Sentence examples for altar of god from inspiring English sources

"I go to the altar of God," it read.

The bare human body is the altar of God on this earth at least.

Because iron is for weapons of destruction, and the altar of God is intended to bring peace, he answers.

The emphasis on Christ's priestly work, including his sacrifice for humankind before the altar of God, was displaced by a new regard for his role as a prophet.

"I have sworn upon the altar of God," its hero vows, paraphrasing Thomas Jefferson, "eternal hostility against every fucking form of tyranny".

Along the frieze in the interior dome is a quotation from Jefferson: "I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man".

"I still believe that one day mankind will bow before the altars of God," he said, "and be crowned triumphant over war and bloodshed, and nonviolent redemptive good will proclaim the rule of the land".

Among the Hebrews in early times and other Semitic peoples the altar of the god was frequently an upright stone (matztzeva) established at a place in which the deity had manifested itself.

"Chryses," said he, "King Agamemnon has sent me to bring you back your child, and to offer sacrifice to Apollo on behalf of the Danaans, that we may propitiate the god, who has now brought sorrow upon the Argives". So saying he gave the girl over to her father, who received her gladly, and they ranged the holy hecatomb all orderly round the altar of the god.

But I ll keep on leaving offerings on the altar of the God of Science, just in case.

Simple stage symbolism may assist the imagination, whether the altar of the gods situated in the centre of the Greek orchēstra, a strip of red cloth to represent the Red Sea in a medieval miracle play, or a chair on which the Tibetan performer stands to represent a mountain.