Christ

Authors:Rowena Loverance, British Museum

Summary:The remarkable narrative of the life of Christ is the origin of Christian faith and belief. This beautiful book traces the key events of Christ's life to reveal the Christian perspective on the central themes of temptation, prayer, healing, faith, suffering and redemption.

Print Book, English, 2004

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Publisher: British Museum, London, 2004

Genre:Art

Physical Description:95 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm

ISBN:

9780714150154, 0714150150

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:56652952

Subjects:

Antiquités chrétiennes

Art

Biographies

Christelijke kunst

Christian antiquities

Christian art and symbolism

Jesus Christ Biography

Jésus-Christ Art

Jésus-Christ Biographie

Additional Physical Form Entry:

Online version:

Christ.

Loverance, Rowena.

649504033

Contents:

1) The life of Christ (nativity, flight into Egypt, infancy, baptism, ministry, Last Supper, Passion, Crucifixion, Resurrection, Ascension); 2) Christ's Beliefs (kingdom of peace, Jewish tradition, good shepherd, the Trinity, the Son of God, triumph over evil); 3) The Church (Christ and Peter, Christ and Paul, transmission of the Bible, icons, baptism, Eucharist); 4) Being a disciple (faith, suffering, seeing Christ in creation); 5) Heaven (inevitability of death, Resurrection, Last Judgement, eternal life)