Priests Collection (page 7)

Samuel Given to Priests
Samuel, as a baby, is dedicated to the priestly life by his mother Hannah; but God later tells Samuel of the priests sins and warns of misfortunes to come

Elijah and Baal Priests
He contends with the priests of Baal - and of course out- magics them, calling down fire from Heaven

C8 Religious Costume
Ecclesiastical habits, priests singing and making music

Codex Troano - 2
Part of a Calendar used by Maya priests, depicting gods and symbolic creatures Plate xxi

European Culture / Ethiopi
The Italians, having conquered Ethiopia, bestow the benefits of European culture, such as the trappings of Roman Catholicism

Charles VII Enters Rouen
Charles VII enters Rouen

Olaf Arrives in Norway
Olaf Tryggvesson returns to Norway after his wanderings bringing with him Christianity, his new religion

Meyerbeer / Huguenots / Lib4
Act 4 scene 5 - priests bless the swords of the Catholics who are about to slaughter the Huguenots in the Massacre of Saint Bartholomew

Troitsa Monastery
Priests on the porch steps of Troitsa monastery in Russia

Celtic New Year
CELTIC NEW YEAR In Celtic cultures in Britain and western Europe, the new year is the occasion for gathering mistletoe, by the Druid priests

Jewish Priest
A Jewish Priest in his ceremonial garb

Priests, Ancient Times
A Jewish priest of ancient times

Mania / Railway Juggernaut
THE RAILWAY JUGGERNAUT OF 1845 Anyone who has any savings, offers them as a sacrifice to the speculators who serve as priests to the Great Railway God

Women Priests
Women priests ? The churches will be fuller

Constans and Priests
Byzantine emperor Constans II Pogonatus, who does not share the views of the Roman pontiff, ill-treats his priests

Zoroastrian Priests / Fire
Zoroastrian priests perform a ritual before the sacred fire

Temple Scene, Rome
A scene outside a Roman temple on a feast day - priests and musicians, haruspices and augurs. sacrifices galore

Rome / Luperci
LUPERCI - priests from a collegium who officiated at the Lupercalia honouring the wolf which suckled Romes founders, striking women with thongs to make them fertile

Roman Sacrifice Bull
Roman priests prepare to sacrifice a bull

Propitiatory Sacrifice
God needs to be propitiated if you want him to do you a favour : so any such request is prefaced by bringing a lamb or a goat for the priests to slaughter on your behalf

Sacrificial Bread
Showbread (or shewbread), in French Pains de Proposition, is brought weekly to the Temple as a sacrifice to God. If he doesn t eat it within a week, the priests consume it

Jesus Questioned (Baurn)
Jesus is interrogated by the High Priests. He is brought before Pilate who asks him Art thou the king of the Jews ?

Judas Rejects the Silver
Judas regrets that he betrayed Jesus : he rejects the thirty pieces of silver paid him by the High Priests, and goes into the fields and hangs himself

Children Fighting
Boys are encouraged to fight warlike games - the priests look on indulgently

Starting Young
Poor kids ! The priests start them off with the Holy Spirit, then the distillers finish them off with spirits of the other kind

Pompey Holy of Holies
Pompeius enters the Holy of Holies in the temple at Jerusalem, much to the disapproval of the priests

Paul Escapes
Paul - now a convert to Christianity - escapes from Damascus where the priests are not very pleased by his change of heart

Jewish Ceremonial Lights
In their ceremonies, Jewish priests use the well-known seven-branched candlestick to illumine the Holy of Holies

Massacres of Royalists
MASSACRES OF ROYALISTS In Paris and throughout France, not only aristocrats but priests and wealthy merchants were assassinated by the revolutionary mobs

With Italian Priests
During his victorious Italian campaign, 1796-1797, he is sympathetic to Italian priests who had feared the worst from a foreign invasion

Sick are Blessed
Priests bless the sick in front of the Rosary

Procession of Priests
Procession of priests

Pilgrims at the Grotto
Pilgrims at the grotto - priests, peasants and fashionably dressed folk

Funeral of Patroclus
Priests and sacrificial bull at the funeral of Patroclus

The Maccabees, whose family won religious and political independence for the Jews, whom they ruled from 166 BC to 63 BC, and as priests till 37 BC

Copts, Eritrea / 1895
A group of Coptic priests, Eritrea

Ancient Egypt Priests
Egyptian priests playing the harp

Chinese River Magic
CHINA Priests wear masks, the better to frighten demons and prevent further flooding of the Yellow River (Hwang Ho)

Priests and Scribes
Jesus is confronted and challenged by the priests and scribes

Pyramid Observatory
Astronomer-priests of Ancient Egypt take advantage of the unique facilities of the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) using it as an observatory

Buddhist Anaesthesia
BUDDHIST NOVICE PRIESTS at Setchuan, China, have burning incense placed on their shaven heads; it leaves deep scars but their training enables them to disregard the pain

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