Example sentences of "[noun prp] the baptist " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tolkien himself thought that this bright ray was the Old English word far Venus , here applied to John the Baptist , herald of the Christ . |
| 2 | That same Spirit , of course , empowered Jesus for his rich ministry and led John the Baptist to tell others of the One who would baptize people with the Holy Spirit and with ‘ fire ’ . |
| 3 | Their views are readily recognizable in a world where the fuss about the Turin Shroud has reminded us of a time when high hopes and claims of miracle were commonly attached to pieces of the true cross or heads of John the Baptist , where much Christian literature promises believers great success in life if only they have enough faith in God , and where men and women of political power still try to have God and his Church on their side , and to use their authority to enhance their own . |
| 4 | But the man who combined the gifts of preacher and politician , and who felt called , like John the Baptist ( or , to be exact , John the Presbyterian ) , was Foster Dulles , minister 's son , Wall Street lawyer and by divine right Secretary of State . |
| 5 | They believed that in his teaching and life , God had ‘ visited his people ’ and sent a prophet and more than a prophet , an example and teacher of the way of truth and righteousness surpassing John the Baptist ; the ‘ Messiah ’ or anointed leader of ancient expectation . |
| 6 | The interior of the church — reached by going through an ornate entrance archway that seems to be competing with the presbytery doorway for the eye of the visitor — has some good frescoes , particularly the Crucifixion with the Virgin and St John the Baptist by Giovan Battista Crespi , and a canvas study of the Nativity by Marco d'Oggiono . |
| 7 | Like you think you 're John the Baptist because an angel pointed at you . ’ |
| 8 | The Chapel of St John the Baptist ( 14 ) or Chapel of the Arnošts was founded by Archbishop Arnošt of Pardubice . |
| 9 | The painting on the altar is the Death of St Joseph by Kracker , with a St John the Baptist and a St John the Evangelist sculpted by Platzer . |
| 10 | The iconography concerns the life of John the Baptist . |
| 11 | A statue of St John the Baptist , patron saint of the Knights of Malta , stands in the centre . |
| 12 | CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST , AVON DASSETT , WARWICKSHIRE |
| 13 | AT THE END of this pretty Warwickshire village , in a steeply sloping ancient graveyard , stands the Church of St John the Baptist . |
| 14 | St John the Baptist had to be preserved at all costs . |
| 15 | This the Commissioners accepted , and St John the Baptist remains part of the village scene at Avon Dassett . |
| 16 | Technically , the inquiry is non-statutory and therefore the Church Commissioners are not bound by its recommendations , but the likelihood is that they will abide by them , as in the case of the village church of St John the Baptist in Avon Dassett . |
| 17 | Church of Saint John the Baptist , Avon Dassett , Warwickshire . |
| 18 | Mr Heseltine had evangelized Whitehall on behalf of his cause like a latter-day John the Baptist . |
| 19 | The Roman Catholic church of 1777 ( now removed to the Ulster Folk Museum ) was dedicated to St John the Baptist , as in the modern church which replaced it nearby exactly 200 years later . |
| 20 | John the Baptist was his forerunner , ’ said the Galleon firmly , underlining his respectability . |
| 21 | Have them all — Billy Graham , Moody and Sankey , Bah á'u'll; áh , John the Baptist . |
| 22 | I have dedicated him to the blessed St John the Baptist and had him circumcised . ’ |
| 23 | The days passed , the monks celebrated the Feast of Midsummer , the beheading of St. John the Baptist . |
| 24 | Two local village churches have been the recipients of the Group 's generosity : in 1958 the Church of St. James , Thrapston , received the pews which had previously been installed in the Chelveston base chapel and the tower of the Church of St John the Baptist in nearby Caldecott-cum-Chelveston was restored with the help of the 305th . |
| 25 | The parish church is dedicated to St John the Baptist , whose feast is the 24th June , and it was decided to hold the event on the nearest Saturday . |
| 26 | In order to expiate his sins and make sure of his place in Heaven , in 1556 he founded the Hospital of St John the Baptist , an almshouse for the ‘ support and relief of poor and indigent people ’ . |
| 27 | In addition , the schoolmaster was obliged to say Mass each Sunday and holy day , and at least twice a week , at the altar of St John the Baptist in the parish church . |
| 28 | The election of the two wardens takes place every two years , on or near the Feast of the Beheading of St John the Baptist in August , in the old school room . |
| 29 | Some say John the Baptist ; others say Elijah ; and still others , Jeremiah or one of the prophets . |
| 30 | In Mark 6 verses 14–29 you can read the tragic story of Herod ordering the execution of Jesus ' cousin , John the Baptist . |