8 sentences with “symbolic”

The classical period saw a transition from symbolic statuary, most of which was used in tomb decoration in the Archaic period, to lifelike representations of human beings.

The Romans insisted that their subjects participate in symbolic rituals acknowledging the primacy of the emperors, but since the Jews were strict monotheists, they would not.

The pope's role as leader of the Church arose for a number of reasons. First, the symbolic power of the city of Rome gave additional weight to the authority of the Roman archbishop.

Cleverly, having defeated the Greek polis, Philip II began to behave like a Greek statesman and to assume a kind of symbolic leadership of Greek culture itself, not just Greek politics.

It is possible for a non-specialist to learn to read and write using a syllabic alphabet much more quickly than using a symbolic alphabet (such as Egyptian hieroglyphs or Chinese characters).

Secondly, there was a doctrinal link with the apostle Peter, who was supposed to have been given the symbolic keys of heaven directly from Christ, which in turn were passed on to his successor in Rome (the archbishop of Rome) before he was crucified.

Thus, at the end of the 15th century, wars were fought differently from the way they had been fought in the Middle Ages. There was still the symbolic core of the king and his elite knights on horseback, but the real tactical utility of cavalry charges began to fade.

If salvation could be obtained through faith alone, the sacraments were at best symbolic rituals and at worst distractions. In time, Luther argued that only baptism and communion were relevant since they were clearly inspired by the actions of Christ as described in the New Testament.