Religion Collection (page 22)

ELISHA POSTHUMOUSMIRACLE
After Elisha's death, a supposedly dead man's body happens to touch his bones and he is brought back to life and stands up on his feet

DAVID AND ABIGAIL
When David demands protection money, Nabal refuses : the angry David is appeased by Nabal's wife Abigail, but Nabal dies of despair, and David takes Abigail as wife

ELISHA IN SAMARIA
Ben-hadad king of Syria besiegs Samaria, where food becomes so scarce the populace are reduced to cannibalism : the king of Israel blames Elisha and plans his death

ABRAHAM BURIES SARA
When his wife Sarah dies, Abraham arranges for her to be buried in a cave, just as he will be when his time comes

ELI FALLS AND DIES
When 98-year old High Priest Eli learns of the misfortunes of his family - including the death of his two sons - he falls and breaks his neck

EVIL-DOERS PUNISHED
A man who took the name of God in vain, and another who violated the Sabbath by plucking a few straws in the fields, are stoned to death - such is God's Law !

BEFORE LEAVING EGYPT
Following the last plague - the death of the first-born - the Hebrews eat their last meal standing, dressed for travel, staff in hand... ready to leave Egypt

PRAYING AT A GRAVE
Kikuo, a retainer of the feudal lord, prays at his dead master's grave

Babylonian court official SHADRACH, together with ABEDNEGO and MESHACH, are thrown into a fiery furnace when they refuse to bow before a gold image of Nebuchadnezzar Date: circa 550 BC

MARY DIES
on her deathbed Date: 1st century

MARY GOES TO HEAVEN
When Mary dies, her youth is restored and she is carried by eight angels to Heaven where God and her son Jesus are waiting to welcome her Date: 1st century

JESUS DIES
It is finished !

VOTING FOR PIUS XII
After the death of Pius XI, the cardinals gather in the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican, where they will elect Eugenio Pacelli as Pius XII Date: February 1939

MOURNING FOR MOSES
When Moses dies, he is mourned by the Israelites with loud lamentations, rending of garments and anointing of heads with dust

The monks of Saint-Bernard clear snow after an avalanche blocks the pass and prevents access to their monastery Date: 1897

At Nice, France, a procession of Red Penitents is watched by Victoria, queen of England, from her carriage Date: 1898

RACHEL DIES
Jacob's wife RACHEL dies while giving birth to their youngest son, Benjamin

UZZIAH CONTRACTS LEPROSY
Uzziah, king of Judah, contracts leprosy, from which, alas, he will ultimately die in 783 BC Date: circa 790 BC

MISSION SCHOOL, MITCHELL
Mission school at Mitchell River, Queensland. Date: 1906

Two little girls, well wrapped up against the cold, hear their first sermon in the village church Date: 1886

BURIAL IN CATACOMBS
An early Christian burial in the catacombs of Rome Date: 1st century

MARY DIES / FOUQUET
Mary on her deathbed is surrounded by friends of the family, while her son looks down from Heaven, holding the soul of his mother in the form of an infant Date: 1st century

PRESENTATION TO OSIRIS
Ani, recently dead, is taken to the Underworld where he is presented to Osiris

The Jews in New York Girls going to CONFIRMATION, Temple Emanuel. Date: 1892

The Jews in New York PASSOVER SUPPER Date: 1892

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At Banneux, Belgium, where the Virgin Mary appeared to Mariette Beco in 1933, pilgrims stock up with water from the sacred spring which she caused to flow Date: 1990

RELIGION PERSECUTED
When their church is closed, Christians hold a service in a barn, but someone locks the doors and sets fire to the building : the priest and six others burn to death Date: 1932

ORTHODOX PERSECUTED
When their church is closed, Christians hold a service in a barn, but someone locks the doors and sets fire to the building : the priest and six others burn to death Date: 1932

HOGARTH NOON HUGUENOTS
2. Noon Huguenot refugees attend chapel, opposite an eating house - St Giles in the Field is visible in the background. Date: 1738

An Irish pilgrim to SAINT PATRICK'S PURGATORY, in Lough Dergh, sits in Saint Bridget's Chair, knowing that by doing so he is forever protected from accident and sudden death Date: 1847

AN IRISH PENITENT A pious Irish pilgrim to Saint Patrick's Purgatory, Lough Dergh (Donegal), tells his beads in one of the seven Saints Beds on the island Date: 1847

PILGRIMS/COMPOSTELLA
Two pilgrims - Die Jacobs Bruder - make their way to Compostella, dressed in the traditional garb ornamented with coquilles saint-Jacques identifying them as pilgrims Date: 1568

The Jesuits are expelled from France Date: 1764

German monks building roads and bridges Date: 8th century

MASS OF THE DEAD
MESSE DES MORTS Taking the sacramental bread and wine at the Mass for the Dead Date: 1724

MOSLEMS AND HOURIS
Moslems are taught that if they die for the faith, they will find beautiful nymphs - HOURIS - awaiting them in the next world : so they go happily to their deaths

RELIGION/INDIA/KALI
KALI, the fearsome Hindu goddess of death, watches while a sacrifical victim is put painfully to death

PAUL & PETER SAVE BOY
Paul and Peter bring a dead boy back to life Date: circa 60

BISHOP HANNINGTON DIES
James Hannington, bishop of Eastern equatorial Africa, sent to Uganda by the Church Missionary Society, is murdered by natives on the orders of the king of Uganda Date: 1885

ITALIAN PREACHER
An excited Italian preacher works up the congregation in a Holy Week imprecation, while hooded members of an order of Death stand behind him Date: circa 1840

Anubis, god of the dead, with head of a jackel
Anubis, god of the dead, with the head of a jackel

ANUBIS/OSIRIS
Anubis, god of the dead with the head of a jackel, and a recently deceased mortal

IN THE CATACOMBS
Early Christians worship in the catacombs of Saint Calixtus, below Rome, soon after the death of Jesus Date: 50

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JESUS ON CROSS POUSSIN
Mary watches, soldiers play dice, Jesus and his companions slowly die

BIBLE/PLAGUE/FIRST BORN
Death of the first born. Date: OT

JESUS CRUCIFIED/FRENCH
Jesus is crucified : a soldier pierces his side with a lance, to give him an easier death, while another offers him a sponge of hyssop. Note the Sun, Moon and Serpent. Date: 1ST CENTURY

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