In Early Christianity lamps, fire and light are conceived as symbols, if not as visible manifestations, of the divine nature and the divine presence. In...
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AD. They are so variant that two identical lamps are seldom found. Early Christian and late antique oil lamps were diverse. One of the most notable ones...
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wavelength near 589 nm. Two varieties of such lamps exist: low pressure and high pressure. Low-pressure sodium lamps are highly efficient electrical light sources...
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energy-efficient than equivalent incandescent lamps and fluorescent lamps. The most efficient commercially available LED lamps have efficiencies exceeding 200 lumens...
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Incandescent light bulb (redirect from Incandescent lamps)
incandescent lamp operating at a defined temperature. Light sources such as fluorescent lamps, high-intensity discharge lamps and LED lamps have higher...
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Christianity (redirect from Christian faith)
Luke and John describe Jesus's life and teachings as preserved in the early Christian tradition, with the Old Testament as the gospels' respected background...
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run the lamps at the rated voltage to restart the cycle. There are many situations where halogen lamps are dimmed successfully. However, lamp life may...
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objects or actions with an inner meaning expressing Christian ideas. The symbolism of the early Church was characterized by being understood by initiates...
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An altar lamp, also known as a chancel lamp, refers to a light which is located in the chancel (sanctuary), of various Christian churches. In Roman Catholic...
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History of Arda (redirect from Years of the Lamps)
when Melkor assaulted and destroyed the Lamps of the Valar. Arda was again darkened, and the fall of the great Lamps spoiled the symmetry of Arda's surface...
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The Saint Thomas Christians, also called Syrian Christians of India, Marthoma Suriyani Nasrani, Malankara Nasrani, or Nasrani Mappila, are an ethno-religious...
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of lamps. However, the focus of the Jain Diwali remains the dedication to Mahavira. According to the Jain tradition, this practice of lighting lamps first...
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of The Mamas & the Papas. Hendricks moved to Los Angeles and formed The Lamp of Childhood, which released three singles on Dunhill Records in 1966–67...
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Temple menorah (redirect from Seven-branched lamp)
southern side [of the Temple]." The seven lamps allude to the branches of human knowledge, represented by the six lamps inclined inwards towards, and symbolically...
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the inscriptions of the Catacombs of Rome and in early Christian literature, the names of Christians in the first three centuries did not distinctively...
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prostitution. In WWI (circa 1915), "Brothels displayed blue lamps if they were for officers and red lamps for other ranks." Some red-light districts (such as...
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Angels in art (redirect from Early Christian Representations of Angels)
Angels have appeared in works of art since early Christian art, and they have been a popular subject for Byzantine and European paintings and sculpture...
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Aladdin (redirect from Spirit of the Lamp)
piece of gold. The Sorcerer tricks a handmaiden and offers "new lamps for old lamps". Aladdin in Disney's stage show A Whole New World 54521 Aladdin...
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and Daniel 6:10, in which the prophet Daniel prays thrice a day. The early Christians thus came to recite the Lord's Prayer thrice a day at 9 am, 12 pm,...
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late second or early third century, most likely in conventional Christian contexts". The Jewish Encyclopedia says: The cross as a Christian symbol or "seal"...
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By the early 400s, thousands of Christians were living outside society. The Council of Chalcedon in 451 officially recognised the Christian monastic...
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Parable of the Ten Virgins (category Christian iconography)
virgins are wise and have brought extra oil for their lamps. Five are foolish and have brought their lamps but no extra oil. At midnight, all the virgins hear...
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Christian mysticism is the tradition of mystical practices and mystical theology within Christianity which "concerns the preparation [of the person] for...
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reproduced lamps burnt 45, 87 and 166 hours. Edison's lamps burnt at time of applying for a patent approximately 40 hours. So-called Goebel Original Lamps were...
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Trinity (redirect from Christian Trinity)
formulas. The doctrine of the Trinity was first formulated among the early Christians (mid-2nd century and later) and fathers of the Church as they attempted...
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Florence Nightingale (redirect from Lady with the Lamp)
icon of Victorian culture, especially in the persona of "The Lady with the Lamp" making rounds of wounded soldiers at night. Recent commentators have asserted...
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Catacombs of San Gennaro (section Oil lamps)
oil lamps dating from late antiquity to the Middle Ages have been found in the catacombs. Included in the findings are 54 African red slip lamps. The...
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Xenon (section Gas-discharge lamps)
first noble gas compound to be synthesized. Xenon is used in flash lamps and arc lamps, and as a general anesthetic. The first excimer laser design used...
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Lychnapsia (section Christian antiquity)
through interpretatio graeca. At Delos, women bearing lamps carried out rituals involving Isis. Lamps or candelabra could be votive offerings, and temple...
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Ancient Roman pottery (redirect from Ancient Roman oil lamps)
Roman Provincial Lamps, London 1988 For a close study of lamp production intended to draw conclusions about the emergence of Early Christian art, see Finney...
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