Religious authority
There are 141 items in Religious authority:
Maastricht, St.Servaas, Box reliquary of Servatius (detail) |
Madauros, Tombstone of bishop Placentinus |
A Magian, worshipping at a fire altar (seal impression) |
Magians
Magians (Old Persian Maguš): experts in Iranian religious - probably: oral - traditions, perhaps belonging to a Median tribe. They are to be distinguished from priests.Magians and magicians …Martinus of Tours and Maximus
In 384, Martin of Tours had a meeting with the usurper-emperor Magnus Maximus, who was humiliated. It was an important event, marking the Church's ambition to gain control of the imperial court. …Menahem
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.Menahem (66 CE) Sources: Flavius Josephus, Jewish War…Messiah
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. …
Milan, St Ambrogio, Mosaic of Saint Ambrose |
Moses of Crete
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.Moses of Crete (448 CE) Source: Socrates, History…Muhammad
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.Muhammad Jewish and Christian texts describing the rise…
Myra, Church of the tomb of St Nicholas, Wall painting |
Naqš-e Rajab, investiture relief of Ardašir I, The Sasanian high priest Kartir |