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At the time when Christmas emerged, some Christian writers likened Jesus to the Sun and referred to him as the 'Sun of Righteousness' (Sol Justitiae) prophesied by Malachi. [11] [104] The Christian treatise De solstitiis et aequinoctiis, from the late fourth century AD, associates Jesus's birth with the "birthday of the sun" and Sol Invictus:
The Nativity of Jesus has been a major subject of Christian art since the 4th century. The artistic depictions of the Nativity or birth of Jesus, celebrated at Christmas, are based on the narratives in the Bible, in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, and further elaborated by written, oral and artistic tradition.
Sacred Heart of Jesus (Batoni) Saint Anthony with the Christ Child (Murillo) Saint Christopher (after van Eyck) Saint Christopher Carrying the Christ Child; Saint Didacus of Alcalá Presenting Juan de Herrera's Son to Christ; Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata (Giotto) Saint Francis with the Blood of Christ; Saint Joseph with the Christ Child
This category is for specific works that include depictions of Jesus in the visual arts. For articles covering ways of depicting scenes or types of depictions of Jesus in general, see the sub-category Category:Iconography of Jesus. For images of Jesus as an infant with his mother, see Category:Madonna and Child in art.
The second dream, as shown by the text on the angel's banderole: "Flee to Egypt", 13th-century mosaic, Florence Baptistry The Dream of Saint Joseph, by Philippe de Champaigne. Saint Joseph's dreams are four dreams described in the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament in which Joseph , the legal father of Jesus , is visited by an angel of the ...
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An image of the Angel Moroni blowing a trumpet is often used as an unofficial symbol of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Moroni is commonly identified by Latter-day Saints as the angel mentioned in Revelation 14:6 , "having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and ...