the God-receiver

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The God-receiver is an honorific title of Simeon of Jerusalem, a righteous elder in Christian tradition who, according to the Gospel of Luke, held the infant Jesus in his arms at the Temple and recognized him as the Messiah.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
the God-receiver canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian saint ⓘ
biblical figure ⓘ
canticle ⓘ
honorific title ⓘ
righteous elder ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Candlemas ⓘ
Hypapante ⓘ
Simeon the God-receiver ⓘ
appearsIn Gospel of Luke ⓘ
Gospel of Luke ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Presentation of Jesus at the Temple ⓘ
associatedWithFeast Feast of the Presentation of the Lord ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Saint Joseph ⓘ
Virgin Mary ⓘ
awaited consolation of Israel ⓘ
canonicalStatus New Testament figure ⓘ
commemoratedOn February 2 ⓘ
February 3 ⓘ
describedAs righteous and devout ⓘ
guidedBy Holy Spirit ⓘ
linked to: God the Holy Spirit
heldInArms infant Jesus ⓘ
linked to: Child Jesus
iconographicAttribute elder holding the Christ Child ⓘ
iconographicContext icons of the Presentation at the Temple ⓘ
languageOfTitle Greek ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
locationOfEvent Jerusalem Temple ⓘ
linked to: Temple in Jerusalem
mentionedIn Luke 2:25–35 ⓘ
prophecyContent a sword will pierce Mary’s soul ⓘ
prophesiesTo Mary ⓘ
recognizedAs prophet ⓘ
refersTo Simeon of Jerusalem ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
roleInNarrative recognizes Jesus as the Messiah ⓘ
speaksText Nunc dimittis ⓘ
testifiesAbout Jesus as glory of Israel ⓘ
Jesus as light to the Gentiles ⓘ
title the God-receiver ⓘ
usedInTradition Eastern Christian tradition ⓘ
veneratedIn Anglican Communion ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
Lutheran Churches ⓘ
Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ
linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy

Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Simeon the God-receiver → title → the God-receiver ⓘ
Simeon of Jerusalem → title → the God-receiver ⓘ
subject linked to: the God-receiver
Symeon the God-receiver → title → the God-receiver ⓘ