Sentences with phrase «ancient stone church»

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The equivaltent to this stoning by ancient Israel is the exclusion from the Church (the spiritual Israel) today, which can also cause the physical death (worst case) of the sinner, which does not want to repent.

Baptismal water was the universal solvent not only of traditional religious distinctions within Judaism but also of the foundation stones on which the ancient city rested; for the church, it was the sole initiation and was not confined to a single family, clan, race, or social class.

One woman was buried with her spectacles — an expensive and treasured accessory — and several skeletons were interred in a costly stone - lined vault inside the ancient church.

And at the heart of Prosperous lie the ruins of an ancient church, transported stone by stone from England centuries earlier by the founders of the town... But the death of a homeless man and the disappearance of his daughter draw the haunted, lethal private investigator Charlie Parker to Prosperous.

From ancient Christian sites in Spain, Italy and Israel to the far reaches of Iran and Tunisia, Morgan and Jake must track down the stones through the myths of the early church in a race against time before a new Pentecost is summoned, this time powered by the fire of evil.

Inside the city gates is a medieval town made up of narrow cobbled alleyways lined with honey - coloured stone buildings and ancient churches.

The ancient history that lingers in the crumbling stone trulli, the Baroque churches of Lecce, the majestic fortress Castel del Monte, or the medieval convents surrounded by olive groves enriches Puglia travel beyond your average beach vacation.

The narrow paved streets with low stone benches, twisting and turning like a labyrinth, ancient pillars and Roman marble urns mapping out the oldest historical remains of the city, and the most stunning of it all — the tiny church of Epta Martyres («the Seven Martyrs») perched on top of a small hill, seemingly floating on the azure sea... you will feel like you're inside a fairytale.

Together with Palme, Mrs. Knight visited old wood churches and ancient stone castles before construction on Vikingsholm began in 1929.

While he focused on ancient stone circles and early churches, his images of white deer in County Wicklow have become equally iconic.