Christ

Be it with candles or the pine sticks preferred in Sagada, lighting a flame is "inviting the presence of Christ with us, having fellowship with our departed loved ones", he said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

In his “Mystic Mandorla,” which is missing its central element, a figure of Christ or Mary, the angels seem almost to cavort as they go about their task.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Remembering that the naked nuns are not cloistered because of some vocational dedication to Christ but because of their troublesome uselessness to the patriarchal order, they become that much more sympathetic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

The principal lecturer in public health at Canterbury Christ Church University said she hoped the initiative promoted and encouraged other people to set up phone box libraries.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Greek mythology begins with Homer, generally believed to be not earlier than a thousand years before Christ.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Rokeach, who died in 1988, ultimately said that the three Christs cured him of his “God-like delusion” that he could change them.

From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2020

Three Christs An empathetic psychiatrist treats three men suffering from schizophrenia in 1959 Michaigan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2019

But that performance pales compared to his role in Jon Avnet’s Three Christs, where he plays one of a trio of schizophrenics who claim to be Jesus.

From The Verge ● Sep. 22, 2017

They don’t usually believe in flying saucers, like the 39 suicides of Heaven’s Gate, or homegrown Christs with a taste for classic rock, like the Branch Davidians of Waco.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2013

Unlike the suffering, earthbound Christs depicted at eye level on the church walls, our Christ Pantocrator was clearly transcendent, all-powerful, heaven- bestriding.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides