 | Thomas Whittemore - 1848 - 402 pages
...abominations and filthiness ; while the other is lifted above all earthly glory and magnificence, and has the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown or circle of twelve stars : the former represents the city of Rome, distinguished by great magnificence,... | |
 | 1849 - 632 pages
...coming woes. The woman seen in heaven, an emblem of the Church of Christ, is clothed with the sun, has the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. The fourth vial is poured upon the sun, and scorching heat is given it to plague the sinful nations. In... | |
 | Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg - 1851 - 504 pages
...confirmation." Ver. 1. And there appeared a great sign in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet. and on her head a crown of twelve stars. A sign, because John sawthings not in their proper nature, but in figure and enigma ; the church, for... | |
 | James Augustine Stothert - 1851 - 276 pages
...the saints. " And a great sign appeared in heaven," says St. John, "A woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet ; and on her head a crown of twelve stars;" (Apoc. xii. 1.) words which mystically express the preeminent glory of Mary in heaven. With this exception,... | |
 | George Fellows Harrington - 1851 - 216 pages
...commencement of the 12th chapter of Eevelations, John represents Masonry as a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars; this symbolical representation must be particularly striking to Masons — and it will not be out of... | |
 | Familiar sketches - 1851 - 348 pages
...tunes his harp anew to sing of the " great sign in heaven" — the " woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars." (Rev. xii.) Time is to pass on, and the " multitude that surrounds the throne" is to increase. We are... | |
 | Adolphe Napoléon Didron - 1891 - 468 pages
...fall from heaven. " And there appeared a great wonder in heaven : a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve str.rs." (Chapter xii. 1.) Picture. — The Holy Virgin upon clouds, with a purple robe and angel's... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1852 - 512 pages
...is evident that the idea is taken from the woman in the Apocalypse, " clothed with the sun, having the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars." The Virgin is to be portrayed in the first spring and bloom of youth as a maiden of about twelve or thirteen... | |
 | Samuel Jenkins - 1852 - 342 pages
...eminent saints. When we look at the prophecies, and read of a wo8 ' (85) man clothed with the sun, having the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars, it is hard to descend in our mind from the contemplation of such splendid beauty,' and realize that... | |
 | 1852 - 618 pages
...the beatitude of the saints." AND A GREAT SIGN APPEARED IN HEAVEN, A WOMAN CLOTHED WITH THE SUN, AND THE MOON UNDER HER FEET, AND ON HER HEAD A CROWN OF TWELVE STARS, " WOrdt which mystically express the pre-eminent glory of Mary in heaven." If this is the proof of... | |
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And a great portent appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars; 2 she was with child and she cried out in her pangs of birth, in anguish for delivery. 
