Queen of Heaven - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Queen Of Heaven: Encyclopedia Ii - Queen Of Heaven - Christian Hymn
The Regina Cæli (Queen of Heaven) is an anthem of the Roman Catholic Church which replaces the Angelus at Eastertide (from Holy Saturday...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Isis: Encyclopedia - Isis
Isis is a female goddess in the Egyptian belief. She was most prominent mythologically as the wife of Horus, or, in later periods, as the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Isis: Encyclopedia Ii - Isis - Mythology
Isis - Early Isis. The first prominent role of Isis was as the assistant to the deceased king. Thus she gained a funerary association, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heavenly Mother: Encyclopedia Ii - Heavenly Mother - Origin Of The Heavenly Mother Doctrine
The doctrine of the Heavenly Mother is attributed to Joseph Smith, Jr., the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, who soon before his...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heavenly Mother: Encyclopedia Ii - Heavenly Mother - Elaborations On The Heavenly Mother Doctrine
In general, the Heavenly Mother doctrine "is a shadowy and elusive one floating around the edges of Mormon consciousness". (Wilcox at 64....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heavenly Mother: Encyclopedia Ii - Heavenly Mother - Acknowledgement Of The Doctrine By The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints did not formally acknowledge the existence of a Heavenly Mother until 1909, in a doctrina...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Isis: Encyclopedia Ii - Isis - Links To Christianity
Some scholars argue that aspects of Isis worship have influenced the practices of some Christians in regard to the Virgin Mary, and espec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Isis: Encyclopedia Ii - Isis - Worship
Isis - Temples. Most Egyptian deities started off as strictly local, and throughout their history retained local centers of worship, wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Isis: Encyclopedia Ii - Isis - Isis Outside Egypt
The cult of Isis rose to prominence in the Hellenistic world, beginning in the last centuries BC, until it was eventually banned by the C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Isis: Encyclopedia Ii - Isis - Associations
Because of the association between knots and magical power, a symbol of Isis was the tiet/tyet (meaning welfare/life), also called the K...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Isis: Encyclopedia Ii - Isis - Iconography
In art, originally Isis was pictured as a woman wearing a long sheath dress and crowned with the hieroglyphic sign for a seat, sometimes ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Queen Of Heaven: Encyclopedia Ii - Queen Of Heaven - Fertile Crescent Religions
Queen of Heaven is a natural title for the Great Goddess central to many religions of antiquity. In Sumer Inanna was hailed as "Queen of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Queen Of Heaven: Encyclopedia Ii - Queen Of Heaven - Christianity
Queen of Heaven (Latin Regina Cæli) is a title used particularly in the Roman Catholic Church for the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus Chris...   » Read the article