In that insistence, the Antiochian emphasis upon the distinction between the two natures in Christ made itself heard throughout the church.
Mel Gibson's film "The Passion of the Christ" found itself at the center of a firestorm when Jewish groups, angered by his violent depiction of the Crucifixion, complained the movie was anti-Semitic.
The Church of God and Saints of Christ describes itself as "the oldest African-American congregation in the United States that adheres to the tenets of Judaism".
Elsewhere, Doubting Thomas's hand, mounted on a mechanical arm, pokes violently at Christ's torso, itself mounted on a giant spring.
Unlike Gibson's "Passion of the Christ," which confines itself to the last 12 hours of Jesus' life, Papini's volume covers the whole story.
The Moscow exhibition is at the Church of the Christ Savior, which itself is a symbol of Russian revival, having been torn down by Stalin and rebuilt in the 1990s after the fall of the Soviet Union as Russia again embraced the Orthodox faith.
There is no way to tell from the sound itself that "Christ lag in Todesbanden" is being played in the Georgenkirche, in Eisenach, next to the font where Bach was baptized, in 1685.
Despite these texts the clergy accepted titles of honour and claimed authority and power: the Church saw itself as Christ's kingdom on earth, and claimed a share in Christ's power.
The Episcopal bishop of Indianapolis immediately protested the bill, and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), headquartered in Indianapolis itself, announced plans to cancel its 2017 convention in Indianapolis.
Stick to good and to righteousness: Do good by being good (in Christ's ways), in itself is a great thing.
