Moses (/ ˈ m oʊ z ɪ z,-z ɪ s /) is considered the most important prophet in Judaism and one of the most important prophets in Christianity, Islam, the Druze faith, the Baháʼí Faith and other Abrahamic religions.According to both the Bible and the Quran, Moses was the leader of the Israelites and lawgiver to whom the authorship, or "acquisition from heaven", of the Torah (the …

Au Moyen Âge, un conflit va opposer les moines de Saint-Maximin, qui déclarent avoir les reliques de sainte Marie-Madeleine, et les moines de l'abbaye de Vézelay qui déclarent avoir également ces mêmes reliques. L'abbaye de Vézelay, fondée en 858, déclare à partir de 1040 posséder les reliques de la sainte. Plusieurs écrits successifs et contradictoires vont expliquer …

Of the nineteen Gorcum martyrs, Peter Ascanius and Cornelius Vican were laymen; eleven were Franciscan priests; one a Dominican, two Premonstratensians, one a regular canon of Saint Augustine, and four were secular priests. On 13 January 1672, Clement X regulated the formalities to be observed in removing the relics of saints from sacred ...

La liste des saints catholiques recense les disciples du Christ que l'Église catholique, sans préjuger des autres, reconnaît publiquement comme pouvant être présentés aux autres croyants comme des modèles de vie chrétienne, de doctrine et comme intercesseurs auprès de Dieu.La sainteté chrétienne ne se confond pas avec la perfection morale : si de nombreux saints ont …

Matthew the Apostle, also known as Saint Matthew and possibly as Levi, was, according to the New Testament, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus.According to Christian traditions, he was also one of the four Evangelists as author of the Gospel of Matthew, and thus is also known as Matthew the Evangelist, a claim rejected by most biblical scholars, though the "traditional …

Châsse des martyrs de Gorcum se trouvant en l'église Saint-Nicolas à Bruxelles. Châsse de Saint Servais. ... Wikipedia® est une marque déposée de la Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., organisation de bienfaisance régie par le paragraphe 501(c)(3) du code fiscal des États-Unis.

Clément X a béatifié le 24 novembre 1673 les dix-neuf martyrs de Gorcum, qui avaient été faits prisonniers à Gorcum dans les Pays-Bas, et mis à mort de Brielle, le 9 juillet 1572. ... Wikipedia® est une marque déposée de la Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., ...

Etymology. The term "Bible" can refer to the Hebrew Bible or the Christian Bible, which contains both the Old and New Testaments.. The English word Bible is derived from Koinē Greek: τὰ βιβλία, romanized: ta biblia, meaning "the books" (singular βιβλίον, biblion). The word βιβλίον itself had the literal meaning of "scroll" and came to be used as the ordinary word for ...

Irenaeus (/ ɪr ɪ ˈ n eɪ ə s /; Greek: Εἰρηναῖος Eirēnaios; c. 130 – c. 202 AD) was a Greek bishop noted for his role in guiding and expanding Christian communities in the southern regions of present-day France and, more widely, for the development of Christian theology by combating heterodox or Gnostic interpretations of Scripture as heresy and defining the Catholic and ...

Words translated as "idol" The English word "idol" in translations of the Bible may represent any of several Hebrew words. In the commandment "You shall not make for yourselves an idol", the word is pesel, indicating something carved or hewn.In subsequent passages, pesel was applied to images of metal and wood, as well as those of stone. . Other terms, such as nēsek and …