Abracadabra
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Abracadabra is a magic word, historically used as an apotropaic incantation on amulets and common today in stage magic. The actual origin is unknown, but one of the first appearances of the word was i
A silver talisman from the 6th or 7th century, inscribed with words similar to abracadabra
Abracadabra written in a triangular form as represented in Encyclopædia Britannica
Basilidians
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The Basilidians or Basilideans were a Gnostic sect founded by Basilides of Alexandria in the 2nd century. Basilides claimed to have been taught his doctrines by Glaucias, a disciple of St. Peter, thou
Fra Angelico's Baptism of Christ. Sonship, or divine filiation, is the condition of being a child of God.
In the account given by Irenaeus, but contradicted by Hippolytus, it was Simon of Cyrene who was crucified in Jesus' stead.