a method of putting to death by nailing or binding to a cross, normally by the hands and feet, which was widespread in the ancient world (ˌkruːsɪˈfɪkʃən) n 1.(Ecclesiastical Terms)the Crucifixionthe crucifying of Christ at Calvary, regarded by Christians as the culminat...
1. to put to death by crucifixion 2. slang to defeat, ridicule, etc, totally: the critics crucified his performance. 3. to treat very cruelly; torment 4. to subdue (passion, lust, etc); mortify [C13: from Old French crucifier, from Late Latin crucifīgere to crucify, to fasten to...
The original pluralstigmatarefers to the crucifixion wounds of Christ and to the marks of these wounds as they have appeared on the bodies of certain Christian mystics. Ex.Mystics known to have experienced stigmata include Francis of Assisi and Catherine of Siena. dogma– The original plural wasd...
“… the crucifixion, a hugely violent act of infanticide or child sacrifice, has been disguised by Christian conservative theologians as a ‘remarkable act of grace’. Such a metaphor of an angry God, who cannot forgive unless appeased by a bloody sacrifice, has been ‘right at the center ...
Crux(kro͝oks)[Lat.,=cross], small but brilliant southernconstellationwhose four most prominent members form a Latin cross, the famous Southern Cross. The long arm of the cross, terminating in the brightest member,Acrux(Alpha Crucis), points almost directly at the south celestial pole. Two ...
And yet, we could not let Him go to glory in anguish. Peter paused. The vivid imagery gnawed at him, painting the crucifixion in a stark, visceral light. He steadied himself and read on. Under cover of the night, when the world lay silent, and the bribed guards heavy with sleep, we...
We must be crucified personally, mystically; for through crucifixion is the only path to resurrection. If we would rise with Christ, we must first be humbled with Him.” Our patron St. John lived in the resurrectional Light of Pascha. This is illustrated in so many accounts of his wonder...
Where was the promised Holy Spirit in the disciples' apostatizing of each other??The Romans had to fake fake his crucifixion due to Passover issues: [1]Also Visit: www.answering-christianity.com/blog/index.php/topic,797.0.html www.answering-christianity.com/convert_christians.htm Most...
At the crucifixion, Jesus suffered incredible pain. He was beaten, flogged, spat upon, and had a crown of thorns jammed into his brow. Then He was nailed to the cross through His feet and hands and then pierced in the side with a spear causing blood and water to flow from His body....
The crucifixion of Jesus from a cognitive semantic perspective Zoltán Kövecses | RCL 20:1 (2022) p. 91 On the creative use of metonymy Jeannette Littlemore | RCL 20:1 (2022) pp. 104–129 Forty years of metonymy: The time-measurement pseudo-partitive construction in English Carmen ...