Christ
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His San Gregorio Polyptych, painted in 1473, depicts the Virgin Mary holding an infant Jesus Christ, flanked by St Gregory and St Benedict as well as several angels.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Other scenes include the Last Supper, Pilate washing his hands, Christ carrying the cross, and the Crucifixion itself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
A planned role as King Herod in a production of “Jesus Christ Superstar” was put on ice.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
Assigning yourself the heavy duty of curing all disorders, however, strikes me as even more hubristic than comparing oneself to Jesus Christ.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026
It was not, of course, unknown: Christianity, after all, was named after Christ.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Three Christs An empathetic psychiatrist treats three men suffering from schizophrenia in 1959 Michaigan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2019
But that performance pales compared to his role in Jon Avnet’s Three Christs, where he plays one of a trio of schizophrenics who claim to be Jesus.
From The Verge ● Sep. 22, 2017
The play acknowledges this predicament when one of the Christs remarks, “Why pay to see a comedy, when we have a comedy right here?”
From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2014
They don’t usually believe in flying saucers, like the 39 suicides of Heaven’s Gate, or homegrown Christs with a taste for classic rock, like the Branch Davidians of Waco.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2013
Unlike the suffering, earthbound Christs depicted at eye level on the church walls, our Christ Pantocrator was clearly transcendent, all-powerful, heaven- bestriding.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
