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Hippolytus of Thebes was a Byzantine author of the late 7th or early 8th century. His Chronicle , preserved only in part, is an especially valuable source for New Testament chronology. Preserved fragments are scattered in about 40 manuscripts, mostly dealing with the Holy Family .
The Dormition and Assumption of the Virgin was a popular theme painted by both Greek and Italian artists since the dawn of the new religion. The chronology of the New Testament states that Mary lived for 11 years after the death of Jesus, dying in AD 41 according to Hippolytus of Thebes. The sanhedrin feared that her body would disappear.
The Dormition of the Mother of God is a Great Feast of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches (except the East Syriac churches). It celebrates the "falling asleep" (death) of Mary the Theotokos ("Mother of God", literally translated as God-bearer ), and her being taken up into heaven.
Hippolytus (Greek myth), several people; Hippolytus of Rome (c. 170–c. 235), Christian writer and saint; Hippolytus of Thebes (fl. 7th/8th century), Byzantine chronographer; Hippolytus (archbishop of Gniezno) (died c. 1027) Hippolytus, Bishop of Vác (died after 1157), Hungarian prelate
Filseta (Ge'ez: ፍልሰታ) is a feast day observed by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church in commemoration of the Dormition and Assumption of Mary. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The fasting and liturgy extends for two weeks starting from 7 August to 22 August.
He was also quoted as a reference in the Chronicle of Hippolytus of Thebes and in the anonymous work known as the Ravenna Cosmography. [3] Aphrodisianus also wrote a historical work on the Christian Mary. [4] Some speculate that this Aphrodisianus was a different author from the one who wrote Description of the East. [3] [5]
The Thebes tablets were discussed at a linguist symposium held in Vienna December 5–6, 2002, the results of which have been published. [9] Günter Neumann (pp. 125–138) argues that the animals in the Thebes tablets are not sacred or "divine" but animals that would naturally be part of everyday life for both Mycenaean and later Greeks.
Michael Critobulus (Greek: Μιχαήλ Κριτόβουλος; c. 1410 – c. 1470) was a Greek politician, scholar and historian.He is known as the author of a history of the Ottoman conquest of the Eastern Roman Empire under Sultan Mehmet II.