Sentences with phrase «christ child»

Both are reproductions of the originals by Esteban Murillo, one of little St. John the Baptist, and the other the Christ Child.

My most favourite visual part of the tour was the wee crib with the Christ Child laying on the straw.....

El Nino refers to the Christ child, as this is the season when the upwelling usually starts to fail.

The trolls» interest in sources of data strikes me as analogous to the interest shown by king Herod and his mates in the location of the Christ child.

It was here that the phenomenon was first noticed by fishermen, who named it «El Niño» — meaning «little boy» or «Christ child» in Spanish — since it would often appear around Christmas.

El Niño, which means «baby boy» or «Christ Child,» got its name from the Spanish - speaking fishermen in Chile and Peru when they observed that the weather change occurs during Christmas time.

-LSB-...] The Spanish term «El Niño» refers to the «Christ Child», and was given to this phenomenon because the warm waters typically arrive off the South American coast near Christmas time.

Masterpieces on display include: Virgin Adoring the Sleeping Christ Child by Sandro Botticelli, Dedham Vale by Constable, The Hon. Mrs Graham by Thomas Gainsborough, The Vision after the Sermon by Paul Gauguin, a series of works by JMW Turner, among many others.

The contradiction between repose and the upright position imbues Infant with an air of presentation and authority reminiscent of the traditional iconography of the Christ child.

And perhaps the public would want the picture of the Christ child, so to speak.

Funding for the acquisition of Cano's Christ Child was generously provided by Friends and Supporters of the Meadows Museum and the Meadows Museum Acquisition Fund.

The early works, such as Botticelli's Virgin Adoring the Sleeping Christ Child, which has not been exhibited outside of Scotland for more than 150 years, are religious paintings while later works from the Renaissance masters, 17th - century painters, Impressionists, Post-Impressionists, and Cubists include different genres of paintings such as portrait, still life and landscape, and represent the changing treatment of those genres over time.

This suite features a lovely Mexican oil painting of Mary with Christ Child circa 1750.

One painting shows the Christ Child and depicts the Virgin de la Candelaria and the second is the Virgin de la Macarena.

Notable paintings within the museum include: The Reverend Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch by Sir Henry Raeburn, Haystacks by Claude Monet and Virgin Adoring the Sleeping Christ Child by Sandro Botticelli.

Just look at the Three Kings who traveled so far to give their gifts to the Christ Child.

Abstaining from meat on Christmas Eve would have signified waiting and anticipation of of the Christ Child's arrival on Christmas morning.

The Hebrew Bible mentions that frankincense was burned in the temple, and we know that frankincense was important in their burial anointings (one of the reasons it was gifted to the Christ Child.)

This regularly began in December, near Christmas, prompting the fisherman to name the event «El Niño», for «the Christ child.»

Lifting a scalpel to the surface of the rich yellow tunic worn by the Christ child, he gently pressed in and removed an all but invisible core sample.

We took pictures of Our Lady being brave enough to bare her breast (in church, no less) to give sustenance to the Christ Child.

In 2004, the Christ child was stolen again, this time by a 19 - year - old student at the Art Institute of Chicago who was caught a few blocks from the plaza and charged with misdemeanor theft.

The thieves broke the head of the Christ child from the figure, which was secured with wire to a crib, according to police.

Eleven figures, including the Christ child, were damaged or stolen early Tuesday from a Nativity scene at Holy Name Cathedral, 735 N. State St., according to East Chicago District police.

It seems they were once made in cradle shaped tins in memory of the Christ Child's manger and the spices added to the mincemeat were a commemoration of the gifts given by the Three Wise Men... Recipe for Mince Pies

Gifts were given to the Christ child, Holder says, and of course Jesus Himself is the greatest gift of all.

The wise men were there with a handful of shepherds, and of course in the midst of them all the Christ child was there, lying in the straw.

But there are important reasons why Jesus» baptism was observed as one of three feasts of light, which include Epiphany, marking the wise men's recognition of the true nature of the Christ child, and the wedding feast at Cana, at which Jesus performed his first miracle.

Can we then still claim of the Christ child in Bethlehem, as the carol goes, «the hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight»»?

Through the Christ child, God gave us proof of God's self - anointing.

The Christ child was born, came to maturity, was crucified, resurrected and ascended.

Santa is, then, part of a worldview hospitable to the Christ Child.

In the words of the elderly Simeon over the Christ child are Jewishness and Catholicity truly and beautifully combined.

In this sweet and simple story, Mia's kindness toward the old man and little boy (subtly hinted at as being St. Nick and the Christ child) demonstrates, without being moralistic or pedantic, the true spirit of Christmas giving.

The Christ child is threatened by power (see v. 16; Exod.

Right from the birth and first «shining forth» of the Christ child to the Three Kings, there is a forewarning of the Passion and death of Jesus.

The Bible is the cradle for the Christ child.

It is not the Christ child.

But for now we await the coming of the Christ child, knowing even as we wait that Christ indeed has come.

The other depicted Mary and the Christ Child.

So for me, through the iteration of Christmas mornings, these words about word and flesh connected not just with the Christ child but with thoughts about gifts and giving.

It might seem that everything that could be said, has been said, about the shepherds, the wise men and the Christ Child.

I think of the waiting for the Christ child, yes, and I think of the still - waiting for all things to be made right, for our longing for Shalom.

But year after year at Christmas, the dough box had another, more exalted role: It served as manger for the Christ child.

Only on the fourth Sunday of Advent do we turn back to the event of annunciation, and then on Christmas Eve to the birth of the Christ child.

Not exact matches

Mormons believe that God was once a man on some unknown planet who progressed to being God by his own works and they also believe that Jesus Christ is a created being who was a spirit child who was the brother of Lucifer where Jesus» salvation plan was chosen by a council of gods over his brother Lucifer's plan who then rebelled and became the devil.

It is common knowledge that it is a guarantee of the bible that Christ will give you the proof of the down payment or proof that He adopts you as a child of God and bound for heaven and eternal life.

As Christians living in a culture that tends to present opportunities counter to our identities in Christ — children of God, as we're referred to time and again — the danger is that we may be influenced into believing the lie that the decisions we make are without the burden of consequence we could expect when we were younger.

In its intrinsic supernatural reality, marriage includes three goods: the good of exclusive, personal, reciprocal fidelity (the bonum fidei), the good of welcoming children and educating them to know God (the bonum prolis), and the good of the indissolubility or indestructibility of the bond, the permanent foundation of which is the indissoluble union of Christ and the Church, which is sacramentally represented by the marriage (the bonum sacramenti).

Sorry, son, but Jefferson supported slavery as an expedient — «holding a wolf by the ears,» as he put it («you don't like it, but you don't dare let go»)-- while Martin Luther wanted to effectively exterminate an entire ethnic group because he believed they were all Christ - killers, right down to the children.