In this same period, Saint John Chrysostom explained the significance of angels ' wings: " They manifest a nature's sublimity.

" St. John Chrysostom wrote: "... virginity is better than marriage, however good .... Celibacy is ... an imitation of the angels.

Thus John asserts Jesus ' innate superiority over all divine messengers, whether angels or prophets.

In particular, Mormons believe that angels such as Peter, James, John, and John the Baptist appeared to Joseph Smith and others and bestowed various Priesthood authorities on them.

* In John Connolly's 2009 novel The Lovers, the two evil angels Anmael and Semjaza each have a letter tattooed or burned on one arm ( Un for Anmael and Fam for Semjaza, although Connolly misidentifies Un as " Und ").

It includes an ornate oak frieze including sculptures of twenty-two angels playing music, carved by Johannes Kirchmayer ( 1860 – 1930 ), and two notable stained-glass windows, " Angel of Help ," and " Figure of Wisdom ," both by John LaFarge ( 1835 – 1910 ).

In John Milton's Paradise Lost ( 1667 ), Moloch is one of the greatest warriors of the fallen angels,

The icon of the Last Judgement traditionally depicts Christ Pantokrator, enthroned in glory on a white throne, surrounded by the Theotokos ( Virgin Mary ), John the Baptist, Apostles, saints and angels.

In his Institutes of the Christian Religion, John Calvin writes that "( t ) he distinction of what is called dulia and latria was invented for the very purpose of permitting divine honours to be paid to angels and dead men with apparent impunity.

Besides the professed ability to summon spirits or angels on a crystal ball, which John Dee so valued, Kelley also claimed to possess the secret of transmuting base metals into gold.

It is based on the 16th century writings of Dr. John Dee and Edward Kelley, who claimed that their information was delivered to them directly by various angels.

John says there were two angels, but that Mary saw them after finding the empty tomb and showing it to the other disciples.

The narrative in John between Mary discovering that the tomb is open and later witnessing angels inside it, is considered by some to be misplaced: it seems illogical for Mary not to have looked into the tomb the first time and her presence at the tomb when she witnesses the angels seems somewhat abrupt when the intervening narrative last mentions her some distance away.

John also describes the angels as sitting so that one was where Jesus ' head had been, and one where his feet had been, and some scholars think that this clear distinction between head and foot is an indication that the tomb had a built-in headrest, though others believe the writer is just referring to the direction in which Jesus had been placed.

Augustine of Hippo's reason for interpreting angels of the churches as the prelates of the church is that St. John speaks of them as falling from their first charity which is not true of the angels.

In the New Testament, the Greek word for angels ( aggelos ) is not only used for heavenly angels, but also used for human messengers, such as John the Baptist (,,) and God's prophets () Scofield has noted that The natural explanation of the " messengers " is that they were men sent by the seven churches to ascertain the state of the aged apostle ... but they figure any who bear God's messages to a church.

The second vision portrays seven angels bringing Levi seven insignia signifying priesthood, prophecy, and judgement ; in the vision, after the angels anoint Levi, and initiate him as a priest, they tell him of the future of his descendants, mentioning Moses, the Aaronid priesthood, and a time when there would be priest-kings ; this latter point was of particular interest to the Maccabean period of John Hyrcanus, who was both a high priest, and warrior-king, though according to textual scholars this is to be expected, since the Testament of Levi was written during Maccabean rule, between 153BC and 107BC, and closer to the latter date.

Some Oneness teachers believe that " the Word " in John 1: 1 was the invisible God choosing to manifest or express himself to his creatures: first the angels, then man.

It is based on the 16th-century writings of Dr. John Dee and Edward Kelley, who claimed that their information, including the revealed Enochian language, was delivered to them directly by various angels.

Gov. John M. Dalton, himself a lawyer and a man of long service in government, spoke with rich background and experience when he said in an address here that lawyers ought to quit sitting in the Missouri General Assembly, or quit accepting fees from individuals and corporations who have controversies with or axes to grind with the government and who are retained, not because of their legal talents, but because of their government influence.

Newest on the list are John Ciardi, W. D. Snodgrass, I. A. Richards, Oscar Williams, Robert Hillyer, John Hall Wheelock, Stephen Vincent Benet, Edwin Muir, John Peal Bishop and Maxwell Bodenheim.

and now, therefore, do I, John A. Notte, Jr., Governor of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, proclaim Monday, May 22nd, 1961, as National Maritime Day, reminding our citizens that American Merchant ships and American seamen are ready at all times to serve our Nation in the cause of freedom and justice.

Whereas, John Brown has cheerfully risked his life in endeavoring to deliver those who are denied all rights and is this day doomed to suffer death for his efforts in behalf of those who have no helper: Therefore,

`` What you see are self-help projects '', John said.

Now, the picture is clouded, and even US Sens. James O. Eastland and John C. Stennis, who remained loyal to the ticket, are uncertain of their status.

Others listed at new addresses are the Richard T. Olerichs, the Joseph Aderholds Jr., the Henri De La Chapelles, the John Berteros and Dr. and Mrs. Egerton Crispin, the John Armisteads, the Allen Chases, the Howard Lockies, the Thomas Lockies, and Anthony Longinotti.

Sen. John L. McClellan of Arkansas and Rep. David Martin of Nebraska are again beating the drums to place the unions under the anti-monopoly laws.

Although there are seven other types of annual awards presented by the Academy ( the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, the Gordon E. Sawyer Award, the Scientific and Engineering Award, the Technical Achievement Award, the John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation, and the Student Academy Award ) plus two awards that are not presented annually ( the Special Achievement Award in the form of an Oscar statuette and the Honorary Award that may or may not be in the form of an Oscar statuette ), the best known one is the Academy Award of Merit more popularly known as the Oscar statuette.

John Dickinson and Benjamin Franklin's handwritten drafts of the Articles of Confederation are housed at the National Archives in Washington, DC.

Among the notable alumni of AFI are: Darren Aronofsky, Jon Avnet, Keith D. Black, Wally Pfister, Stuart Cornfeld, Bill Duke, Edward James Olmos, Carl Colpaert, Rodrigo García, Steve Golin, Patrick Creadon, Amy Heckerling, Marshall Herskovitz, Janusz Kamiński, Matthew Libatique, Mimi Leder, David Lynch, Terrence Malick, John McTiernan, Paul Schrader, Frank Spotnitz, Mark Waters, Gary Winick, Edward Zwick, and Susannah Grant.

* 1964 – Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans are hanged for the Murder of John Alan West becoming the last people executed in the United Kingdom.

Within the sects of the Latter Day Saint movement, the Articles of Faith are a list composed by Joseph Smith, Jr. as part of an 1842 letter sent to " Long " John Wentworth, editor of the Chicago Democrat.

Philosophically, European agrarianism reflects the ideas of John Locke, who declared in his Second Treatise of Civil Government ( 1690 ) that those who work the land are its rightful owners.

Classical Arminianism, which sees Arminius as the main contributor, and Wesleyan Arminianism, which sees John Wesley as the main contributor, are the two main outlooks on how the system is realistic in detail.

Well-known proponents of this theology are Greg Boyd, Clark Pinnock, Thomas Jay Oord, William Hasker, and John E. Sanders.

They are said to go back at least to the Greek poet Lycophron, in the third century BCE ; but this relies on an account of Lycophron given by John Tzetzes in the 12th century.

Two treatises are sometimes erroneously attributed to him, one On Emotions, the other a commentary on Aristotle's Ethics ( really by Constantine Palaeocapa in the 16th century, or by John Callistus of Thessalonica ).

( C ) 1983 Acorn Computers Ltd. Thanks are due to the following contributors to the development of the Electron ( among others too numerous to mention ):- Bob Austin, Astec, Harry Barman, Paul Bond, Allen Boothroyd, Ben Bridgewater, Cambridge, John Cox, Chris Curry, 6502 designers, Jeremy Dion, Tim Dobson, Joe Dunn, Ferranti, Steve Furber, David Gale, Andrew Gordon, Martyn Gilbert, Lawrence Hardwick, Hermann Hauser, John Herbert, Hitachi, Andy Hopper, Paul Jephcot, Brian Jones, Chris Jordan, Computer Laboratory, Tony Mann, Peter Miller, Trevor Morris, Steve Parsons, Robin Pain, Glyn Phillips, Brian Robertson, Peter Robinson, David Seal, Kim Spence-Jones, Graham Tebby, Jon Thackray, Topexpress, Chris Turner, Hugo Tyson, John Umney, Alex van Someren, Geoff Vincent, Adrian Warner, Robin Williamson, Roger Wilson.

Its editors only knew of one example to point to, a public housing development of 278 homes in New Haven described by John Schulz in the March, 1950 issue.

Assistant coach John Cudmore described victory as `` a good feeling, I think, on the part of the coaches and the players.

The Apiaceae was first described by John Lindley in 1836.

John Tyndall first described antagonistic activities by fungi against bacteria in England in 1875.

Andrew Carnegie is described in John Dos Passos ' 42nd Parallel as a confident man in whatever he invested in, which included many things that our world flourished on for many years to the present time.

The population of the parish rose from 6, 471 in 1841 to 14, 999 in 1851 and 32, 299 in 1861 and John Davies described it as " the most dynamic place in Wales ".

They cite his defense of the Christology described in the first chapter of the Gospel of John and his significant theological works ( C. S.

The conceptual difficulty of bare particulars was illustrated by John Locke when he described a substance by itself, apart from its properties, as " something, I know not what.

Sir Herbert Baker's rebuilding of the Bank of England, demolishing most of Sir John Soane's earlier building was described by architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner as " the greatest architectural crime, in the City of London, of the twentieth century ".

Media reports immediately following his death indicated Haley displayed deranged and erratic behavior in his final weeks, although beyond a biography of Haley by John Swenson, released a year later, which described Haley painting the windows of his home black, there is little information extant about Haley's final days.

British general John Moore, who met Nelson in Naples at this time, described him as " covered with stars, medals and ribbons, more like a Prince of Opera than the Conqueror of the Nile.

In a letter to P. Schuyler Miller and John D. Clark in 1936 only three months before Howard's death, Conan is described as standing and weighing when he takes part in an attack on Venarium at only 15 years old, though being far from fully grown.

The term was used by author John Perkins in his 2004 book Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, where he described corporatocracy as a collective composed of corporations, banks, and governments.

In the 1672 book " New England Rarities Discovered " author John Josselyn described cranberries, writing:

The term " cyberspace " was first used by the cyberpunk science fiction author William Gibson, though the concept was described somewhat earlier, for example in the Vernor Vinge short story " True Names ," and even earlier in John M. Ford's novel, Web of Angels.

Although officially classified as a torpedo boat in 1898 by the US Navy, the, a long all steel vessel displacing 165 tons, was described by her commander, LT. John C. Fremont, as "... a compact mass of machinery not meant to keep the sea nor to live in ... as five sevenths of the ship are taken up by machinery and fuel, whilst the remaining two sevenths, fore and aft, are the crew's quarters ; officers forward and the men placed aft.

Exploiting his androgynous appearance, the original cover of the UK version unveiled two months later would depict the singer wearing a dress: taking the garment with him, he wore it during interviews — to the approval of critics, including Rolling Stones John Mendelsohn who described him as " ravishing, almost disconcertingly reminiscent of Lauren Bacall "— and in the street, to mixed reaction including laughter and, in the case of one male pedestrian, producing a gun and telling Bowie to " kiss my ass ".

Admiral John Jellicoe, described by Churchill as the only man who could " lose the war in an afternoon " by losing the strategic British superiority in dreadnought battleships, was not a dashing showman like David Beatty.

Not all of those executed were leaders: Willie Pearse described himself as " a personal attaché to my brother, Patrick Pearse "; John MacBride had not even been aware of the Rising until it began, but had fought against the British in the Boer War fifteen years before ; Thomas Kent did not come out at all — he was executed for the killing of a police officer during the raid on his house the week after the Rising.

Although the pre-war establishment had been split by the Civil War, both of the opposing main factions regarded all radical groups as agitators for change, and they are described as such in the Historical Collections of John Rushworth that document events of the early period, and by the Journals of the House of Commons which cover the period of the Republic itself.

In 1819 Edward D. Clarke and in 1822 René Juste Haüy described fluorescence in fluorites, Sir David Brewster described the phenomenon for chlorophyll in 1833 and Sir John Herschel did the same for quinine in 1845.

Robinson wrote that, where the Gospel narrative accounts can be checked for consistency with surviving material evidence, the account in the Gospel of John is commonly the more plausible ; that it is generally easier to reconcile the various synoptic accounts within John's narrative framework, than it is to explain John's narrative within the framework of any of the synoptics ; and that, where in the Gospel Jesus and his disciples are described as travelling around identifiable locations, the trips in question can always be plausibly followed on the ground, which he says is not the case for any synoptic Gospel.

Great Auk specialist John Wolley interviewed the two men who killed the last birds, and Ísleifsson described the act as follows:

He is described by John Mackay as