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TheChurch of the Holy Sepulchre in theChristian Quarter of theOld City of Jerusalem, aholy place of Christianity

Christianity is anAbrahamic monotheistic religion, which states thatJesus is theSon of God androse from the dead afterhis crucifixion, whose coming as themessiah (Christ) wasprophesied in theOld Testament and chronicled in theNew Testament. It is theworld's largest and most widespread religion with over 2.3 billion followers, comprising around 28.8% of theworld population. Its adherents, known asChristians, are estimated to make up a majority of the population in120 countries and territories.

Christianity remainsculturally diverse in itsWestern andEastern branches, and doctrinally diverse concerningjustification and the nature of salvation,ecclesiology,ordination, andChristology. MostChristian denominations, however, generally hold in common the belief that Jesus isGod the Son—theLogos incarnated—whoministered,suffered, and died on a cross, but rose from the dead for thesalvation of humankind; this message is calledthe gospel, meaning the "good news". The fourcanonical gospels ofMatthew,Mark,Luke andJohn describe Jesus' life and teachings as preserved in the early Christian tradition, with the Old Testament as the gospels' respected background.

The three mainbranches of Christianity areCatholicism (1.3 billion people),Protestantism (800 million), andEastern Orthodoxy (300 million), while other prominent branches includeOriental Orthodoxy (60 million) andRestorationism (35 million). Smaller church communities number in the thousands. In Christianity, efforts toward unity (ecumenism) are underway. In theWest, Christianity remains the dominant religion even with adecline in adherence, with about 70% of that population identifying as Christian.Christianity is growing in Africa and Asia, the world's most populous continents. Many Christians are stillpersecuted in some regions of the world, particularly where they are a minority, such as in theMiddle East,North Africa,East Asia, andSouth Asia. (Full article...)

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*Nativity*, c. mid-1450s. Oil on wood, 127.6 cm × 94.9 cm (50.2 in × 37.4 in),National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

TheNativity is a devotional mid-1450s oil-on-wood panel painting by theEarly Netherlandish painterPetrus Christus. It shows anativity scene withgrisaille archways andtrompe-l'œil sculptured reliefs. Christus was influenced by the first generation of Netherlandish artists, especiallyJan van Eyck andRogier van der Weyden, and the panel is characteristic of the simplicity and naturalism of art of that period. Placing archways as a framing device is a typical van der Weyden device, and here likely borrowed from that artist'sSaint John Altarpiece andMiraflores Altarpiece. Yet Christus adapts these painterly motifs to a uniquely mid-15th century sensibility, and the unusually large panel – perhaps painted as a central altarpiece panel for atriptych – is nuanced and visually complex. It shows his usual harmonious composition and employment ofone-point-perspective, especially evident in the geometric forms of the shed's roof, and his bold use of color. It is one of Christus's most important works.Max Friedländer definitely attributed the panel to Christus in 1930, concluding that "in scope and importance, [it] is superior to all other known creations of this master."

The overall atmosphere is one of simplicity, serenity and understated sophistication. It is reflective of the 14th-centuryDevotio Moderna movement, and contains complex Christian symbolism, subtly juxtaposingOld andNew Testament iconography. The sculpted figures in the archway depict biblical scenes of sin and punishment, signaling the advent ofChrist's sacrifice, with an over-reaching message of the "Fall and Redemption of humankind". Inside the archway, surrounded by four angels, is theHoly Family; beyond, a landscape extends into the far background. (Full article...)

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Image 1TheChurch of the Holy Sepulchre is aholy site inJerusalem believed by mostChristians to encompass thetomb of Jesus and the site of his crucifixion and resurrection. (fromJesus in Christianity)
Image 2God the Father (top), and the Holy Spirit (represented by a dove) depicted above Jesus Painting byFrancesco Albani (d. 1660) (fromTrinity)
Image 3Nativity at Night, byGeertgen tot Sint Jans,c. 1490 (fromJesus in Christianity)
Image 4The Holy Trinity in an angelic glory over a landscape, byLucas Cranach the Elder (d. 1553) (fromTrinity)
Image 5The Baptism of Christ, byPiero della Francesca, 15th century (fromTrinity)
Image 6The Father, The Holy Spirit, and Christ crucified, depicted in aWelsh manuscriptc. 1390–1400 (fromTrinity)
Image 7A compact diagram of the Trinity, known as the "Shield of the Trinity", consisting ofGod the Father,God the Son (Jesus), andGod the Holy Spirit (the Shield is generally not intended to be a schematic diagram of the structure of God, but it presents a series of statements about the relationship between the persons of the Trinity) (fromTrinity)
Image 8The Glory of Saint Nicholas, byAntónio Manuel da Fonseca;Nicholas of Myra, a participant in the First Council of Nicaea, achieves thebeatific vision in the shape of the Holy Trinity. (fromTrinity)
Image 9Detail of theearliest known artwork of the Trinity, theDogmatic or Trinity Sarcophagus,c. 350 (Vatican Museums).
Three similar figures, representing the Trinity, are involved in the creation ofEve, whose much smaller figure is cut off at lower right; to her right,Adam lies on the ground. (fromTrinity)
Image 10The Good Samaritan byJames Tissot. TheParable of the Good Samaritan is one of the parables of Jesus. (fromJesus in Christianity)
Image 11First page ofMark, bySargis Pitsak (14th century): "The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God". (fromJesus in Christianity)
Image 12TheAdoration of the Trinity byAlbrecht Dürer (1511)
From top to bottom: Holy Spirit (dove), God the Father and Christ on the cross (fromTrinity)
Image 13The Trinity by Russian icon painterAndrei Rublev, early 15th century: this portrayal of the threeangels who visitedAbraham at theOak of Mamre (Genesis 18:1-8) (fromTrinity)
Image 14Depiction of Trinity fromSaint Denis Basilica in Paris (12th century) (fromTrinity)
Image 15God in the person of the Son confrontsAdam and Eve, byMaster Bertram (d. c. 1415) (fromTrinity)
Image 16Representation of the Trinity in the form of themercy seat (epitaph from 1549) (fromTrinity)
Image 17Renaissance painting byJerónimo Cosida depicting Jesus as atriple deity Inner text: The Father is God; the Son is God; the Holy Spirit is God (fromTrinity)
Image 18Jesus'Farewell Discourse to his eleven remaining disciples after theLast Supper, from theMaestà byDuccio (fromJesus in Christianity)
Image 19Christ on the Cross, 1870, byCarl Heinrich Bloch, depictingJesus's crucifixion (fromJesus in Christianity)
Image 20PopeClement I prays to the Trinity, in a typical post-Renaissance depiction byGianbattista Tiepolo (d. 1770). (fromTrinity)
Image 21TheCommunion of the Apostles, byLuca Signorelli, 1512 (fromJesus in Christianity)
Image 22Three doors representing the trinity ata cathedral in Cleveland, Ohio (fromTrinity)
Image 23Jesushealing the paralytic inThe Pool byPalma il Giovane, 1592 (fromJesus in Christianity)
Image 2413th-century depiction of the Trinity from aRoman de la Rose manuscript (fromTrinity)
Image 25The Trinity by Russian icon painterAndrei Rublev, early 15th century. (fromTrinity)
Image 26An anonymous 18th century Catholic painting from the PeruvianCuzco School. This work depicts the Holy Triune God; one in essence, with three persons. (fromTrinity)
Image 27The "Heavenly Trinity" joined to the "Earthly Trinity" through theIncarnation of theSon–The Heavenly and Earthly Trinities byMurillo (c. 1677) (fromTrinity)
Image 28AGospel of John, 1056 (fromJesus in Christianity)
Image 29Depictions of the Resurrection of Jesus arecentral to Christian art (Resurrection of Christ byRaphael, 1499–1502). (fromJesus in Christianity)
Image 30A depiction of theCouncil of Nicaea in AD 325, at which the Deity of Christ was declared orthodox andArianism condemned (fromTrinity)
Image 31God the Father (top), the Holy Spirit (a dove), and the child Jesus, painting byBartolomé Esteban Murillo (d. 1682) (fromTrinity)
Image 32A Greekfresco of Athanasius of Alexandria, the chief architect of the Nicene Creed, formulated at Nicaea (fromTrinity)
Image 33A 'Jesus Saves'neon cross sign outside of a Protestant church inNew York City (fromSalvation in Christianity)
Image 34Atypical depiction of the Trinity where the Son is identified by a lamb, the Father anEye of Providence, and the Spirit a dove (fromTrinity)
Image 35Many Christians use thecrucifix to symbolise Jesus' sacrificial death and as a focus fordevotion. (fromJesus in Christianity)
Image 36The Holy Trinity on the stained glass windows of the Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul inBrockdish (fromTrinity)

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And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child. And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds. But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.

—Adoration of the Shepherds,Luke 2:10-20,King James Version

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