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v. t. e. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse [1] are figures in the Book of Revelation in the New Testament of the Bible, a piece of apocalypse literature attributed to John of Patmos. Similar allusions are contained in the Old Testament books of Ezekiel and Zechariah, written about six centuries prior.
In Christianity, the Biblical Magi [a] ( / ˈmeɪdʒaɪ / or / ˈmædʒaɪ /; [1] singular: magus ), also known as the Three Wise Men, Three Kings, and Three Magi, [b] are distinguished foreigners who visit Jesus after his birth, bearing gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh in homage to him. [2]
Residence. Mbanza Kongo. Appointer. Hereditary, Dynastic (various) Pretender (s) See list. This is a list of the rulers of the Kingdom of Kongo known commonly as the Manikongos (KiKongo: Mwenekongo). Mwene (plural: Awene) in Kikongo meant a person holding authority, particularly judicial authority, derived from the root -wene which meant, by ...
In the New Testament genealogies, Jesus Christ is a descendant of King David and has been proclaimed by the Catholic Church as King of the Universe. [68] His mother, Mary, is also celebrated within Catholic teaching as Queen of Heaven. Within tradition, she too is a descendant of King David, as were both her parents - Sts. Joachim and Anne.
Jehoash ( Hebrew: יְהוֹאָשׁ, Yəhōʾāš, " Yah -given"; Greek: Ιωας; Latin: Ioas ), also known as Joash (in King James Version ), Joas (in Douay–Rheims) or Joás ( Hebrew: יוֹאָשׁ, Yōʾāš ), [ 1] was the eighth king of Judah, and the sole surviving son of Ahaziah after the massacre of the royal family ordered by his ...
In the Hong Kong entertainment industry, Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung, Leon Lai, Aaron Kwok are known as the Four Heavenly Kings. In first seasons of Sailor Moon, and Sailor Moon Crystal, the Four Heavenly Kings were the four loyal and faithfully devoted generals and bodyguards of Prince Endymion.
Source [2]. John Henry Hopkins Jr. organized the carol in such a way that three male voices would each sing a solo verse in order to correspond with the three kings. [3] The first and last verses of the carol are sung together by all three as "verses of praise", while the intermediate verses are sung individually with each king describing the gift he was bringing. [4]
Halo (religious iconography) A halo (from Ancient Greek ἅλως (hálōs) 'threshing floor, disk'; [1] [2] also called a nimbus, aureole, glory, or gloriole ( Latin: gloriola, lit. 'little glory') is a crown of light rays, circle or disk of light [3] that surrounds a person in works of art. The halo occurs in the iconography of many religions ...