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| | Encyclopedia: Calvary |
 | | Calvary (Golgotha) is the English-language name given to the hill outside Jerusalem on which Jesus was crucified according to Christian tradition. | | | See also: Eyewitness-reports about the location of Calvary: Pilgrim of Bordeaux (in 333), Eusebius (338), bishop Cyrillus (347), pilgrim Egeria (383), bishop Eucherius of Lyon (440), Breviarius de Hierosolyma (530), in German. | | | The New Testament describes Calvary as close to Jerusalem (John 19:20), and outside of its walls (Hebrews 13:12). |
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| | Calvary on Encyclopedia.com |
| | The spot is within the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. | | | The traditional identification of the site of Calvary was made by St. Helena, the mother of the Emperor Constantine, when she found (c.326) what was believed to be a relic of the actual cross on which Jesus was crucified. | | | Calvary Assembly Pastor Clark Whitten with the display for the rock opera "Hero" in the church's bookstore in Orlando, Florida, on Tuesday, November 4, 2003. |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Mount Calvary |
| | It is beyond doubt that the Calvary we have been considering is the same as that of the Middle Ages, but is it correct to identify it with that of the Gospels? | | | A vestige of the second tradition subsists in a scraggy olive tree a few yards away, religiously guarded, which the Abyssinians still claim to have been the bush in which the ram's horns were caught when the angel stayed the hand of Abraham. | | | After the Apostolic Age no more is heard of Calvary until the fourth century. |
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| | definition of calvary |
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| | Calvary - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Calvary |
| | When Felicite passed the Calvary again, she felt as if she must entrust that which was dearest to her to the Lord; and for a long while she prayed, with uplifted eyes and a face wet with tears. | | | The Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem, showing one of the 14 stations which mark the stages of Jesus' journey to Calvary, the place of his crucifixion. | | | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. |
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