Descent

  • 101Descent of Angels — Infobox Book | name = Descent of Angels author = Mitchel Scanlon country = United Kingdom language = English series = The Horus Heresy genre = Science fiction novel publisher = Black Library release date = 29 September 2007 media type = Print… …

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  • 102Descent from the cross —    Pontius Pilate granted permission to Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus to remove Christ s body from the cross for burial. The Descent from the Cross shows the moment when this task is carried out by the two men. One of the most remarkable… …

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  • 103Descent of Inanna, The —    An ancient Sumerian myth and epic poem dealing with Inanna (or Ishtar), goddess of love and sexual desire, and her lover/ consort, the shepherd Dumuzi. Several versions of the story, which is sometimes called The Descent of Ishtar, were… …

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  • 104Descent of Mary — The Descent of Mary (Γεννα Μαριας or Genna Marias ) is a minor work of the New Testament apocrypha which is only known through mention in the Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis, who gives a short passage. Epiphanius attributes the tale to the… …

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  • 105Descent of Kamehameha from Wakea — Table of descent from Wakea to Kamehameha I. Wākea Pāpāhānaumokuākea Sky Father Mother Earth | Pili Kaiaea 1st Alii Aimoku of Hawaii 1125 1155 = Hina a au aku Pili Kaiaea 1st Alii Aimoku of Hawaii 1125 1155 = Hina a au aku Koa = Hina a aumai Lo e …

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  • 106Descent of Juan Carlos I from Pelagius — This list shows the descent of Juan Carlos I of Spain from Chindasuinth, a Visigoth king, and before that from Pelagius of Asturias ( es. Pelayo, pt. Pelágio); the founder of the Kingdom of Asturias, ruling from 718 until his death, credited with …

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  • 107descent into Hades — The Greek Hades (REB, NRSV, NJB, Luke 16:23) replaces ‘hell’ of AV, which is a translation of the Hebrew sheol (Ezek. 31:15, NRSV, REB, NJB). In the OT (e.g. Jonah 2:2–6) and in the Dead Sea scrolls there are notions of the idea of a descent into …

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  • 108descent, parallel — See parallel descent …

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  • 109descent fuel — The fuel consumed from the top of the descent to the approach or holding altitude …

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  • 110descent into hell —    This term (from the Latin de , meaning down, and scandere, meaning to climb ) refers to the article in the Apostles Creed that states that after his Resurrection, Jesus went down into sheol, the realm of the dead; the descent intohell is often …

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