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Face detail of God from "Creation of the Sun and Moon" by Michelangelo The divine countenance is the face of God . The concept has special significance in the Abrahamic religions .
Countenance is a synonym for face or facial expression, but may also refer to: Look up countenance in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Countenance divine , or divine countenance , a reference to the literal or metaphorical "face of God"
I stand in the presence of God. . . ." [15] Commentators have interpreted this statement to imply high rank. For example, Matthew Henry writes "He is Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, an immediate attendant upon the throne of God. The prime ministers of state in the Persian court are described by this, that they saw the king's face". [16]
Yet, he does not mean Christ achieved a unity of the two expressions through the formation of a third prosopon, but that one prosopon is produced by the Logos giving his own countenance to the assured man. [17] He interprets the unity of God and man in Christ along the lines of the body-soul unity. Prosopon plays a special part in his ...
And was the holy Lamb of God, On Englands pleasant pastures seen! And did the Countenance Divine, Shine forth upon our clouded hills? And was Jerusalem builded here, Among these [c] dark Satanic Mills? Bring me my Bow of burning gold: Bring me my Arrows of desire: Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold: Bring me my Chariot of fire!
The hypocrite destroys his face, in order that he may feign sorrow, and with a heart full of joy wears sorrow in his countenance. [2] Gregory the Great: For by the pale countenance, the trembling limbs, and the bursting sighs, and by all so great toil and trouble, nothing is in the mind but the esteem of men. [2]
David Cole, a Georgetown Law professor who has repeatedly argued cases before the Supreme Court on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union, predicted that the most likely penalty a president ...
The Tribute Money, by Titian (1516), depicts Jesus being shown the tribute penny. "Render unto Caesar" is the beginning of a phrase attributed to Jesus in the synoptic gospels, which reads in full, "Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's" (Ἀπόδοτε οὖν τὰ Καίσαρος Καίσαρι καὶ τὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ τῷ Θεῷ).