The Reformation split the Church into Catholic and Protestant factions, creating two roads to salvation - both of which claimed to be true. So it was very important to people that the Scottish state ...

Luther, a gifted Renaissance scholar, returned to the primacy of the scriptures: to the actual text of the Bible ... destroyed the relics and whitewashed the walls of its churches over night.

Wall paintings were also points of meditation and devotion, which existed to reinforce the words delivered from the pulpit.

This will be the first time in centuries that the Bible will be on view to the public. The Sarum Master Bible (Image: Finnbarr Webster ... and was in the process of being decorated with wall-painting, ...

When the high priest Ananias commanded Paul to be struck during his trial, Paul responded, “God shall strike you, you whitewashed wall ... International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Ananias ...

Some onlookers observed that President Donald Trump didn't place his hand on the Bible when sworn in at his inauguration, prompting questions about how the Bible traditionally factors into the ...

Image: Mr Trump is sworn in by Chief Justice ... one given to him by his mother and the other being the Lincoln Bible, first used in 1861 to swear in the 16th US president. The Republican, whose ...

Charlotte Edwards has offered to help the ECB during its review into England's 16-0 Women's Ashes drubbing at the hands of Australia. Edwards, the former England captain turned decorated coach ...

Critics have also questioned the accuracy of some lessons, saying the materials whitewash America’s history ... the impact of important texts like the Bible on the world. They say the materials ...

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5:6-21 in a Catholic Bible with that found in a Protestant ... In the following verses, Solomon also had the walls of the Temple decorated with carved images of angels, palm trees and flowers ...