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Acts of Pilate
An apocryphal work giving an account of the trial, death, and resurrection of Christ. In some MSS an independent treatise on the Descent of Christ into Hades is attached to it; the two together are ...
brethren of the Lord
The ‘Lord's brethren’ referred to in the NT may have been: (1) sons of the BVM and Joseph, born after Christ; (2) according to St Jerome, sons of Mary, ‘the mother of James and Joses’ (Mk. 15: 40), ...
Diatessaron
An arrangement of the four Gospels as one narrative; the word comes via Old French and Latin from Greek dia tessarōn ‘composed of four’.
George Moore
(1852–1933)Irish novelist, born into an aristocratic Catholic family at Moore Hall in Co. Mayo; his father's racing stables provided background for his most successful novel, Esther Waters. He ...
Glastonbury
In Somerset, the abbey of which was said to have been founded by Joseph of Arimathea, according to the Grail legends. William of Malmesbury suggests that it may have been one of the first ...
Glastonbury Abbey
Somerset. Originally a Celtic foundation, under St Dunstan Glastonbury became an important educational and religious centre. Between 1129 and 1139 William of Malmesbury wrote a history of the abbey; ...
Grail, Holy
In medieval romances, a vessel possessing spiritual powers and affording, under certain conditions, mystical benefits to its beholders. It is sometimes identified with the cup used by Christ at the ...
Holy Grail
The Holy Grail, or Sangreale in Old French, was an important quest object in the Arthurian tradition, particularly connected with Percival, as in the Perceval of Chrétien de Troyes (c. ...
Joseph of Arimathea Reference library
The Oxford Guide to People and Places of the Bible
Unanticipated, Joseph enters all four passion narratives to request Jesus's body from Pilate to entomb it. Mark 15.43–46 depicts a
Joseph of Arimathea Reference library
The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Unanticipated, Joseph enters all four passion narratives to request Jesus' body from Pilate to entomb it. Mark 15.43–46 depicts
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World Encyclopedia
Prosperous Jew who was a secret follower of Jesus Christ. He claimed Christ's body from Pontius Pilate after the
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
The ‘councillor’ (Luke 23. 50) who buried the body of Jesus after the crucifixion. (Arimathea was perhaps Ramlah.) John 19.
Nicodemus
In the Bible, the Pharisee and member of the council of the Sanhedrin who visited Jesus by night, and later assisted in Jesus's burial.
virgin birth
The assertion in the gospels of Matthew and Luke that Jesus was born of Mary without the intervention of a human partner. The pregnancy was initiated by the Holy Spirit (Matt. 1: 18; Luke 1: 35). The ...
Wandering Jew
A Jew who, according to legend, taunted Christ on His way to crucifixion and was doomed to wander over the earth until the Last Day. The legend first appeared in a pamphlet published in 1602.
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