The Body of Christ and the Embodied Viewer in Rubens’s <i>Rockox Epitaph</i> by Kendra Grimmett

“…Rubens’s juxtaposition of the eternal, incorruptible body of Jesus alongside five mortal figures—the two patrons and the three apostles, Peter, Paul, and John—prompted living viewers to meditate on their relationship with God, to compare their bodies with those depicted, and to contemplate their own embodiment and mortality. …”
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Islamic Animation: Netnographic Analysis on Digital Processing Transformation in Social Media by Hamzah Hamzah, Shukri Ahmad, Muhammad Luthfi Hamzah, Astri Ayu Purwati, Tika Mutia

“…Employing the Netnography method for analysis, four distinct themes emerged from all Islamic animated content on social media: "Ustadz in Animation," "Life Advice," "Stories of Prophets and Apostles," and "Indonesian Muslim Children." …”
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The Office of Deacon in the Reformed Church in Zimbabwe: A historical perspective by Rev. Dr. Ezekiel Baloyi (Research Fellow)

“…The office of deacon was initiated in the selection of seven men by the apostles of Jesus, among whom was Stephen the proto-deacon. …”
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A critical study of Pentecostal understanding of the baptism of the Holy Spirit in Acts by Kalis Stevanus, Ivan Th. J. Weismann, Christopher J. Luthy, Daniel Ronda, Randy F. Rouw

“…This article therefore examines critically Pentecostal paradigm of the baptism of the Holy Spirit, deriving examples from the Acts of the Apostles. It is concluded that the practice of the baptism of the Holy Spirit carried out by Christians today, arguably, has no biblical basis. …”
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A Comparative Study of the Role and Position of People in the System of the Pope in Catholicism and Velāyat-e Faqih in Shi'ism by Muhammad Reza Karimi vala, Amir Abbas Mahdavifard, Ahmad Aghaei Meybodi

“…The results indicate that the existing gospels confirm the religious authority of Jesus Christ (AS) and his apostles but reject any political authority for them and consequently for the pope so he just has religious guardianship and people should be his absolute obedient in this regard. …”
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Aktywność misyjna gnostyków na przykładzie walentynian by Przemysław Piwowarczyk

“…Only the former text mentions some kind of apostles of good message, who might be recognized as those who preach to non-Christians. …”
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Spirituality of Catholic Teachers in Realizing Multicultural Education in Indonesia by Mathias Jebaru Adon

“…This spirituality should always be developed and maintained by realizing Catholic teachers’ status as pastoral agents, educators, apostles, and catechists. The formation of the multicultural character of Catholic teachers starts from inculcating multicultural values and fostering the Catholic faith for prospective Catholic teachers. …”
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Sacred and Profane Love in the Early Work of Titian by Thomas De Wesselow

“…Similarly, the Assumption of the Virgin is carefully composed in order to draw out a contrast between the intesely spiritual love of the Virgin, which fuels her visionary ascent, and the earth-bound affections of the apostles. The paper thus traces the imprint of the idea of sacred and profane love on the formal qualities of these two compositions, initiating a line of interpretation that may further illuminate Titian’s work in general. …”
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The reformed confessions and church membership ethically appraised by Herm J.G. Zandman

“…The reason why the confessions are held as the summary standard of belief is founded in the conviction that they are faithful expressions of the teachings handed down from the apostles.   These confessions have been attributed a twofold purpose regarding their function in the reformed churches. …”
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Adam Stalony-Dobrzański’s projects and stained-glass windows for Warsaw Orthodox parishes by Anna Siemieniec

“…In 1968 Stalony-Dobrzański was invited to participate in a competition for the renovation project of the Metropolitan Council of the Holy Equal to Apostles of Mary Magdalene in Warsaw. However, his project, elaborated in co-operation with Jerzy Nowosielski, Boris Oleszko and Sotyris Pantopulos, was not realised. …”
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Law in the New Testament by Matthew V. Novenson

“…Christ may be ‘the end of the law’, but this has certainly not prevented Christian theologians – any more than it did the apostles themselves – from using the law to think with.…”
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Liturgia domowa i pandemia Covid-19. Implikacje dla eklezjogenezy by Łukasz Paluch

“…The author then refers to the texts of the New Testament (mainly the Acts of the Apostles and Paul’s Letters), the patrology of St. …”
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Serving the needy from the greedy: Reviewing Diakonia in African neo-Pentecostalism by Kimion Tagwirei

“…While it ordinarily appeared to be a revolutionary Africanisation of Christian revival through massive indigenous evangelisation and establishment of new denominations, countless leading prophetic apostles were selfishly enriching themselves paradoxically in the world’s headquarters of poverty, where the needy are multiplying and dying. …”
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Hermann Hesse – Monte Verità by Martin Radermacher

“…His biographically inspired tales mirror the discussions about marginalized persons and reformers of social life, about »bare-footed prophets« and »kohlrabi apostles«.…”
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IMPLEMENTATION OF PROPHETIC EDUCATION IN PRIMARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS by Makherus Sholeh

“…Prophecy here refers to two missions, namely someone who receives revelation, is given a new religion, and is ordered to preach to his people called apostles (messengers), while someone who receives revelations based on existing religion and is not ordered to preach is called a prophet. …”
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Chemical control of the thermal decomposition temperature of multinary hydrides and complex hydrides by Edwards, P, Grochala, W, Johnson, SR, Kuznetsov, V, Jones, M

“…Due to the toxicities and/or unfavorable chemical properties of hydrogen's compounds with Be, F, Si, and P, the effective list of chemical cogwheels constituting a Hydrogen Storage Material might only consist of only eight elemental apostles. A developing program centered upon an understanding of the thermal decomposition/sorption processes of multinary and complex hydride materials, with a particular emphasis on the rational control and chemical tuning of the strategically important thermal decomposition temperature of compounds and materials from the Light Periodic Table is presented. …”

Are Religious Experiences Immediate Revelations? A Study of Pentecostal Hermeneutics by Aku S. Antombikums

“…The article looks at how Pentecostalism biblicised and appropriated its current spiritual experiences into redemptive history, especially with respect to the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in the book of Acts of the Apostles.…”
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Analysis of the authority of the covenants from a rational and narrative perspective by fatemeh abazarpour

“…The document of the Bible is not attributed to Jesus (pbuh) but to the apostles and disciples of the Prophet (pbuh) who, according to their confession, brought the words of the Prophet (pbuh) along with other events and has its sanctity from the council, which considers it divine. …”
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QURAN-BIBLE VALIDATION IN CONTEMPORARY INDONESIA: SOCIAL MEDIA, RELIGIOUS CONVERSION, AND THEOLOGICAL DEBATE by D.I. Ansusa Putra

“…Subsequently, this research concluded that converts to religious theology in Indonesia focus on three basic views, 1) Converts considered Islam as a universal religion and the faith of all prophets and apostles, as Jesus, Moses, and all the bearers of religion in the world are Muslims, 2) Convert judges a historical distortion about Islam and Christianity, 3) Convert claims there is a misinterpretation in understanding Islam and Christianity. …”
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La storiografia e l’iconografia dei timpani del Portail Royal (Chartres) by Paolo Piva

“…It is instead a present vision of Christ's majesty, and the Apostles with books and rotuli do not appear as assessors of the Last Judgement, but rather as entrusted with the mission of evangelisation: they represent the earthly Church that must complete the mission in this world (Mk 16, Mt 24). …”
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