In addition to being symbols of peace and love, doves symbolize purity, hope, the Holy Spirit, devotion, and gentleness. These docile birds are known to be monogamous with their mates, for their ...

The dove that descends upon Jesus during his baptism in all four Gospel accounts represents the Holy Spirit, as does its depiction in Christian iconography. In Hebrew, the word for Spirit is ruach ...

The symbol of the Holy Spirit that comes to mind the most is the dove (Matthew 3:16; Mark 1:10; Luke 3:22, and John 1:32). Remarkably, the three persons of the Trinity come into view with the ...

Isn’t the third Person of the Holy Trinity represented as a gentle dove (as in Jesus’ baptism ... and saw the goose as a fitting symbol for the Spirit. Well before Shakespeare wrote of the ...

A lone seagull perched near the Sistine Chapel chimney became the unexpected star of the papal conclave livestream — reviving ...