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  2. Halo (religious iconography) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Religious images in Christian theology - Wikipedia

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    Religious images in Christian theology have a role within the liturgical and devotional life of adherents of certain Christian denominations. The use of religious images has often been a contentious issue in Christian history. Concern over idolatry is the driving force behind the various traditions of aniconism in Christianity .

  4. Divine Mercy image - Wikipedia

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    The image of the Divine Mercy is a depiction of Jesus Christ that is based on the Divine Mercy devotion initiated by Faustina Kowalska . According to Kowalska's diary, Jesus told her "I promise that the soul that will venerate this image will not perish. I also promise victory over enemies already here on earth, especially at the hour of death.

  5. Matthew 5:8 - Wikipedia

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    5:9 →. Matthew 5:8 depicted in the window of a Trittenheim church. Book. Gospel of Matthew. Christian Bible part. New Testament. Matthew 5:8 is the eighth verse of the fifth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. It is the sixth verse of the Sermon on the Mount, and also sixth of what are known as the Beatitudes .

  6. Hand of God (art) - Wikipedia

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    The Hand of God, or Manus Dei in Latin, also known as Dextera domini/dei (the "right hand of God"), is a motif in Jewish and Christian art, especially of the Late Antique and Early Medieval periods, when depiction of Yahweh or God the Father as a full human figure was considered unacceptable. The hand, sometimes including a portion of an arm ...

  7. List of films with post-credits scenes - Wikipedia

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    A clip of a RoboBrendaerobics workout video is shown. The headless Robo-Gadget runs aimlessly into the camera. Sikes attends a Minion Recovery Group meeting, announcing that it has been thirty days since he kissed up to anyone. Penny uses her watch to call Brain, who pretends to be the voicemail message.

  8. The Heart of the Andes - Wikipedia

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    Location. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Heart of the Andes is a large oil-on-canvas landscape painting by the American artist Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900). It depicts an idealized landscape in the South American Andes, where Church traveled on two occasions. Measuring more than five feet (1.5 meters) high and almost ten feet ...

  9. Rainbows in culture - Wikipedia

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    The rainbow has found a place in the mythological systems of many cultures. It is sometimes personified as a deity, such as the Greco-Roman messenger goddess Iris, or the Aboriginal Australian Rainbow Serpent . In Albanian folk beliefs the rainbow is regarded as the belt of the goddess Prende, and oral legend has it that anyone who jumps over ...