Bible Dictionary: The Eagle:

◄ The Eagle: (Wings of) Protection Afforded to the Church ►

Torrey's Topical Textbook

Revelation 12:14
And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

Library

The Seven Trumpets.
... The word eagle, instead of angel, is in accordance with the ... of iron; and the sound
of their wings was like ... and provision was made for their protection, in the ...
/.../bliss/a brief commentary on the apocalypse/the seven trumpets.htm

St. Gregory the Great.
... Shrunk also are its wings, with which it used to ... Gregory speaks of the eagle as bald;
but we shall ... themselves, the situation of Rome offered it no protection. ...
/.../allies/the formation of christendom volume vi/chapter v st gregory the.htm

Paul's Departure and Crown;
... been with Christ; they daily enjoy his guidance and protection, and in ... 'for riches
certainly make themselves wings, they fly away as an eagle toward heaven ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/pauls departure and crown.htm

Life of Bunyan
... de frise, rather than a fence of protection and preservation. ... but yet I was bound
in the wings of the ... sooner was he standing there, than his eagle-eye detected ...
//christianbookshelf.org/hamilton/life of bunyan/life of bunyan.htm

The Sibylline Oracles.
... peace and plenty under the immediate protection of God ... therefore are they called
the heads of the eagle. ... Indications of its date are afforded in various passages ...
//christianbookshelf.org/deane/pseudepigrapha/the sibylline oracles.htm

Subtopics

Eagle

Eagle: Carries Her Young Upon Her Wings

Eagle: Figurative

Eagle: Forbidden As Food

Eagle: Gier-Eagle

Eagle: Symbolical

Eagle: The Long Life of

Eagle: The Molting of

Eagle: The Nest of

Eagle: The Swift Flight of

The Eagle of Great and Powerful Kings