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and Lutheran churches believe that Mary

a foundation of the Christian faith

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and which with a two-horse chariot or biga was the prototype for the most common designs used on Roman silver coins for the next 150 years

A city on a hill cannot be hidden

Antique Russian icon of ST. John the Baptist 19th century widows mite pendants and Lutheran churches believe thatIcon description . the Baptist John, thus came to be called the Forerunner of Christ, a star compared to Christ, the Sun of Righteousness. Our Lord Himself called him the greatest born of women. Thus in the Church he has become the particular patron of monks and is called an earthly angel and a heavenly man. This is why in icons which portray him, he is shown as having wings. These are not of course physical wings, they are the spiritual wings of the