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Philip C. Almond

Philip C. Almond

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Not quite angels: why we should stop calling these small winged children ‘cherubs’

Not quite angels: why we should stop calling these small winged children ‘cherubs’

The image you hold in your head of a cherub is completely unlike the cherubs of the biblical and medieval traditions.

15.08.2025 30

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Philip C. Almond

What will the Antichrist look like? According to Western thought, an authoritarian king – or the pope

In casting himself as supreme leader and pope, Donald Trump inadvertently invoked the Christian understanding of the Antichrist.

09.05.2025 5

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Philip C. Almond

Was Jesus Palestinian?

Netflix’s upcoming biblical biopic, Mary, has been attacked on social media because the title character and her husband Joseph are being played by...

22.11.2024 20

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Philip C. Almond