Jan Hus St. Albertus Magnus Nikolaus Ludwig, count von Zinzendorf (Show more) ...