In their case, the god of this world ( Satan ) has blinded their unbelieving minds, that they should not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

For Irenaeus, salvation was achieved by Christ restoring humanity to the image of God, and he saw the Christian imitation of Christ as a key component on the path to salvation.

She sent her students a definition of the Trinity ( circa 1898 ), which read in part: " Jesus in the flesh was the prophet or wayshower to Life, Truth, and Love, and out of the flesh Jesus was the Christ, the spiritual idea, or image and likeness of God.

As an alternative to a school-sponsored Day of Silence opposing bullying of LGBT students, conservative Christians organized a Golden Rule Initiative, where they passed out cards saying " As a follower of Christ, I believe that all people are created in the image of God and therefore deserve love and respect.

Although Christ, like man, is made in the image of God, he alone shares the likeness of God the Father.

Concerning humanity as the image of Christ, English Dominican spirituality concentrated on the moral implications of image-bearing rather than the philosophical foundations of the imago Dei.

On the reverse of the stone is another image parallel to it that has been described as Christ triumphing over Satan.

Aside from the legend that Pilate had made an image of Christ, the 4th-century Eusebius of Caesarea, in his Church History, provides a more substantial reference to a " first " icon of Jesus.

Then, in the later account found in the Syriac Doctrine of Addai, a painted image of Jesus is mentioned in the story ; and even later, in the account given by Evagrius, the painted image is transformed into an image that miraculously appeared on a towel when Christ pressed the cloth to his wet face.

When asked by Constantia ( Emperor Constantine's sister ) for an image of Jesus, Eusebius denied the request, replying that " To depict purely the human form of Christ before its transformation, on the other hand, is to break the commandment of God and to fall into pagan error ".

Dix notes that this was more than a century before we find the first reference to a similar honouring of the image of Christ or his saints, but that it would seem a natural progression for the image of Christ, the King of heaven and earth, to be eventually paid the same cultic veneration as that given to the earthly Roman emperor.

This remained in the possession of the Angevin dynasty who had it likewise inserted into a much larger image of Mary and the Christ child, which is presently enshrined above the high altar of the Benedictine Abbey church of Montevergine.

From then on all Byzantine coins had a religious image or symbol on the reverse, usually an image of Christ for larger denominations, with the head of the Emperor on the obverse, reinforcing the bond of the state and the divine order.

Further, Jesus Christ himself is called the " image of the invisible God " in Colossians 1: 15, and is therefore in one sense an icon.

One notable change came in 695, when Justinian II's government added a full-face image of Christ on the obverse of imperial gold coins.

Irenaeus climaxes with the destruction of all kingdoms at the Second Advent, when Christ, the prophesied " stone ," cut out of the mountain without hands, smites the image after Rome ’ s division.

The image of the angel Moroni blowing a trumpet is commonly used as an unofficial symbol of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Dionysus in particular exhibits significant parallels with Christ, so that numerous scholars have concluded that the recasting of Jesus the wandering rabbi into the image of Christ the Logos, the divine saviour, reflects the cult of Dionysus directly.

In doing so, these thinkers managed to redefine nature in man's image, accommodating enclosure with a new “ domesticated ” version of nature.

New Crowns for Old depicts Disraeli as Abanazer from the pantomime version of Aladdin offering Queen Victoria | Victoria an imperial crown in exchange for a royal one. Disraeli cultivated a public image of himself as an Imperialist with grand gestures such as conferring on Queen Victoria the title “ Empress of India ”.

In his article Observations on the marital metaphor of YHWH and Israel in its ancient Israelite context: general considerations and particular images in Hosea 1. 2, Ben Zvi describes the role of the Gomer in the marriage metaphor as one of the “ central attributes of the ideological image of a human marriage that was shared by the male authorship and the primary and intended male readership as building blocks for their imagining of the relationship .”

It coincides with the “ abomination of desolation ” – a desecration of the temple where the Antichrist puts an end to the Jewish sacrifices, sets up his own image in the temple, and demands that he be worshiped as God.

In 2D computer animation, moving objects are often referred to as “ sprites .” A sprite is an image that has a location associated with it.

Most frequently, sophisticated mathematics is used to manipulate complex three dimensional polygons, apply “ textures ”, lighting and other effects to the polygons and finally rendering the complete image.

After the city secretary ( γραμματεύς ) quieted the crowd, he said, “ Men of Ephesus, what person is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the keeper ( guardian ) of the temple of the great Diana and of her image that fell from heaven?

Rutimeyer claimed that Haeckel “ had taken to kinds of liberty with established truth .” Rutimeyer claimed that Haeckel presented the same image three consecutive times as the embryo of the dog, the chicken, and the turtle.

NTSC and other analog video formats store and convey video signals as a series of “ lines .” Most of these lines ( 483 in NTSC ) are used for constructing the visible image, and are shown on screen.

Dziga Vertov claimed in his 1924 manifesto, “ The Birth of Kino-Eye ” that “ the cinema-eye is cinema-truth .” To paraphrase Hilmar Hoffman, this means that in film, only what the camera ‘ sees ’ exists, and the viewer, lacking alternative perspectives, conventionally takes the image for reality.

They became the " voice ", the “ face ” and the " image " of the party and ministry.

Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli cultivated a public image as an Imperialist with grand gestures such as conferring on Queen Victoria | Victoria the title “ Empress of India ”.

Sadger believed that it was not enough to establish a spurious kind of heterosexual functioning or “ masturbatio per vaginam ”, wanting instead to change a patient ’ s “ Sexualideal ”, the internal image of his sexual object .“

Additionally, image artifacts can occur if the tip has two tips at the end rather than a single atom ; this leads to “ double-tip imaging ,” a situation in which both tips contribute to the tunneling.

" The Bible teaches that God said, “ Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness ...." Genesis 1: 26.

This “ parallel editing ” created an “ us vs. them ” image by reframing and showing clips out of their original order and context.

The image of " hot love and cold people “ emerged.

image: Shravanabelagola2007-05. jpg | The pond in the middle of city, after which it is named, Beḷgoḷa “ White Pond ”

When an image is formed of a rough surface which is illuminated by a coherent light ( e. g. a laser beam ), a speckle pattern is observed in the image plane ; this is called a “ subjective speckle pattern ” – see image above.

The results indicate that there was a significant bias for the “ good ” body image pictures shown by patients with an eating disorder.

The Mark of Zorro ( 1920 ) and a series of other swashbucklers gave the popular Fairbanks a more romantic, heroic image.

Gilbert, a popular silent film actor best known for his work opposite Garbo, possessed a pleasant tenor speaking voice which didn't always match his heroic, dashing screen image.

In 1537, Holbein painted what has become perhaps his most famous image: Henry VIII standing in a heroic pose with his feet planted apart.

After the Charge of the Light Brigade, he fled in panic from the fighting in the battery-but mistakenly charged into an entire Russian regiment, adding to his heroic image.

A majority of Danes saw this image of their king riding in the streets of the capital as heroic and a symbol of national independence and resistance.

In Soviet times, before and after his death, the complexities in Gorky's life and outlook were reduced to an iconic image ( echoed in heroic pictures and statues dotting the countryside ): Gorky as a great Soviet writer who emerged from the common people, a loyal friend of the Bolsheviks, and the founder of the increasingly canonical " socialist realism ".

Fox's heroic status has been attributed to his image as an ordinary person attempting a remarkable and inspirational feat.

A cult of personality arises when an individual uses mass media, propaganda, or other methods, to create an idealized, heroic, and, at times god-like public image, often through unquestioning flattery and praise.

English public opinion ( encouraged by Dutch propaganda ) embraced the image of the heroic young Protestant prince valiantly defying an " international Catholic conspiracy " ( uncomfortably close to the truth, given the secret Treaty of Dover ).

Historians Pearson and Haney, have argued that the rodeo cowboys are more than just athletes ; they are cultural icons representing such values as rugged individualism, patriotism, tradition, masculinity, and courage ; they personify the heroic image of the Old West.

It was intended as the " spiritual guidance of the nation " and the basis of the nation's arts and literature, by creating a positive image of the Turkmen people, a heroic interpretation of its history, the review of Turkmen customs and the definition of " moral, family, social and religious norms for modern Turkmens ".

In general, deep image poems are resonant, stylized and heroic in tone.

This museum was dedicated to the heroic image of Hopalong Cassidy.

In recent years, heroic fantasy has matured somewhat out of its staid image as sub-par ' fat fantasy ', becoming a genre of its own, the best examples of which have received much praise.

He imbued his image of Christ with dramatic experiences in a deeply psychological and vital interpretation, evoking the idea of his heroic self-sacrifice.

Additionally, Hilberg estimated the total number of Germans killed by Jews during World War II as less than 300, an estimate that is not conducive to an image of heroic struggle.

In commemoration of the brave and noble deed he received a coat of arms depicting the spruce, with his heroic image displayed on the crest.

Suffering from writer's block, under pressure from his publishers, and inspired, in spite of himself, at the thought of doing real good, Pratt reluctantly agrees to assume the persona of his literary creation and to live as the image he created of an adventurous and heroic man.

Brooks used this romantic image of a figure in heroic isolation several times ; a 1912 portrait of D ' Annunzio, a 1914 self-portrait, and a portrait of Rubinstein completed in 1917 all show their subjects wrapped in dark cloaks and isolated against seascapes.

Two years after Augusta's death, Burian painted what is regarded as his last classic image, the famous ' heroic ' Tarbosaurus bataar of Mongolia ( an image that was also widely reproduced and copied ).

The Columbus Museum of Art, which hosted an exhibition of his work in 2007, describes his work with the following: " Kehinde Wiley has gained recent acclaim for his heroic portraits which address the image and status of young African-American men in contemporary culture.