An Introduction to Early Christian Symbolism: Being the Description of a Series of Fourteen Compositions from Fresco-paintings, Glasses, and Sculptured Sarcophagi : with Three Appendices |
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... Lord , " it is said in the Psalm , " shall send the rod of thy power out of Sion . " The rod of Moses is the power of Christ , delegated to his servant ; the rock struck by Moses is Christ himself ; and what Moses did in the wilderness ...
... Lord , " it is said in the Psalm , " shall send the rod of thy power out of Sion . " The rod of Moses is the power of Christ , delegated to his servant ; the rock struck by Moses is Christ himself ; and what Moses did in the wilderness ...
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... , ) — around the busts of a man and his wife , the givers of the agape , we have a series of five representa- tions : first , there is the Fall , much as in the painting B 1 , already described , and the Lord stands OF THE ROD . 13.
... , ) — around the busts of a man and his wife , the givers of the agape , we have a series of five representa- tions : first , there is the Fall , much as in the painting B 1 , already described , and the Lord stands OF THE ROD . 13.
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... Lord stands by with the rod of power in his hand , judging our first parents and the serpent . Next follows the sacrifice of Abraham , hinting the atonement for sin . In this the rod does not appear , but a knife is held aloft in the ...
... Lord stands by with the rod of power in his hand , judging our first parents and the serpent . Next follows the sacrifice of Abraham , hinting the atonement for sin . In this the rod does not appear , but a knife is held aloft in the ...
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... Lord , how long dost thou not avenge us ? How long dost thou bear with this cruel and idolatrous city , drunk with the blood of thy saints ? " But they reply to their own natural impatience in these their paintings from the story of ...
... Lord , how long dost thou not avenge us ? How long dost thou bear with this cruel and idolatrous city , drunk with the blood of thy saints ? " But they reply to their own natural impatience in these their paintings from the story of ...
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... Lord's divinity , it is here shown that the heathen themselves knew perfectly , in the third century , that the Christians worshipped Christ as their God . Secondly , against the Jews , the very heathen here pro- claim that Christ , the ...
... Lord's divinity , it is here shown that the heathen themselves knew perfectly , in the third century , that the Christians worshipped Christ as their God . Secondly , against the Jews , the very heathen here pro- claim that Christ , the ...
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