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The Bible, a collection of sacred texts. Questions should deal with the literary aspects of the text as defined by the Help Center. Otherwise, questions should refer either to Christianity Stack Exchange (for general questions related to Christianity) or Biblical Hermeneutics (questions about Biblical text using techniques or rules of interpretation).

The Bible, a collection of sacred texts. Questions should deal with the literary aspects of the text as defined by the Help Center. Otherwise, questions should refer either to Christianity Stack Exchange (for general questions related to Christianity) or Biblical Hermeneutics (questions about Biblical text using techniques or rules of interpretation).

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In The Mezzotint by M. R. James, what is a "Door Bible"?

A passage in this famous ghost story, from his published collection Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, makes reference to a "Door Bible". ‘Well, sir, of course I don’t set up my opinion against yours, but it ain’t the pictur I should ‘ang where my…
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Are angels ever depicted as having golden halos floating above their heads in the Bible?

I remember having heard that many Christian ideas don't come from the Bible like the idea of Hell and Satan. I was wondering if golden halos were also an invention of the Christian Church and isn't mentioned in the Bible.
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Why is Jesus upset with God?

In the gospels of Matthew (27:46) and Mark (15:34) in the Bible, Jesus says My God, My God, why have you forsaken me? Is this a sign that Jesus is upset with God?
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