Word: christe
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Unimpressed, the church court ruled that "the path of protest you have followed is not an appropriate testimonial to faith in Jesus Christ nor of love within the family of believers." Under terms of suspension, the Bakers can still attend services at the church, but cannot take Communion or vote at congregational meetings-and they can be excommunicated if they do not repent. Much to the embarrassment of Presbyterian officials, Baker has no intention of resting his case. Immediately following the verdict, he appealed to the Iowa Synod, and he plans, if necessary, to carry his case to the General...
Tommy: Sure. It's the day Jesus Christ rose from his tomb...
...Lord of the Flayed Hide. Xipe Totec is the Mexican god of newly planted seed and of penitential torture. Like the maize seed that loses its husk as it begins to sprout, Xipe Totec gave food to mankind by having himself skinned alive. .In short, Xipe is an Aztec Christ-figure. Messaee: someone always has to be sacrificed before man can move to an other level of awareness...
...offers a double opportunity to see what Dürer was talking about. To a Sithium panel, acquired in 1964, depicting The Assumption of the Virgin, the gallery has now added a companion piece from Isabella's chapel, a Juan de Flandes panel illustrating The Temptation of Christ, bought at auction last June in London for $161,700. Beside the overly saccharine Sithium, the 8-in. by 6-in. miniature by De Flandes is indeed a gem of sprightly precision...
...depicts the devil, disguised as a monk but revealed for what he is by his horns and cloven foot, tempting Christ three times (the second two temptations are shown in mini-miniature in the background). The principal scene shows the devil in the wilderness offering Christ a rock and boldly challenging him to turn the stone into bread. Christ resists the temptation, and one can almost hear the famous words "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God." For a Queen, it was doubtless meant as a gentle reminder that...