A-Z: Literary titles from the Bible
- Between the Porch and the altar
- Blessed are the peacemakers
- Blessed are they that have not seen
- Blessed be the paps
- Blessed Virgin Mary Compared to the Air We Breathe, The
- Blind Bartimaeus
- Bread upon the waters
- Bunch of grapes, The
- Burning of the Temple
- But men loved darkness rather than light
- By the rivers of Babylon we sat down and wept
- By the waters of Babylon, B.C.570
- By the waters of Whitechapel
- Cana Revisited
- Carpenter's Son, The
- Carpenter's Son, The
- Castle of Perseverance (and various other mystery plays)
- Charity
- Chewing the cud, The
- Child
- Children of men, The
- Christ
- Christ crucified
- Christmas
- Cold Lazarus
- Coming of the End, The
- Coming of the plague, The
- Confessions of a Justified Sinner
- Consider the Lilies
- Consider the [3Lilies3] of the Field
- Coronet, The
- Covenant, The
- Crucible, The
- Crucifixion (many poems contain this term)
- Crucifying
- Darkness at Noon
- Darkness Visible
- Daughter of Herodias, The
- David
- David and Bathsheba
- David and Goliath
- David in the cave of Adullam
- Day of Atonement
- Day of Judgement
- Day of Judgement, The
- De Profundis
- De Profundis
- Death is Swallowed up in Victory
- Death of Moses, The
- Death of Saul, The
A-Z: Literary titles from the Bible: But men loved darkness rather than light
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PoemDefinition
Christians believe that God sent his son, Jesus so that whoever believed in him would not perish. Those who choose not to believe are described to be living in darkness rather than lightThe Bible describes God as the unique supreme being, creator and ruler of the universe.
The name given to the man believed by Christians to be the Son of God. Also given the title Christ, meaning 'anointed one' or Messiah. His life is recorded most fully in the Four Gospels.
Symbolic in the Bible of sin and the apparent absence of God, who is associated with light.
In the Bible light is associated with the presence of God, whereas darkness symbolises the absence of God.
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