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Miles Christianus
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The miles Christianus 'Christian soldier' or miles Christi 'soldier of Christ' is a Christian allegory based on New Testament military metaphors, especially the Armor of God metaphor of military equip
An early example of the miles christianus allegory in a manuscript of the Summa Vitiorum by William Peraldus, mid 13th century. The knight is equipped with a detailed Armour of God, including an early depiction of the Shield of the Trinity, and he is crowned by an angel holding the gloss non coronabuntur nisi qui legitime certaverint 'none will be crowned but those who truly struggle' and in the other hand a list of the seven beatitudes, matched with the
An early example of the miles christianus allegory in a manuscript of the Summa Vitiorum by William Peraldus, mid 13th century. The knight is equipped
The Christi milites to the left of the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb in the Ghent Altarpiece (c. 1430)
The Christi milites to the left of the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb in the Ghent Altarpiece (c. 1430)
Paganism
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In early Christianity, paganism collectively referred to the diverse religious practices of all people who were polytheists. More specifically, it denoted anyone who did not adhere to an Abrahamic rel
Miles Christianus
…Christian leaders in the First Crusade. The metaphor has its origins in early Christianity of the Roman Empire, and gave rise to the contrasting term paganus (hitherto used in the sense of 'civilian, one lacking discipline') for its opposite, i.e. one who was not a soldier of Christ. Chivalry as the idealized…
Engraving depicting two Roman women offering a ritual sacrifice to the pagan goddess Vesta, 1887
Engraving depicting two Roman women offering a ritual sacrifice to the pagan goddess Vesta, 1887
Reconstruction of the Parthenon, on the Acropolis of Athens, Greece
Reconstruction of the Parthenon, on the Acropolis of Athens, Greece
Men of Theth (Shala) practicing the gjâmë – the Albanian lamentation of the dead – in 1937. The earliest figurative representations of this practice i
Men of Theth (Shala) practicing the gjâmë – the Albanian lamentation of the dead – in 1937. The earliest figurative representations of this practice in traditional Albanian-inhabited regions appear on Dardanian funerary stelae of classical antiquity.
The Pietas Comunità Gentile Celebrates the 2777th Natale di Roma at the Circus Maximus
The Pietas Comunità Gentile Celebrates the 2777th Natale di Roma at the Circus Maximus