Valentinus, a poet himself, loved the power of biblical images, especially John's.

One block book is known from about 1530, a collection of Biblical images with text, printed in Italy.

"Figurative windows have to translate into a modern language" rather than recapitulate biblical images, he said.

Joseph tells Wilhelm of why he came to be named after the saint, and how the Biblical images played a role in his life.

This history and these biblical images have provided the raw material for theologically justifying the violence of contemporary Christian groups.

From a side alley, a biblical image suddenly appeared: a man striding slowly with a lamb draped around his shoulders.

The church contained a splendid 17th-century painted ceiling expressing biblical images and a pulpit from 1648 by an unknown master.

"Sometimes I feel so weak I wanna explode," he sang in the song named for that biblical image.

Fretheim defends his thesis by claiming that "metaphors matter" and appealing to biblical images of an imminent deity.

One of the side altars is Baroque with Biblical images surrounded by Solomonic columns.