Sentence examples for presentation of christ from inspiring English sources
In the Anglican church it is called the Presentation of Christ in the Temple.
Candlemas, also called Presentation Of The Lord, or Presentation Of Christ In The Temple, orHypapante, in the Christian church, festival on February 2, commemorating the occasion when the Virgin Mary, in obedience to Jewish law, went to the Temple in Jerusalem both to be purified 40 days after the birth of her son and to present Jesus to God as her firstborn (Luke 2 22 38).
The Passionsspiel (a presentation of Christ's last hours on earth) of the village of Oberammergau in Bavaria is perhaps the best-known religious pageant drama in the West.
On the eve of the Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, Canon Mark Oakley, from St Paul's Cathedral, explores how the Church can be loyal to the past and the future.
No one could imagine the presentation of Christ appearing to the world without His mother.
In the south window of the gallery there is a painted window of "The Presentation of Christ in the Temple", executed by William Peckitt of York.
The various dramatic accounts of the Saviour and salvation are stimulated by one or more of the presentations of Christ and his work in the New Testament.
We even got down with some Opera during Fashion Week thanks to Tara Subkoff not boring the hell out of us with a very nice operatic performance at her Imitation of Christ presentation.
In its graphic presentation of "The Birth of Christ," the striking artwork of The Saint John's Bible exposes several reversals, which pique the social conscience of the modern viewer, while also illuminating authentic meanings in the biblical Christmas story.
His presentation of 270 watercolors from "The Life of Christ" in the Paris Salon of 1894 caused a sensation.
It is a feast of the Church, celebrated on 2 February lastSaturdaydand– and it marks the purification, under Jewish religious law, of the mother of Christ 40 days after his birth; it also commemorates the presentation of the infant Christ in the Temple.
