Religious Life Clip Art Index

Above is a selection of Catholic religious life clip art.

This collection includes Catholic monks and nuns, religious life, men and women dedicated to the Catholic church, those who live by and wear habits, and keep a dedicated prayer life within the context of the Catholic faith. Some people might refer to this category as ordained life. There are Protestants,  Anabaptists and Mennonites who wear habits and keep a routine or practice of constant prayer. I will include them in this listing as I find or create images relating to their observances.

• Check out the Catholic Saints listed here too!

All graphics/illustrations/clip art on this web journal are free to download and use for personal art projects, church related hard copy or webpages. Images are not to be redistributed in any other collections of clip art online. Please include a link back to this web journal if you use the materials for web articles. Link to http://christianclipartreview.blogspot.com

Animated religious gifs.

Catholic Peoples:

1. Carry that candle...
2. Alone inside his cell...
3. A monk carries a manuscript
4. Dedicated to the poor and sick
5. 1 John 4:21
6. Revelation 3:10
7. Rosary - black and white
8. Praying Nun
9. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
10. Catholic Vocations
11. William of Ockham
12. Help when least expected... 
13. Nuns illustrated by Fritz Kunz 
14. Imágenes prediseñadas de Santa Teresa  - black and white
15. Two Sisters 
16. The Theological Department Title
17. Portrait of A Monk by Raphael 
18. "lux tua nos ducat" banners  
19. His Labor of Love
20. Clip art of Saint Julia
21. Saint Genevieve Clip Art
22. Clip art of Saint Margaret of Hungry
23. Sanctus Stephanus
    

Cloistered-Contemplative Missionaries:

• Mount Grace Convent  - and their blog here
• Poor Clares of St. Louis
• Saint Louis Abby of Saint Mary and Saint Louis 
• St. Meinrad Archabby gift shop

More Catholic Clip Art Collections:

• Clip Art for Year A Paperback by Brother Steve Erspamer - Read more about Brother Steve Erspamer here
• Resources for Catholic Educators
• The Corpus Christi Watershed
• CareNotes for inspiration

Brother Casey talks about what 

a charism is from Breaking In The Habit.

Page last updated July 22nd, 2023

The Life, Words, & Teaching of Jesus

Pictures of how Jesus may have looked or how people often imagine him to look.

This collection includes: pictures of Jesus, words of Jesus, illustrated quotes from Jesus etc... Not all scripture by Jesus are listed here. There are many more linked to throughout my other collections.

• Search the Advent  & Christmas Index to Find Clip Art of The Birth of Jesus 
• Search the Lenten & Easter Index to Find Clip Art of The Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus
• Search The Life and Times of Jesus by James Tissot

All graphics/illustrations/clip art on this web journal are free to download and use for personal art projects, church related hard copy or webpages. Images are not to be redistributed in any other collections of clip art online. Please include a link back to this web journal if you use the materials for web articles. Link to http://christianclipartreview.blogspot.com

Infancy & Childhood of Jesus Clip Art:

1. "About My Father's Business"
2. The Slumbering Savior
3. The Baby Gives a Blessing
4. The Holy Family Reads The Scriptures
5. The Holy Family Including John the Baptist
6. Remember who you are
7. Jesus Grew and Grew
   

 Clip Art Pictures of Jesus:

1. Jesus with Mary on His Right, John on His Left
2. A youthful painting of Jesus
3. The Mercy Seat
4. Guercinos Ecce Homo
5. Jesus surrounded by his followers...
6. The Good Shepherd Collage
7. Confirmed in Christ
8. Pâques Clip Art
9. KING of kings and LORD of lords
10. Matthew 18:20 
11. Your Kingdom Come, Your Will Be Done!
12. "Jesus I Trust You"
13. Crown of Stars
14. King of Heaven - Roi des cieux
15. Jesus, Light of The World Indeed!
16. Jesus, Light of The World - sun image
17. He'll Carry You
18. Word of God
19. A New Day Has Come
20. Jesus Holding the Scriptures
21. "Sacratissimum Cor Jesu"
22. "Shalom"

Jesus Quotes from Scripture, "call outs," and Scripture About Him in Clip Art:

1. How to Follow Jesus
2. Matthew 4:7 - framed quotes
3. The I AM statements of Jesus from the New Testament
4. Matthew 21:28, 29
5. John 14:9
6. The Word Became Human
7. Illuminated Quotes by Jesus About Knowledge
8. John 10:11
9. John 15:16 
10. "Walk Humbly with Me"
11. "I have overcome the world"
12. "You Are Light for The World!"
13. The Word Made Flesh 
14. The Sermon on The Mount
15. Remember The Faithful in South Africa
16. Matthew 16:19
17. The Black Sacred Heart paired with sacred scripture
18. Jesus warns against the teachers of the law
19. God's chosen servant
20. Christ's Temptation Be careful about how you judge another...

The Parables of Jesus Clip Art:

1. Branches of The Vine 
2. Begging at the rich man's front gate
3. The Prodigal Son Parable with illustration
4. Beaten and Left for Dead 
5. Jesus Is Our Good Samaritan
6. Mark 4: 31-32
7. The Kingdom of Heaven Is Like...
8. Herbert Moore's Prodical Son
9. Illustrated parable of the sower...

Miracles of Jesus Clip Art: 

1. "Now Fish for Men" black and white
2. Loaves and Fish
3. The Healing Christ
4. Bathe in The Pool of Siloam 
5. Wedding at Cana... 
6. The Raising of Lazarus

The Ministry of Jesus Clip Art:

1. Jesus casts out the money changers...
2. Jesus heals the lame and the sick
3. John Baptizes Jesus
4. The Last Supper Painting
5. Jesus, Mary and Martha
6. John 19:2,3 
7. "Be Mine" painting by Grimm
8. Baptism of The Savior
9. Jesus Teaches the Beatitudes
10. Jesus Breaks the Bread
    

Jesus and The Children Clip Art:

1. A greyscale illustration of Jesus and the children
2. Christ with halo blesses children
3. A Watercolor of Jesus Blessing Little Children
4. Riding Piggyback
5. Jesus Welcomes Children

Jesus Life, Death and Resurrection Questions and Answers:

1. Does the Doctrine of Jesus' Divinity Depend on the Miraculous Conception?
2. Was Christ Born in the Year 1 or in 5 B.C.?
3. Is There a Real Conflict in The Evangelist's Genealogies of Christ?
4. Is There a Rational Explanation of the Star of Bethlehem?
5. Who Were the Brothers of Jesus?
6. What was the childhood of Jesus like?
7. How Old Was Jesus When He Began to Understand the Nature of His Mission?
8. How Could Jesus, Being Already Perfect, Increase in Wisdom?
9. What was known of Jesus' plans and methods of work?

jesuspainter

 Who is Jesus?

• Who is Jesus? CARM
• Who is Jesus Christ? from got Questions?
• rejesus - What does it mean to follow Jesus?
• Watch The Jesus Film

Page last updated December 17th, 2021.

Lutheran Clip Art Index

Four samples of Lutheran clip art found in the listing below.

Writing or studying the Protestant Reformation? Lutheran clip art here may be used to illustrate articles, newsletters, email, hardcopy etc...

• Read Luther's works at Project Wittenburg 
• visit LutherCountry - 500 Years of The Reformation  
• Check out the portrait gallery index for more people who lived during the The Reformation
• "Thy sins are forgiven thee..."  Rev. Daniel Smith 

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Lutheran animated gifs here.

1. Statue of Martin Luther
2. Lutheran rose tiles for the web
3. Old plaque of the Lutheran rose
4. Plaque of Martin Luther - three versions
5. silhouettes of Martin Luther
6. Contemporary Lutheran Rose
7. Frederick the Wise
8. Portrait of Katharina Von Bora
9. an old portrait of Martin Luther
10. Luther's appearance at the Diet of Worms
11. Illustrated hymns by Luther
12. Lutheran rose and shield
13. Luther posting his 95 thesis
14. Katharina Von Bora Quotes
15. "The Human Heart is like..."
16. James T. Kirk and Commander Spock Quote Luther
17. Chained Bibles
18. A Greyscale Drawing of Luther 

Visit Lutheran Hour Ministries at www.lhm.org.

More Lutheran Resources:

• Scholia ministry resources provided by Rev. Michael McCoy of Redeemer Lutheran Church
• Concordia Seminary St. Louis, MO.
• The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, St. Louis, MO.
• Evangelical Lutheran Church of America
• Augsburg Fortress Publishing House
• The WELSnet 
• Northwestern Publishing House Online

More Lutheran Clip Art:

• Logos and Clipart for Lutheran Women, Canada  
• ELCA branding 

Rick Steves talks about the Reformation.

page last updated on December 21, 2021.

Coffee Clip Art Index

Fun clip art images of coffee, coffee cups and coffee addicts in this listing.

 

Have a refreshing cup of coffee with your clergy and discuss upcoming events at the church, Bible study, seek clerical guidance, and plan for future holiday celebrations.

All graphics/illustrations/clip art on this web journal are free to download and use for personal art projects, church related hard copy or webpages. Images are not to be redistributed in any other collections of clip art online. Please include a link back to this web journal if you use the materials for web articles. Link back to http://christianclipartreview.blogspot.com

1. "Coffee Questions Asked and Answered"
2. A steaming cup of coffee
3. Good Morning Father...
4. "Coffee is Served"
5. Now that's a real cup of coffee! - add text to cup
6. Vintage Cup of Joe
7. Come for Coffee - cute little cafeteria cups/saucers
8. Camp coffee announcement - for church retreat
9. The coffee man - very vintage
10. "Drink Coffee" Graphic - colorful coffee pots
11. Coffee is served - with butler
12. Coffee with the Clergy color versions
13. Coffee with the pastor in black and white
14. 2 Peter 3:8 ,  Luke 18:27 , and  Ecclesiastes 8:6 with the same comic 
15. Ladies meet for coffee 
16. "Come For Coffee" ads  - two versions 
17. Six rules for making good coffee - two versions 
18. Steaming cups of coffee - black and white
    

Christian Coffee House Outreach:

• Sharing the Gospel at The Bridge
• A Christian Coffeehouse Primer
• The awesome potential of coffeehouse ministry (PDF)

Page last updated May 1rst, 2024.

Genesis Clip Art Index

About: Genesis; a canonical book of the Old Testament, so called from Greek genesis, or generation, because it contains an account of the origin of all visible things, and of the genealogy of the first patriarchs. In the Hebrew it is called "בראשית ברא אלהים" B'reishit bara Elohim, which signifies, in the beginning, because it begins with that word.

A few samples of clip art from The Book of Genesis.

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• Search the Ancients Artifacts & People Index

Sometimes multiple scripture using the same image are uploaded onto the same page. Keep looking on the post and you will find that there is a scripture from the Book of The Bible it is listed under here.

1. Eve and her apple... - the third chapter of Genesis
2. Scriptures to Remember - Genesis 9:15
3. Don't Pick The Fruit! - Genesis three story
4. The Great I AM of The Old testament - Genesis 17:1-2
5. Adam and Eve in the Garden - before the fall
6. Acorn Motif Escrituras en Español - Genesis 8:22
7. Rebekah Gives Birth to Two Nations - Genesis 25: 23-27
8. Genesis 3:6 - Adam and Eve in the garden window
9. Doxology: A Hymn of Praise! - Genesis 1:1
10. Scripture About Harvest - Genesis 8:22
11. Genesis 41:38 - life of Joseph
12. Genesis 40:8 - Joseph's dreams
13. Potiphar's wife - Genesis 39: 6-7
14. The Trinity in Creation Scriptures - Genesis 1:1, 1:2, 1:26
15. Genesis 12:13 - caveman and woman cartoon
16. Genesis 2:8 - series called Eve and Adam
17. A Simple Ark and Dove - Genesis 8:11
18. Genesis 2:15 - relaxed in the garden
19. Wedding Rings - Genesis 2:24
20. "And the two shall be one" - Genesis 2:24
21. Flood Doves - Genesis 8:11
22. Noah - from the Book of Genesis
23. Lion of Judah Flags - Genesis 49:9 
24. Wells of Oaths at Beer-Sheba - Genesis 21:31 
25. "GENESIS" carved title 
26. Aim And Shoot -  Genesis 4:8, Genesis 9:6, and Genesis 42:22
27. Abraham's Sacrifice - Genesis 22 
28. Joseph's Coat - Genesis 37:31 
29. Hands Bound Plus Scriptures - Genesis 22:0 
30. As The Raven Flies... - Genesis 8:7 
31. Remember your Creator...  - Genesis 3: 19
32. Joseph's Dream - Genesis 37
33. Jacob blesses Ephraim and Manasseth - Genesis 48: 15-16 
34. Jacob's Night at Bethel - Genesis 28: 10-12
35. Adam and Eve's Family Tree - Book of Genesis
    

Questions and Answers About The Book of Genesis:

1. What Were the Meanings and Results of Abraham's Sacrifice?
2. Did Abraham See God in One of the Three Men Who Visited Him?
3. Did Adam and Eve Actually Eat Fruit, or Is the Saying a Parable?
4. Was Adam a Red Man?
5. What Language Did Adam and Eve Speak?
6. What Became of Aaron's Rod?
7. What Was the Name of Cain's Wife?
8. Who Named Eve? 
9. What Are the Essential Facts About Cain?
10. Did Adam and Eve Actually Eat Fruit, or Is the Saying a Parable?
11. Who and What Was Melchisedek?
12. What Language Was Spoken at Babel?
13. What does the Bible teach about Eve, the first woman?
14. Who Was Sarah, "Mother of Nations?"
15. Did Abraham marry after Sarah died?
16. Who was Sarah's Egyptian handmaid, Hagar?
17. Who were the three wives of Esau?
18. Who was Judith in the book of Genesis?
19. Who was the Canaanitish mother of Shaul?
20. Tamar, "She hath been more righteous then I..."
21. Dinah, "And he dishonored her..."
22. Who were the prophetesses of the Old Testament?
23. Lot's wife, the woman who looked back...
24. Rebekah, mother of twins, Esau and Jacob... 
25. Rachel and Leah, mothers of 12 tribes of Israel  
26. Who was Rebekah's Nurse?
27. Who and What Was Melchisedec? 
28. What is the meaning of "Mizpah?"
29. Who Was Noah's Wife?
30. Who Were Noah's Sons' Wives?  

Video about The Book of Genesis from The Bible Project.

Part 1 is above, Part 2 here.

Visit The Bible Project here. Visit their YouTube channel by

clicking directly on the video. 

 

Last updated May 1rst, 2024.

Easter & Lenten Clip Art

A few samples of Lenten themed clip art found in the index below.

This collection includes many topics associated with the forty days of Lent, Passion Week, and the days immediately following Easter Sunday until the Ascension of Christ.

Lent (Latin: Quadragesima: Fortieth) is a solemn religious observance in the liturgical calendar that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends approximately six weeks later, before Easter Sunday. The purpose of Lent is the preparation of the believer through prayer, doing penance, repentance of sins, almsgiving, atonement, and self-denial. This event is observed in the Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran, Methodist, and Roman Catholic Churches. Some Anabaptist and evangelical churches also observe the Lenten season. Its institutional purpose is heightened in the annual commemoration of Holy Week, marking the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus, which recalls the tradition and events of the New Testament beginning on Friday of Sorrows, further climaxing on Jesus' crucifixion on Good Friday, which ultimately culminates in the joyful celebration on Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Read more...

• Search my coloring pages for Lent/Easter at colorthebible and search the crosses

• All graphics/illustrations/clip art on this web journal are free to download and use for personal art projects, church related hard copy or webpages. Images are not to be redistributed in any other collections of clip art online. Please include a link back to this web journal if you use the materials for web articles.

Mardi Gras & Fat Tuesday:

1. Frame for Fat Tuesday
2. Dinner in Venice
3. "Mardi Gras" in face mask
4. Gondolas at dusk...
5. A Carnival Mask
6. The Mardi Gras Flag
7. The King's Crown
8. A Medallion Shaped Graphic for Mardi Gras
9. Parading figures for Mardi Gras
10. Banner of Court Jesters for Mardi Gras
11. Mardi Gras Dance Party

Ash Wednesday:

1. Ash Wednesday Cross
2. Ash Wednesday Graveyard
3. My Little Ash Girl

Palm Sunday: 

1. A New Palm Sunday Set
2. Hosanna Palms
3. Mark 11:9
4. Jesus comes to Jerusalem as King
5. Palm for Sunday - Palmsonntag
6. Palm Sunday
7. Luke 18:31-34
8. Palm Crosses
   
9. Christ enters the eastern temple gate

The Lord's Supper:

1. Eastern Orthodox children carry icons
2. The Lord's Supper
3. The last supper painting
4. Apostles Meet for Last Supper with Jesus
   

Good Friday:

1. Illustrated and Illuminated Scripture for Lent
2. "Christ Falling on the Way to Calvary"
3. Down From The Cross
4. John 19:36
5. John 19:2, 3
6. Michelangelo Buonarroti, Pieta
7. "Scripture Might Be Fulfilled"
8. Flagellation of Christ
   
9. Those who pray and those who fall asleep...
10. Good Friday Illuminated Prayer
    

Christ's Crucifixion:

1. Judas Betrays Christ
2. A cross including the Gospel books
3. Galatians 2:20 in both English and Spanish texts
4. INRI Clip Art
5. Anglo Saxon Crucifix
6. The Cross of Calvary
7. John 19:2,3
8. Illustrated and Illuminated Scripture for Lent 
9. "I Thirst!"
10. Mourning Jesus
11. Ash Wednesday Graveyard
12. The Cross of Calvary
13. Rosary
14. On The Cross
15. The Lord Over All
16. "The Wailing"
17. Forever Brought Together
18. Betrayed with a kiss... 
19. Down from the cross...
20. Golgotha
21. Christ on the cross...
    
22. Mosaic Life of Christ Designs

Resurrection Sunday or Easter Sunday: 

1. In His Resurrection There Is Hope!
2. Purple Crown of Thorns
3. The Empty Tomb 
4. Pâques Clip Art
5. Easter Hymns Illustrated 
6. A Choir Boy Sings, "He Is Risen!" 
7. "Hosanna!" for Easter
8. Green Grassy Cross
9. Luke 24:46-47
10. A Symbol of Immortality
11. Waiting at The Empty Tomb
12. A "T" shaped title for Easter 
13. "Faith at The Cross" in Liturgical Colors - white backgrounds 
14. "Faith at The Cross" for Black Web Pages
15. The Hope of Israel 
16. "Come to Church for Easter Services" banner (extra long) 
17. Come to Church on Easter Sunday 
18. Easter Banners and Tiny Graphics
19. Christ opens His own tomb from the inside...

Ascension Day:

1. Figures of The Ascension
2. Christ's Ascension to Glory
3. Ascension of Jesus
4. Jesus with outstretched arms and symbols of Lent... 

Christian Easter Customs: (eggs) 

1. For Your Church's Egg Hunt
2. "Easter Egg Hunt" Title or Banner  - comes in four colors
   
3. Three Pysanka Eggs for The Web
4. The Resurrection Easter Egg
5. Easter Egg Banners

Page last updated April 14th, 2024

Wedding Clip Art Index

Just a few select wedding illustrations from the listing below.

Here is a selection of wedding clip art that churches may use to announce engagements, weddings, rehearsal dinners and anniversaries on their websites, newsletters, or even in Sunday bulletins.

• Search for more floral clip art here
• Visit my vintage bridal blog - http://weddingbanns.blogspot.com

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1. Diamond engagement ring
2. Here comes the bride...
3. A wedding frame
4. "Just Married" car
5. "And the Two shall become one..." - engagement ring & box
6. Made for Each Other - shoes
7. Magnolia Wedding Clipart
8. The chapel is reserved graphic - bride and groom
9. Tuxedo ICHTHUS - Christian groom
10. Matthew 19:4-6 - bridal party
11. Colossains 3:18-19 - ribbons and doves
12. The Sanctuary is Reserved - bride
13. wedding bells - many colors
14. Wedding Scriptures from Ruth, 1 John and Matthew - cottage
15. 1 Corinthians 13:7 - bride and groom
16. Love Stories
17. 2 Corinthians 11:2
18. Wedding Anniversary Flower
19. Wedding Rings
20. "And the two shall be one"
21. A vintage bride
22. A yellow rose and rings
23. "Our Wedding Day" wedding cakes
24. Psalm 14:11
25. Proverbs 31:25
26. Tiny Chapel
27. Jewish Marriage Ceremonies  
28. Wedding Toast in Black and White 
29. Engagement quotes, vintage proposal cartoon 
30. Bride with roses - "Wedding Announcements"
31. A Wedding Kiss 
32. Party Presents in Black and White - Bridal Shower 
33. "Sing praises to the LORD..."
34. A cherubim holds an engagement ring  
35. The Flower Girl 
36. Hit The Bullseye!
37. The Bands That Bind
38. The 1920's Bride
    
39. Holy Matrimony
40. Wedding frame good for stationary... 
41. Ceremony with hands for a wedding
    
42. Honeymooners...

More Christian Wedding Clip Art:

• printable wedding - paid membership for invitations 
• Free wedding clip art from Clipartlogo
• African American Wedding Clipart

 Page last updated November 3rd, 2021.

Flower & Garden Clip Art Index

Samples of my flower clip art listed below.

Listed here all all types of floral illustrations for: altars, funerals, gardens, bouquets, quotes and scriptures from the Bible.

All graphics/illustrations/clip art on this web journal are free to download and use for personal art projects, church related hard copy or webpages. Images are not to be redistributed in any other collections of clip art online. Please include a link back to this web journal if you use the materials for web articles. Link to http:christianclipartreview.blogspot.com

Altar Guild Flowers:

1. Small Gothic Altar
2. Altar Flowers
3. At the Altar
   

Flower Clip Art:

1. Calla Lilies for a Funeral
2. "In Loving Memory"
3. "Get Well Soon" pink and white tulips
4. Sketch of hands holding a flower...
5. Vase of blue flowers
6. A frame of flowers
7. A garden beauty with quotes
8. Pansy banners 
9. Loué soit Dieu le Seigneur
10. Decorated Clergy Quotes: skeleton leaf
11. Decorated Clergy Quotes: purple and black iris
12. A choir boy sings, "He Is Risen!"
13. The Grass Withers...
14. "Let not your heart be troubled..."
15. Anemone Coronaria
16. Sunflowers and Zinnias graphics
17. Basket with spring yellow yarrow and ivy
18. Psalm 40:8 - Asian red poppy
19. Magnolia wedding clipart
20. Luke 24: 46-47 - white lily
21. Luke 12: 27, 28 - daffodils
22. Pink Cactus Flower 
23. Scriptures with a green flower...
24. Deliver me . . . O God.
25. Scriptures and A Spring Wreath
26. Passion Flowers and The Cross
27. Happy Mother's Day
28. For those with heavy burdens... 
29. Remembering the fallen... - red poppies
30. Canadian Memorial Day - red poppies
31. Repeating Floral Page Dividers - four designs
    

Thank You Notes with Flowers:

1. Just a little note to say, "Thank You"
2. "Thank You" note with tulips
3. A spring basket of flowers "Thank You"
4. A spring bouquet of flower "Than You" note
5. Daisies Thank You Note

Garden Clip Art:

1. Valencia, Calamondin or Tangerine Trees Potted
2. Scriptures from The Book of James
3. Gardens Framed with Quotes
4. Garden Quote by Fuller
5. Psalm 36:9 - monochromatic, fountain
6. Genesis 2:15 - chair, lawn

Religious Poems About Flowers:

• The Mission of The Flowers
  

Page updated on July 23rd, 2023

Candles and Light Clip Art

Samples of candles and light clip art found in this listing.

Candle clip art here includes a variety of candle types both Christian and Jewish in style. There is also clip art of lighted lamps. 

All graphics/illustrations/clip art on this web journal are free to download and use for personal art projects, church related hard copy or webpages. Images are not to be redistributed in any other collections of clip art online. Please include a link back to this web journal if you use the materials for web articles. Link to http:christianclipartreview.blogspot.com

1. Banner of praying hands with candlesticks
2. A collection of manuscripts and a candle
3. Eastern Orthodox children carrying icons
4. A lighted lamp on top of an open Bible
5. An oil lamp with a sculpted figure
6. Carry that candle...
7. The sanctuary lamp
8. Ancient oil lamps
9. Blue Hanukkah candles
10. A lighted lamp and scriptures
11. A black and white candle 
12. Men carrying a menorah - black and white drawing
13. Advent candle illustrations
14. Light of The World  - mosaic
15. Hanukkah festival of lights
16. Menorahs with The Star of David 
17. Ancient Hanukkah Lamp 
18. Lantern Banner for Retreats 
19. Christmas frame depicting nuts and fruits
20. "Repent of Your Sins! (eternal flame)   
21. A Candle Stick and Holly Wreath
22. Village News
23. Retreat Lantern Set
    

Quakers talk about the inner light of Christ.

Page last updated November 2nd, 2021

The Trinity Symbols by E. Goldsmith

Andrea del Verrocchio and Leonardo da Vinci.

Symbols of God the Father. Until the twelfth century the only symbol used to indicate God the Father was a hand issuing from the clouds. It was generally represented in the act of benediction, sometimes encircled by a cruciform nimbus, sometimes entirely open with rays proceeding from each finger. It was then supposed to be in the act of bestowing. This symbol was followed by a face in the clouds, then a bust, and by the end of the fourteenth century the entire figure was represented. Then a sentiment grew into being that, as no mortal had seen nor could see him, any attempt to represent him in human form was profane; and since the sixteenth century the Supreme Being has been symbolized by a triangle, the geometrical emblem of the Divine Trinity, or by a radiating circle, itself the symbol of eternity.

Symbols of God the Son. The symbols of Christ are the glory, aureole, or nimbus, the cross, lamb, and lion. However, from the beginning of Christian art, Christ has been represented by portraits rather than symbols, and these portraits are always unmistakable.

Symbols of the Holy Ghost. From the sixth century the dove has been the universal symbol of the Holy Ghost. The representation of the Savior surrounded by seven doves is highly symbolical. They are emblems of the seven gifts of the spirit with which He was endowed: wisdom, understanding, counsel, strength, knowledge, piety, and fear (Is. xi). During the Middle-Ages seven was considered a mystic number. There were seven gifts of the Holy Ghost; seven planets; seven days of the week; seven branches on the candlestick of Moses; seven sacraments; seven stars; seven liberal arts; seven symbolic trumpets; seven churches of Asia; seven mysterious seals; seven heads of the Dragon; seven penitential psalms; seven joys and seven sorrows of the Virgin; seven deadly sins; seven canonical hours.

Symbols of the Trinity. In early art the Divine Three in One was symbolized by the combination of three triangles, three circles, three fishes, and in later art by three human figures, each with its peculiar attribute. In the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries the dove was often represented hovering between the first and second persons of the Trinity with the tips of the wings touching the lips of each.

Colors As Emblems by E. Goldsmith

Tree of Jesse detail from Reims Cathedral.

       In early art colors were always used symbolically, and until the old traditions were cast aside by later painters, certain colors were always associated with certain subjects and certain personages. In all the old stained glass these rules were scrupulously followed.

• White was the symbol of light, faith, joy, life, and of religious purity, virginity, and innocence. It signified honor and integrity in the judge, humility in the rich man, and chastity in a woman. Christ appears in white after His resurrection and the Virgin wears it in pictures of the assumption.
• Red, the ruby, denoted fire, divine love, the Holy Spirit; royalty, creative power, and heat. Red and white roses are symbols of love and innocence, or love and wisdom. Thus the angel crowns St. Cecilia. Used in the bad sense, red typified blood, hatred, war. Red and white together were the colors of the devil and of purgatory.
• Blue, that of the sapphire, signified heaven, fidelity, constancy, truth. Christ and the Virgin wear the blue mantle typifying heavenly love and heavenly truth. St. John the Evangelist was given the blue tunic and the red mantle.
• Yellow or Gold was the symbol of the sun, of the goodness of God, of marriage and fruitfulness. St. Joseph wears yellow, and St. Peter, in pictures of the apostles, wears a yellow mantle over a blue tunic. Used in the reverse sense, yellow denoted jealousy, deceit, and inconstancy. The traitor Judas wears a dirty, dingy yellow.
• Green, the emerald, the color of spring, symbolized victory and hope - particularly hope of immortality. 
• Violet, the amethyst, signified passion and suffering, or love and truth. It is the color worn by the martyrs, by the Virgin after the crucifixion, by Mary Magdalene as the penitent, and sometimes by Christ after the resurrection.
• Grey is the color of humility, mourning, penance, and accused innocence.
• Black indicated darkness, wickedness, death, and mourning, and was given to Satan. Black and white signified humiliation or mourning, and purity of life, and for this reason was adopted by the Dominicans and Carmelites.

Christogram Clip Art Index

A few pastel examples of Christograms, there are jewel tones in the collection below as well.

There are many sample Christograms inside each posting below. They come in many color selections and make nice additions to church letterhead, stationary and school logos.

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1. Chi-Rho With White Backgrounds
2. IHS Christograms in Latin
3. A Purple Crown of Thorns - Latin
4. IHS Monograms: Pastel Colored Backgrounds - Latin
5. The Intertwined IHS Monograms: Solid Colored Backgrounds - Latin
6. The Flaming IHC - Latin
7. XPC for Christ in Greek

More Links to Understanding Christograms:

• What does IHS mean?
• 10 Great Biblical Artifacts at the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem
  

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