Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament which rises in victory as the Resurrected Christ was employed in early Christology, e.g. in 375 Saint Augustine wrote: "Why a lamb in his passion? For he underwent death without being guilty of any inequity. Why a lion in his resurrection? For in being slain, he slew death." The Lamb of God title has found widespread use in Christian prayers and the "Agnus Dei" ("Lamb of God who take away the sins of the world have mercy on us; Lamb of God who take away the sins of the world grant us peace") is used both in liturgy and as
Santa Maria a Vico, province of Teramo built. The interior houses 14th-century frescoes, in poor state of conservation, depicting an "Enthroned Madonna and Child", an "Annunciation", another "Madonna with Child", a half-length "Blessing Christ inside a clypeus (shield)", and a "Saint John the Evangelist". The portal is carved with the Agnus Dei surrounded by the symbols of the Evangelists: as well as floral and geometric motives. Santa Maria a Vico, province of Teramo Santa Maria a Vico is a Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic church located near the town of Sant’Omero, province of Teramo, region of Abruzzo, Italy. Tradition holds the church was built before the year 1000, atop