Religious authority
There are 141 items in Religious authority:
1 Enoch: the Son of Man
The First book of Enoch is one of the Old Testament pseudepigrapha, in other words, a composition attributed to a personage from the Hebrew Bible, but not included in either the Jewish or the Christian Bible. It contains a description…Abu Isa' al-Isfahani
Messiah (mâšîah, "the anointed one"): Jewish religious concept, a future savior who will, in some sense, come to restore Israel. The nature of both the Messiah and the restoration wasa matter of debate, and there were several claimants.Abu Isa' al-Isfahani The rise of Islam and the…
Akdamar, Relief of a drunken Noah |
An Anonymous Prophet
Messiah (mâšîah, "the anointed one"): Jewish religious concept, a future savior who will, in some sense, come to restore Israel. The nature of both the Messiah and the restoration was a matter of debate, and there were several claimants.An unnamed prophet (c.59 CE) Source: Flavius Josephus,…
Antioch, Portrait of a priestess |
Apamea, Church, Mosaic of Adam and the Phoenix |
Aquilia Severa |
Augusta Emerita, Portrait of Augustus as pontifex maximus |
Augustales
Augustales: Roman priests serving in the imperial cult. Tombstone of an augustalis from Xanten The cult of the genius Augusti, "the protective…Augustine
Augustine (Latin Aurelius Augustinus): Roman orator, bishop of Hippo (Africa),philosopher, theologian, and one of the most prolific authors of Antiquity.Early Life …
Augustus as pontifex maximus |
Bawit, Icon of Christ and St.Menas |