Marriage at Cana
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| - | [[Manichaeanism]], and the cult of [[Dionysus]]. | + | In [[Christianity]], the transformation of water into wine at the '''Marriage at Cana''' or '''Wedding at Cana''' is the first [[miracle of Jesus]] in the [[Gospel of John]]. |
| - | [[Dionysus]] in particular exhibits significant parallels with Christ, so that numerous scholars have concluded that the recasting of [[historical Jesus|Jesus the wandering rabbi]] into the image of [[Christ the Logos]], the divine saviour, reflects the cult of Dionysus directly. They point to the symbolism of wine and the importance it held in the mythology surrounding both Dionysus and Jesus Christ; Wick argues that the use of [[wine]] [[religious symbolism|symbolism]] in the [[Gospel of John]], including the story of the [[Marriage at Cana]] at which Jesus turns water into wine, was intended to show Jesus as superior to Dionysus. The scene in ''The Bacchae'' wherein Dionysus appears before King Pentheus on charges of claiming divinity is compared to the New Testament scene of Jesus being interrogated by [[Pontius Pilate]]. | + | ==See also== |
| + | * [[Chronology of Jesus]] | ||
| + | * [[Life of Jesus in the New Testament]] | ||
| + | * [[Ministry of Jesus]] | ||
| + | * [[Miracles of Jesus]] | ||
| + | * [[Parables of Jesus]] | ||
| + | * [[The Wedding at Cana (Veronese)|''The Wedding at Cana'' (Veronese)]] (painting) | ||
| - | For these reasons, it is difficult if not impossible to draw a clear line between "Christianity" and "Paganism" for the period of the 3rd to 4th centuries when Christianity was in its formative phase. Only with the emergence of [[Orthodox Christianity]] as reflected in the [[Apostle's Creed]] and the final [[decline of Hellenistic paganism]] by the 6th century does "Paganism" become a concept clearly distinct from Christianity. | ||
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| - | ===Ethnic religions of pre-Christian Europe=== | ||
| - | * [[Armenian paganism]] | ||
| - | * [[Baltic paganism]] | ||
| - | * [[Celtic polytheism]] | ||
| - | * [[Finnic mythology|Finnic paganism]] | ||
| - | * [[Germanic paganism]] | ||
| - | * [[Slavic paganism]] | ||
| - | * [[Vainakh mythology|Vainakh paganism]] | ||
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| - | ==See also== | ||
| - | *[[Animism]] | ||
| - | *[[Folk religion]] | ||
| - | *[[Idolatry]] | ||
| - | *[[List of Pagans]] | ||
| - | *[[Myth and ritual]] | ||
| - | *[[Mythology]] | ||
| - | *[[Neopaganism]] | ||
| - | *[[Polytheism]] | ||
| - | *[[Religion and mythology]] | ||
| - | *[[Shamanism]] | ||
| - | *[[Wicca]] | ||
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In Christianity, the transformation of water into wine at the Marriage at Cana or Wedding at Cana is the first miracle of Jesus in the Gospel of John.
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See also
- Chronology of Jesus
- Life of Jesus in the New Testament
- Ministry of Jesus
- Miracles of Jesus
- Parables of Jesus
- The Wedding at Cana (Veronese) (painting)
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