Sentences with phrase «icon of the virgin»

Several old ladies were walking slowly around the monastery, pausing at the entrance to cross themselves in front of the icon of the Virgin Mary, the prayers to which Anastasiya felt healed her spine.

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There, calmly staring out at the players, is a replica of the Virgin of Montserrat, Catalonia's most famous religious icon and its patron saint, with Baby Jesus on her lap.

It is a card from the Sisters of the Mississippi Valley with a cartoon - like icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary comforting an obviously distressed Eve.

The icon becomes in itself the presence of God, of the Virgin Mary, or of Jesus.

Icons are not portraits of the Virgin or of Jesus (thus no icon of a living person is ever possible).

Toward the end of Ut Unum Sint, John Paul cites some of the questions that must be addressed in conversation with the communities issuing from the tragic divisions of the sixteenth century: (1) The relationship between Sacred Scripture, as the highest authority in matters of faith, and Sacred Tradition, as indispensable to the interpretation of the Word of God; (2) The Eucharist as the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ, an offering of praise to the Father, the sacrificial memorial and Real Presence of Christ and the sanctifying outpouring of the Holy Spirit; (3) Ordination, as a Sacrament, to the threefold ministry of the episcopate, presbyterate, and diaconate; (4) The Magisterium of the Church, entrusted to the pope and the bishops in communion with him, understood as a responsibility and an authority exercised in the name of Christ for teaching and safeguarding the faith; (5) The Virgin Mary, as Mother of God and Icon of the Church, the spiritual Mother who intercedes for Christ's disciples and for all humanity.

Just think of the icons of womanhood that the media insistently project today — «neither virgin nor mother».

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Ethiopian Icon African, Ethiopian, Triptych of the Virgin and Child flanked by Archangels and John the Baptist, 17th century Overall: 13 1/4» H × 17 7/16» W × 9/16» D. Gift of Robert and Nancy Nooter.

The almond or vulva shaped mandorla enclosing divine figures such as Christ in Byzantine and Russian icons, or the radiating light around the Virgin of Guadalupe is another example.