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Lamb of God (Greek: Ἀμνὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ, romanized: Amnòs toû Theoû; Latin: Agnus Dei, Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈaɲ.ɲus ˈde.i]) is a title for Jesus that appears in the Gospel of John. It appears at John 1:29, where John the Baptist sees Jesus and exclaims, "Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world."
The fraction rite at which the Agnus Dei is sung or said. Agnus Dei is the Latin name under which the "Lamb of God" is honoured within Christian liturgies descending from the historic Latin liturgical tradition, including those of Roman Catholicism, Lutheranism and Anglicanism.
Agnus Dei (Latin for Lamb of God) is an oil painting completed between 1635 and 1640 by the Spanish Baroque artist Francisco de Zurbarán. It is housed in the Prado Museum in Madrid , Spain. The Lamb of God is an allusion to Christ's title as recorded in John's Gospel (John 1:29), where John the Baptist describes Jesus as "The Lamb of God who ...
The Lamb of God. The term "The Lamb of God" holds religious significance in Christianity, and primarily refers to Jesus Christ, carrying a range of symbolic meanings like purity, innocence and ...
In heraldry, a Lamb of God (or paschal lamb, or agnus Dei) is a lamb passant proper, with a halo or charged with a cross gules, and the dexter forelimb reflexed over a cross staff from which a pennon of St. George (Argent a cross gules) is flotant.
[1] [2] "The Lamb of God," refers to Isaiah 53:7 and Jeremiah 11:19, in which Christ is called a lamb. This was prefigured by the lamb offered up in daily sacrifices by the Jewish people for legal oblations, including the Passover. It is "of God," for it is offered up by God the Son, to the Father, "for the world." [2] [3]
The band ad she sees is Lamb of God's and, thinking they are a Christian band due to the name, she hires them. The next scene is a nice suburban birthday party for small children, one that is abruptly disturbed and eventually ruined as Lamb of God's tour bus arrives, full of marijuana and scantily clad groupies. The band and crew make ...
Agnus Dei (Latin: "Lamb of God") referring to Jesus Christ as divine sacrificial lamb; an early prayer of the breviary; Places and jurisdictions.