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2. Praying Hands (Dürer) - Wikipedia

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   Dimensions. 29.1 cm × 19.7 cm (11.5 in × 7.8 in) Location. Albertina, Vienna. Praying Hands ( German: Betende Hände ), also known as Study of the Hands of an Apostle ( Studie zu den Händen eines Apostels ), is a pen-and-ink drawing by the German printmaker, painter and theorist Albrecht Dürer. The work is today stored at the Albertina ...

3. File:Albrecht Dürer - Praying Hands, 1508 - Google Art ...

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   The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States.

4. Orans - Wikipedia

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   Orans, a loanword from Medieval Latin orans ( Latin: [ˈoː.raːns]) translated as "one who is praying or pleading", also orant or orante, as well as lifting up holy hands, is a posture or bodily attitude of prayer, usually standing, with the elbows close to the sides of the body and with the hands outstretched sideways, palms up.

5. Prayer - Wikipedia

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   Prayer is an invocation or act that seeks to activate a rapport with an object of worship through deliberate communication. In the narrow sense, the term refers to an act of supplication or intercession directed towards a deity or a deified ancestor. More generally, prayer can also have the purpose of thanksgiving or praise, and in comparative ...

6. Early Christian art and architecture - Wikipedia

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   Early Christian art and architecture. Early Christian art and architecture (or Paleochristian art) is the art produced by Christians, or under Christian patronage, from the earliest period of Christianity to, depending on the definition, sometime between 260 and 525. In practice, identifiably Christian art only survives from the 2nd century ...

7. United House of Prayer for All People - Wikipedia

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   The United House of Prayer for All People, officially the United House of Prayer for All People of the Church on the Rock of the Apostolic Faith or simply the United House of Prayer ( UHOP) is a Oneness Pentecostal denomination. It was founded by Cabo Verdean Marcelino Manuel da Graça. In 1919, Grace built the first United House of Prayer For ...

8. Prayer wheel - Wikipedia

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   A prayer wheel, or mani wheel, is a cylindrical wheel ( Tibetan: འཁོར་ལོ།, Wylie: 'khor lo, Oirat: кюрдэ) for Buddhist recitation. The wheel is installed on a spindle made from metal, wood, stone, leather, or coarse cotton. Prayer wheels are common in Tibet and areas where Tibetan culture is predominant. Traditionally, a ...

9. Pharisee and the Publican - Wikipedia

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   The Pharisee & the Publican, baroque fresco in Ottobeuren Basilica. The parable of the Pharisee & the Publican (or the Pharisee & the Tax Collector) is a parable of Jesus that appears in the Gospel of Luke. In Luke 18 :9–14, [1] a self-righteous Pharisee, obsessed by his own virtue, is contrasted with a tax collector who humbly asks God for ...