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Saturday, August 13, 2016
"And the Two shall become one...."
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1 John 3:18
Description of Illustration: smiling face, teeth, cheeks, sunshine man, "Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. 1 John 3:18
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Friday, August 12, 2016
Anemone Coronaria
Description of Illustration: restored color illustration, poppies red, the lily of the Bible
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Tomb of Hiram
Description of Illustration: Tiny black and white drawing of the tomb at Hiram, men, headscarf, stones, horse, tree
Hiram I (Hebrew: חִירָם, "high-born"; Standard Hebrew Ḥiram, Tiberian vocalization Ḥîrām, Modern Arabic: حيرام), according to the Hebrew Bible, was the Phoenician king of Tyre. His regnal years have been calculated by some as 980 to 947 BC, in succession to his father, Abibaal. Hiram was succeeded as king of Tyre by his son Baal-Eser I. Hiram is also mentioned in the writings of Menander of Ephesus (early 2nd century BC), as preserved in Josephus's Against Apion, which adds to the Biblical account. According to Josephus, Hiram lived 53 years and reigned 34.
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Belen Pass
Description of Illustration: old sketch with quick watercolor wash, mountain pass, village, from 1800s
The Belen Pass (Turkish: Belen Geçidi), also known as the Syrian Gates, is a mountain pass located in the Belen District of Hatay Province in south-central Turkey. The narrow pass through the Nur Mountains (the ancient Amanus Mountains), said to be 300 paces across, is the most important route from the coastal region of Cilicia to inland Syria. It is one of two passes through the Amanus, the other being the Amanian Gate to the north.
Cyrus the younger with an army of 100,000 and the legendary Greek army of "ten thousand" (Xenophon Anabasis ca. 401 BC) passed through the Syrian Gate without a fight as the Persian general holding the garrison chose to retreat.
The pass is perhaps best known as the point through which Alexander the Great pursued the forces of Darius III of Persia after the Battle of Issus. It was also the location of the Battle of Amanus Pass. Also near the western end of the pass is the Pillar of Jonah, where the prophet Jonah was supposedly disgorged by the whale that had swallowed him.
On July 28, 1832, a major battle took place at the pass between the Ottoman and Egyptian armies, where the forces of Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt defeated the Ottomans.
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An Arab Beauty
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| Young woman dressed in white, wearing jewelry. |
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From the land of Sheba...
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| Ancient carved stone |
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Bedouin Girl Riding a Camel
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| Little camel, big package. |
Description of Illustration: restored photograph of a Bedouin Girl riding a camel, heavy load, desert peoples, Middle East
The Bedouin (/ˈbɛdᵿ.ɪn/; Arabic: بَدَوِي badawī) are an Arab semi-nomadic ethnic group, descended from nomads who have historically inhabited the Arabian and Syrian deserts. Their name means "desert dwellers" in the Arabic language. Their territory stretches from the vast deserts of North Africa to the rocky sands of the Middle East. They are traditionally divided into tribes, or clans (known in Arabic as ʿashāʾir; عَشَائِر) and share a common culture of herding camels and goats. Read more...
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Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Advertise Performance at The Church
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| Black, green and white |
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| Black, purple and white |
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| Black, red and white |
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| Black, sky blue and white |
Four Versions of a String Trio for Your Music Ministry
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| The string trio in black and white |
Description of Illustration: illustration of stringed instruments, musicians, string trio, violin, viola, Renaissance, comes in black and white plus three color versions, black and white version for those of you still printing newsprint or other publications for economical purposes, color versions look great on the web
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| The string trio in brown, white and maroon. |
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| The stringed trio in brown, white and yellow. |
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| The stringed trio in brown, white and blue |
A string quartet playing "Morning Has Broken" hymn.
The Little Red Roof
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Monday, August 8, 2016
Circular Medallion Graphics of Families
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| Father, Mother, Sister, Brother |
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| Father, two brothers and one sister |
Ancient Hand-Bells
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Symbols of the Four Evangelists Printed on Bells
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Lovely old hymn played by church chimes.
Guercinos Ecce Homo
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| A sepia version of Guercinos Ecce Homo. |
Description of the Illustration: painted by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (February 8, 1591 – December 22, 1666), best known as Guercino,or Il Guercino was an Italian Baroque painter and draftsman from the region of Emilia, and active in Rome and Bologna.
The vigorous naturalism of his early manner is in contrast to the
classical equilibrium of his later works. His many drawings are noted
for their luminosity and lively style. Jesus carries the spear to remind us of the death he must suffer on our behalf., crown of thorns, eyes cast towards heaven,
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| A blue version of Guercinos Ecce Homo. |
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| A greyscale version of Guercinos Ecce Homo. |
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Thursday, August 4, 2016
Jesus Intercedes On Our Behalf
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| God will not forget us. |
"I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they will look on Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him like the bitter weeping over a firstborn. " Zechariah 12:10
"And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utterance.'' Acts 2:4
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Display of Human Barbarism
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| Also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre |
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| Christians persecuted for their faith |
Man Stands Alone Before His God
Description of Illustration: stained glass illustration, man, figure, before God, geometric abstract design, multicolored
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An enthusiastic choir member
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| struggling to stay on key |
Description of Illustration: illustration of church member singing in the choir, hymnal, black and white illustration
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Three Pysanka Eggs for The Web
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| giant star pattern |
Description of Illustration: three pysanka Easter eggs, Ukrainian Easter eggs, transparent backgrounds
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| pysanka with geometric designs |
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| Easter egg with Christian symbolism |
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Wednesday, August 3, 2016
Stained Glass Window Design of Pope John XXIII
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| St. Peter's in the background of this design. |
Description of Illustration: Pope Saint John XXIII (Latin: Ioannes XXIII; Italian: Giovanni XXIII) born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, Italian pronunciation: [ˈandʒelo dʒuˈzɛppe roŋˈkalli]; 25 November 1881 – 3 June 1963) reigned as Pope from 28 October 1958 to his death in 1963 and was canonized on 27 April 2014. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was the fourth of fourteen children born to a family of sharecroppers who lived in a village in Lombardy. He was ordained to the priesthood on 10 August 1904 and served in a number of posts, including papal nuncio in France and a delegate to Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey. In a consistory on 12 January 1953 Pope Pius XII made Roncalli a cardinal as the Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca in addition to naming him as the Patriarch of Venice. Read more...
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Tuesday, August 2, 2016
A monk carries a manuscript
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| This illustration of a monk has a transparent background. |
Description of Illustration: illustration of a monk, habit, book, manuscript, geometric trim
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Catholic Clergy Goes Digital:
Esther 7:3-4
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| Watercolor illustration of Esther 7:3-4 |
Description of Illustration: illustration of Queen Esther pleading for her life and the lives of her people., Haman plots to destroy the Israelites. Haman (Also known as Haman the Agagite המן האגגי, or Haman the evil המן הרשע) is the main antagonist in the Book of Esther, who, according to the Hebrew Bible, was a vizier in the Persian empire under King Ahasuerus, traditionally identified as Xerxes I. As his name indicates, Haman was a descendant of Agag, the king of the Amalekites, a people who were wiped out in certain areas by King Saul and David.
'Queen Esther replied, "If I have found favor with the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my request, I ask that my life and the lives of my people will be spared. For my people and I have been sold to those who would kill, slaughter, and annihilate us. If we had merely been sold as slaves, I could remain quiet, for that would be too trivial a matter to warrant disturbing the king." '' Esther 7:3-4 (NLT)
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A Pipe Organ from 1527
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| spiral shaped arrangements of pipes |
Description of Illustration: illustration of a pipe organ centuries old, gilded, keys, trumpeting angels
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The Messiah's Key
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| "Then I will set the key of the house of David on his shoulder, When he opens no one will shut, When he shuts no one will open." Isaiah 22:22 |
Description of Illustration: color illustration of a very impressive looking key, scripture from Isaiah, crosses in the bit, elaborate swirls int the bow, fancy shank, Jesus authority, transparent background
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Key to the pit...
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| "Then the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from heaven which had fallen to the earth, and the key of the bottomless pit was given to him." Revelation 9:1 |
Description of Illustration: Greyscale illustration of a key with a grotesque on it's bow and a cross inside the bit, transparent background, black text
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Matthew 16:19
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| "I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven." Matthew 16:19 |
Description of Illustration: gold key with people at it's bow, crosses at it's wards and bit, scripture from the Gospel of Matthew, words of Jesus, transparent background, black text, the believer's key
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Monday, August 1, 2016
Four Evangelists Represented: The winged man, the lion, the bull and the eagle
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| The Gospel of Matthew symbol. Matthew the Evangelist, the author of the first gospel account, is symbolized by a winged man, or angel. Matthew's gospel starts with Joseph's genealogy from Abraham; it represents Jesus' Incarnation, and so Christ's human nature. This signifies that Christians should use their reason for salvation. |
Description of Illustration: Black and white illustrations of the four books of the Bible. , transparent backgrounds
Canonical gospels. Of the many gospels written in antiquity, only four gospels came to be accepted as part of the New Testament, or canonical. An insistence upon there being a canon of four gospels, and no others, was a central theme of Irenaeus of Lyons, c. 185. In his central work, Adversus Haereses Irenaeus denounced various early Christian groups that used only one gospel, such as Marcionism which used only Marcion's version of Luke, or the Ebionites, who seem to have used an Aramaic version of Matthew as well as groups that embraced the texts of newer writings, such as the Valentinians (A.H. 1.11).
Irenaeus declared that the four he espoused were the four "Pillars of the Church": "it is not possible that there can be either more or fewer than four" he stated, presenting as logic the analogy of the four corners of the earth and the four winds (3.11.8). His image, taken from Ezekiel 1, or Revelation 4:6–10, of God's throne borne by four creatures with four faces—"the four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and the four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle"—equivalent to the "four-formed" gospel, is the origin of the conventional symbols of the Evangelists: lion, bull, eagle, man. Irenaeus was ultimately successful in declaring that the four gospels collectively, and exclusively these four, contained the truth. He also supported reading each gospel in light of the others.
By the turn of the 5th century, the Catholic Church in the west, under Pope Innocent I, recognized a biblical canon including the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, which had been previously established at a number of regional Synods, namely the Council of Rome (382), the Synod of Hippo (393), and two Synods of Carthage (397 and 419). This canon, which corresponds to the modern Catholic canon, was used in the Vulgate, an early 5th-century translation of the Bible made by Jerome under the commission of Pope Damasus I in 382.
Irenaeus declared that the four he espoused were the four "Pillars of the Church": "it is not possible that there can be either more or fewer than four" he stated, presenting as logic the analogy of the four corners of the earth and the four winds (3.11.8). His image, taken from Ezekiel 1, or Revelation 4:6–10, of God's throne borne by four creatures with four faces—"the four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and the four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle"—equivalent to the "four-formed" gospel, is the origin of the conventional symbols of the Evangelists: lion, bull, eagle, man. Irenaeus was ultimately successful in declaring that the four gospels collectively, and exclusively these four, contained the truth. He also supported reading each gospel in light of the others.
By the turn of the 5th century, the Catholic Church in the west, under Pope Innocent I, recognized a biblical canon including the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, which had been previously established at a number of regional Synods, namely the Council of Rome (382), the Synod of Hippo (393), and two Synods of Carthage (397 and 419). This canon, which corresponds to the modern Catholic canon, was used in the Vulgate, an early 5th-century translation of the Bible made by Jerome under the commission of Pope Damasus I in 382.
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| The Gospel of of Mark Symbol, a lion. Mark the Evangelist, the author of the second gospel account, is symbolized by a winged lion – a figure of courage and monarchy. The lion also represents Jesus' resurrection (because lions were believed to sleep with open eyes, a comparison with Christ in the tomb), and Christ as king. This signifies that Christians should be courageous on the path of salvation. |
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| The Gospel of Luke Symbol, a bull. Luke the Evangelist, the author of the third gospel account (and the Acts of the Apostles), is symbolized by a winged ox or bull – a figure of sacrifice, service and strength. Luke's account begins with the duties of Zacharias in the temple; it represents Jesus' sacrifice in His Passion and Crucifixion, as well as Christ being High priest (this also represents Mary's obedience). The ox signifies that Christians should be prepared to sacrifice themselves in following Christ. |
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| The Gospel of John Symbol. John the Evangelist, the author of the fourth gospel account, is symbolized by an eagle – a figure of the sky, and believed by Christian scholars to be able to look straight into the sun. John starts with an eternal overview of Jesus the Logos and goes on to describe many things with a "higher" christology than the other three (synoptic) gospels; it represents Jesus' Ascension, and Christ's divine nature. This symbolizes that Christians should look on eternity without flinching as they journey towards their goal of union with God. |
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An illustration of a boys choir
Description of Illustration: Greyscale illustration of a boys choir, singing, church, pews, parishners, eternal flame
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Dedicated to the poor and sick
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| A dedicated nun cradles the sick and dying. |
Description of Illustration: Greyscale illustration of a nun and the sick children under her care., hospital, illness, habit, cross, hospital beds, flowers
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