Symbolizes the Resurrection of Christ and his appearance to the Myrrh-bearing Women.

Symbolizes the appearance to Christ to the disciples after the Resurrection.

Symbolizes Eve ’ s original tasting the forbidden fruit and eventual liberation from condemnation through Jesus Christ.

Symbolizes Christ ’ s death and liberation of humanity from the power of the Hell.

Symbolizes Christ ’ s burial, asks God for a quiet night and a peaceful sleep.

Symbolizes Christ ’ s descent into Hell and liberation of the righteous from torments.

Water Symbolizes the life's ocean of birth, struggle and death.

Symbolizes baptismal garment.

Symbolizes the mutual support between man and woman, and their completion.

** The red Symbolizes the shed blood of Americans fighting for freedom.

* Coconut Tree and Rice Fields: Symbolizes the major products of Calbayog.

Esler believes that this specific point is supported through Luke ’ s emphasis on citing examples of Romans who come to believe in Christ ( Acts 10: 1-11: 18 ; 13: 12 ; 18: 7 ).

By picturing Roman authority negatively proponents of this view believe that it is emphasizing the fact that Christian ’ s should obey and submit to Christ ’ s authority ( Acts 4: 19-20 ; 5: 29 ).

* Rubenstein, Richard E., When Jesus Became God: The Epic Fight over Christ ’ s Divinity in the Last Days of Rome ( New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1999 ).

Bob Jones, Sr. argued that if members of Graham ’ s campaign executive committee had rejected major tenets of orthodox Christianity, such as the virgin birth and the deity of Christ, then Graham had violated 2 John 9-11, which prohibits receiving in fellowship those who do “ not abide in the teaching of Christ .” In the 1960s, Graham further irritated fundamentalists by gaining the endorsement of Cardinal Richard Cushing for his Boston campaign and accepting honorary degrees from two Roman Catholic colleges.

The first sixty-nine weeks are interpreted as covering the period until Christ ’ s first coming, but the last week is thought to represent the years of the tribulation which will come at the end of this age, directly preceding the millennial age of peace:

While only Revelation speaks of a period of a thousand years for Christ ’ s rule on Earth, there are numerous other prophecies in both testaments concerning a future age of peace.

Christ ’ s return will coincide with a time of great tribulation.

Many amillennialists believe that during this time period, the church will continue to evangelize and grow as well as suffer declination in periods until Christ ’ s coming.

The creed became standard orthodox doctrine, while the Coptic Church of Alexandria dissented, holding to Cyril's formula of the oneness of Christ ’ s nature as the incarnation of God the Word.

Cyril new religion wasn ’ t about proving the existence of God or proving the divinity of Christ but rather instilling a faith in people.

Other groups who were accused of docetism held that Jesus was a man in the flesh, but Christ was a separate entity, who entered Jesus ’ s body in the form of a dove at his baptism, empowered him to perform miracles, and abandoned him on his death on the cross.

In his critique of the theology of Clement of Alexandria, Photius in his Myriobiblon held that Clement ’ s views reflected a quasi-docetic view of the nature of Christ, writing that Clement " He hallucinates that the Word was not incarnate but only seems to be.

) In Clement ’ s time some disputes contended over whether Christ assumed the ‘ psychic ’ flesh of mankind as heirs to Adam, or the ‘ spiritual ’ flesh of the resurrection.

The writer of the letter of James identifies himself as “ a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ ,” in much the same way as did Jude, who introduced the letter of Jude by calling himself “ a slave of Jesus Christ, but a brother of James .” ( Jas 1: 1 ; Jude 1 ) Furthermore, the salutation of James ’ letter includes the term “ Greetings !” in the same way as did the letter concerning circumcision that was sent to the congregations.

The Quorum of Seventy oversees the activities of its Missionary Operating Committees to ensure the fulfilling of Christ ’ s commandment to take the gospel to the entire world.

Seventh-day Adventist Church holds opinion that " Christ ’ s example forbids exclusiveness at the Lord ’ s Supper.

:: C. Prayer for the Philippians ’ Discerning Love to Increase until the Day of Christ ( 1: 9-11 )

:::: a. Christ ’ s Emptying ( 2: 5-8 )

:::: b. Christ ’ s Exaltation ( 2: 9-11 )

Mitre worn by an Eastern bishop with icon s of Christ, the Theotokos ( Mary, Mother of God ) and John the Baptist | Forerunner ( John the Baptist ).

In terms of values, Leeming contrasts " the myth of Jesus " with the myths of other " Christian heroes such as St. George, Roland, el Cid, and even King Arthur "; the latter hero myths, Leeming argues, reflect the survival of pre-Christian heroic values —" values of military dominance and cultural differentiation and hegemony "— more than the values expressed in the Christ story. Pomors often depicted Sirin s on the illustrations in the Book of Genesis as birds sitting in paradise trees.

Ecclesia and evangelist portrait s. A number of biblical passages, including those describing Christ as a " bridegroom " led early in the history of the church to the concept of the church as the Bride of Christ, which was shown in art using a queenly personification.

Second, the other side of the dialogue is Paul ’ s conversion and calling to follow Christ in the early 30s.

Clearly these are the Church ’ s agents of ministry and work of whom the body of Christ consists ; and God has ordained them.

Christ Crucified ( Velázquez ) | Crucifixion, representing the death of Jesus on the Christian Cross | Cross, painting by Diego Velázquez | D. Velázquez, 17th c.

In this lecture Cyril of Jerusalem discusses the Crucifixion and burial of Jesus Christ.

Prior to the Crucifixion the Jews are called Israelites, the honorific title of God's chosen people ; after it, they are called " Ioudaioi ", Jews, a sign that through their rejection of the Christ the " kingdom of Heaven " has been taken away from them and given instead to the church.

Medieval drama sometimes portrayed Christ leading a dramatic assault — The Harrowing of Hell — during the three days between the Crucifixion and the resurrection.

Palm Sunday commemorates the triumphal entrance of Christ into Jerusalem ( Matthew 21: 1-9 ), when palm branches were placed in His path, before His arrest on Holy Thursday and His Crucifixion on Good Friday.

Bearden intended to not focus on Christ but he wanted to emulate rather the emotions and actions of the crowds gathered around the Crucifixion.

While it may seem as if Bearden was emphasizing the Biblical interpretations of Christ and the Crucifixion, he was actually focusing on the spiritual intent.

For the Orthodox, Fridays throughout the year commemorate the Crucifixion of Christ and the Theotokos ( Mother of God ), especially as she stood by the foot of the cross.

For the Orthodox, Wednesdays and Fridays throughout the year commemorate the betrayal of Jesus ( Wednesday ) and the Crucifixion of Christ ( Friday ).

Some Baptist, Pentecostal, many Sabbatarian and non-denominational churches oppose the observance of Good Friday, regarding it as a papist tradition, and instead observe the Crucifixion on Wednesday to coincide with the Jewish sacrifice of the Passover Lamb ( which Christians believe is an Old Testament pointer to Jesus Christ ).

A Wednesday Crucifixion of Jesus Christ allows for Christ to be in the tomb (" heart of the earth ") for three days and three nights as he told the Pharisees he would be ( Matthew 12: 40 ), rather than two nights and a day if he had died on a Friday.

Bede explains how each of the four Evangelists was represented by their own symbol: Matthew was the man, representing the human Christ, Mark was the lion, symbolizing the triumphant Christ of the Resurrection, Luke was the calf, symbolizing the sacrificial victim of the Crucifixion, and John was the eagle, symbolizing Christ ’ s second coming ( The British Library Board ).

Lorenzetti's fresco at the lower church of the Basilica includes a series of panels depicting the Crucifixion of Jesus, Deposition from the Cross, and Entombment of Christ.

In this regard the meaning of the painting can be interpreted as the ' Crucifixion ' and ' Resurrection ' of King Charles I, the great Stuart martyr whose murder was promoted in Jacobite rhetoric as paralleled to the Passion of Jesus Christ ( King Charles II returned from exile in 1660 ).

The Crucifixion of Christ by Simon Vouet.

The various words of Jesus during the Crucifixion are collected from the different Gospel accounts as the Last Words of Christ.

Each episode, such as the Flagellation of Christ or Entombment of Christ, has been represented thousands of times and has developed its own iconographic tradition ; the Crucifixion is much the most common and important of these subjects.

The Holy Lance ( also known as the Spear of Destiny, Holy Spear, Lance of Longinus, Spear of Longinus or Spear of Christ ) is the name given to the lance that pierced Jesus's side as he hung on the cross in John's account of the Crucifixion.

At one point, when we reach the first Gospel which speaks of the Crucifixion, there is a custom for the priest to bring out a large cross with an icon the crucified Christ attached to it, and places it in the center of the nave for all the faithful to venerate.

The Gospels relate that on the eve of his Crucifixion, Jesus Christ ate a meal with his disciples.