Christian Motifs and Symbols CD-ROM and Book
Title | Christian Motifs and Symbols CD-ROM and Book PDF eBook |
Author | Alan Weller |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 52 |
Release | 2009-07-01 |
Genre | Design |
ISBN | 0486990559 |
Selected from rare portfolios, this collection of 256 sacred Christian motifs will spark ideas for an array of inspirational projects. The finely detailed, black-and-white illustrations include angels, saints, and a variety of biblical images — the Good Shepherd, the serpent in the Garden of Eden, St. Mark as a winged lion, and more.
Christian Symbols
Title | Christian Symbols PDF eBook |
Author | Katherine Kennedy |
Publisher | Literary Licensing, LLC |
Pages | 90 |
Release | 2014-03-29 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781497899452 |
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1919 Edition.
Signs and Mysteries
Title | Signs and Mysteries PDF eBook |
Author | Mike Aquilina |
Publisher | Our Sunday Visitor |
Pages | 266 |
Release | 2008-08-04 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1592767745 |
Imagine the dangerous life of an early Christian. You've embraced your newfound faith in Christ but fear the risk of persecution or death at the hands of the pagans living around you. Then a trusted friend tells you about some of Jesus' followers who secretly meet. He whispers into your ear, "Look for a fish carved in a paving stone" by a certain home on the Via Tiburtina. You smile in gratitude. Still today, modern society recognizes those Christian symbols that kept the early Christians safely connected: they appear on churches, bumper stickers, mugs -- even mints and stuffed animals. Yet we are often ignorant of the rich meaning of these symbols: their origins in Scripture, in ancient culture, and in the preaching of the Church Fathers. In this book, noted author Mike Aquilina conducts an intriguing and insightful tour of the symbols that expressed the life and devotion of the Church through the first four centuries of its existence. He explains how Christians freely borrowed pagan and Jewish symbols, giving them new, distinctly Christian meanings. Recover the zeal of our spiritual ancestors as you learn to read their symbolic language -- and discover the impact the symbols still have on your life today. More than a hundred illustrations, reproduced by artist Lea Marie Ravotti from the ancient originals, beautifully complement the text. View a mulitmedia presentation and listen to an interview of the author here.
Christian Symbols
Title | Christian Symbols PDF eBook |
Author | Katherine Kennedy |
Publisher | |
Pages | 94 |
Release | 1919 |
Genre | Christian art and symbolism |
ISBN |
Symbols of Christendom
Title | Symbols of Christendom PDF eBook |
Author | John Radford Thomson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 136 |
Release | 1867 |
Genre | Christian art and symbolism |
ISBN |
Handbook of Christian Symbolism
Title | Handbook of Christian Symbolism PDF eBook |
Author | William Audsley |
Publisher | |
Pages | 182 |
Release | 1865 |
Genre | Christian art and symbolism |
ISBN |
Symbols of the Christian Faith
Title | Symbols of the Christian Faith PDF eBook |
Author | Alva William Steffler |
Publisher | Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Pages | 180 |
Release | 2002-02-21 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780802846761 |
Symbols of the Christian Faith is an illustrated guide to the major visual symbols used by the Christian church throughout history. These stylized illustrations, designed by artist Alva William Steffler, are intended to provide usable, up-to-date resources for contemporary church worship and Christian education. Throughout church history symbols have been used to aid worship and to communicate difficult spiritual ideas. Steffler here collects these symbols, from early Christian catacomb art to the present, offering fresh graphic interpretations of old visual forms. The accompanying text notes the biblical sources for the various symbols and traces their use in church tradition and their links to Greco-Roman culture. Extensive glossaries and indexes round out the book. Broadly inclusive and sensitive to the perspectives of every church tradition, this volume will be an invaluable resource for churches using Christian art as well as for general readers curious about the meaning of common Christian symbols.