Benson Y. Parkinson of the Association for Mormon Letters noted that Christof represented Jesus as an "off-Christ" ("Christ-off") or Antichrist, comparing the megalomaniacal Hollywood producer to Lucifer.
During the attack, the patriarch Sergius maintained the morale of the valiant garrison by proceeding about the walls, bearing the image of Christ to ward off fire, and by painting upon the gates of the western walls images of the Virgin and child to ward off attacks launched by the Avars the "breed of darkness".
I mean, you know, Mike [Mitchell] Sviridoff; Christ! he's off doing nutty things with [Cesar] Chavez and all.
The most pertinent question posed by "Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius," a high-minded, lethally dull biography of the legendary golfer Bobby Jones, is whether a smidgen of the box-office magic of "The Passion of the Christ" has rubbed off on its star, Jim Caviezel.
Riffing off "Christ's Entry into Jerusalem," the piece is teeming with Sumi ink drawings depicting figures real and imagined, past and present, from James Brown to Martin Luther King, Jr., Donald Trump to Frederick Douglass.
Hats off to the Americans, but Jesus H Christ on an electric kart.
The cover art, which portrays Manson as a crucified Christ with his jawbone torn off, is intended as a criticism of censorship and America's obsession with media martyrs.
She'd seemed a placid sort but Christ, she was kicking off now.
I mean get your kit off for Christ's sake, or what's the point.
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) Bowie ticked off the opportunity to work with Martin Scorsese when he appeared as religious figure Pontius Pilate in The Last Temptation of Christ, replacing Sting who passed on the role.
