The Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord on Aug. 6 is a major feast of both the Catholic and Orthodox Churches and has often been depicted by both in art. In the West, the Transfiguration has been ...

A word acquires a more precise meaning in a sentence of which it is an integral part. The Transfiguration is reported by the writers of the three synoptic Gospels in very similar terms. Yet each ...