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  2. Glory, God and Gold - Wikipedia

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    Glory, God and Gold is a narrative history by Paul Wellman, published in 1954. [1] The title refers to motivations for the conquest of the New World . As such, they served the tendency toward imperialism .

  3. Glory (religion) - Wikipedia

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    Glory (from the Latin gloria, "fame, renown") is used to describe the manifestation of God's presence as perceived by humans according to the Abrahamic religions.. Divine glory is an important motif throughout Christian theology, where God is regarded as the most glorious being in existence, and it is considered that human beings are created in the Image of God and can share or participate ...

  4. Soli Deo gloria - Wikipedia

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    Soli Deo gloria is a Latin term for Glory to God alone. It has been used by artists like Johann Sebastian Bach , George Frideric Handel , and Christoph Graupner to signify that the work was produced for the sake of praising God .

  5. Halo (religious iconography) - Wikipedia

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    The distinction between the alternative terms used in English for various types of halo is rather unclear. The oldest term in English is "glory", the only one available in the Middle Ages, but now largely obsolete. It came from the French gloire which has much the same range of meanings as "glory". "Gloriole" does not appear in this sense until ...

  6. Five crowns - Wikipedia

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    The Crown of Life in a stained glass window in memory of the First World War, created c. 1919 by Joshua Clarke & Sons, Dublin. [1]The Five Crowns, also known as the Five Heavenly Crowns, is a concept in Christian theology that pertains to various biblical references to the righteous's eventual reception of a crown after the Last Judgment. [2]

  7. List of kennings - Wikipedia

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    gold serpent's lair Serpents (and dragons) were reputed to lie upon gold in their nests. N: Skáldskaparmál: gold Sif's hair Derived from the story of when Loki cut off Sif's hair. In order to make amends for his crime, Loki had the dwarf Dvalin make new hair for Sif, a wig of gold that grew like normal hair. N: Skáldskaparmál: gold Kraki's seed

  8. Jewish symbolism - Wikipedia

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    Gold was a highly regarded precious metal (as in other cultures), but was occasionally avoided due to its association with the sin of the golden calf. [9] Silver was associated with moral purity, as silver metal must be refined from its ore. [10] Brass symbolized hardness, strength, and firmness. [11] Brass was a substitute for gold, and iron ...

  9. Chrysus - Wikipedia

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    In his Isthmian Odes, Pindar also wrote: . Mother of the Sun, Theia of many names, for your sake men honor gold as more powerful than anything else, [2]. Furthermore, a scholium on those lines wrote ἐκ Θείας καὶ Ὑπερίονος ὁ Ἥλιος, ἐκ δὲ Ἡλίου ὁ χρυσός, [3] denoting a special connection of Theia, the goddess of sight and brilliance, with gold as ...