Lamb of God

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Christian theological concept Christological title

Lamb of God is a Christian theological title for Jesus Christ that emphasizes his role as the sacrificial offering who takes away the sins of the world.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Lamb of God canonical	14
The Lamb of God	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian theological concept ⓘ Christological title ⓘ
appearsIn	New Testament ⓘ
associatedWithDoctrine	atonement ⓘ forgiveness of sins ⓘ redemption ⓘ salvation ⓘ substitutionary sacrifice ⓘ
biblicalBasis	Gospel of John ⓘ
connectedToEvent	Crucifixion of Jesus ⓘ Last Supper ⓘ
contrastedWith	Lion of Judah ⓘ
emphasizesRoleAs	sacrificial offering ⓘ
eschatologicalRole	heavenly lamb in the Book of Revelation ⓘ
iconographicAttribute	lamb bearing a cross ⓘ lamb with a banner ⓘ
invokedAs	Agnus Dei in liturgical prayers ⓘ
languageOfOrigin	Greek ⓘ
liturgicalUse	Christian liturgy ⓘ Holy Eucharist ⓘ surface form: Eucharist Mass ⓘ
originalForm	Agnus Dei ⓘ
originalFormLanguage	Latin ⓘ
petitionFormula	grant us peace ⓘ have mercy on us ⓘ
proclaimedBy	John the Baptist ⓘ
refersTo	Jesus Christ ⓘ
relatedTo	Isaiah’s suffering servant ⓘ Passover lamb ⓘ sacrificial system of the Old Testament ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
scripturalReference	John 1:29 ⓘ John 1:36 ⓘ Revelation 13:8 ⓘ Book of Revelation ⓘ surface form: Revelation 5 Revelation 7 ⓘ
symbolizes	innocence ⓘ obedience ⓘ purity ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ
takesAway	sins of the world ⓘ
theologicalTheme	Christ as sacrificial lamb ⓘ reconciliation between God and humanity ⓘ vicarious suffering ⓘ
usedByTradition	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Orthodox Church Protestant churches ⓘ
usedIn	Christian hymnody ⓘ Christian iconography ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jesus Christ → title → Lamb of God ⓘ

the Book of Life → associatedWith → Lamb of God ⓘ

subject surface form: Book of Life

the Seven Seals → openedBy → Lamb of God ⓘ

subject surface form: Seven Seals

the Whore of Babylon → opposedBy → Lamb of God ⓘ

subject surface form: Whore of Babylon

Agnus Dei → theologicalTitleUsed → Lamb of God ⓘ

Lion of Judah → contrastedWith → Lamb of God ⓘ

Metallica → influencedArtist → Lamb of God ⓘ

John → keyChristologicalTitle → Lamb of God ⓘ

subject surface form: Gospel of John

Liturgy of the Eucharist → hasElement → Lamb of God ⓘ

Scars on Broadway → associatedAct → Lamb of God ⓘ

Knock → apparitionFigures → Lamb of God ⓘ

Cooking Vinyl → hasArtist → Lamb of God ⓘ

Christ the Saviour → relatedConcept → Lamb of God ⓘ

David Koresh → alias → Lamb of God ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Lamb of God

Pantera → influencedArtist → Lamb of God ⓘ