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- 671: Christ: VICTORY!!
- ... begotton son that who so ever belief in him shall have eternall life!". That verse is very important to us, or should be, because in a way, one could base his/her relationship with the Lord upon it. The reason is because God loved us so much that he did that for us so that is the least that we could do. In Genesis 3:15 it says that we will ... their life. I feel that we all DO fall short of the glory of God, but we a supposed to do the best we can to be more and more like Him. I love my lord with all my heart and will continue to my whole life.
- 672: The Odyssey The Role Of Prophe
- ... states that Odysseus will land on Thrinakia; that if his shopmates eat Helios s cattle they will be destroyed; that Odysseus will make the suitors pay in blood; and that if he makes reparations to Lord Poseidon he will be granted a gentle sea-borne death. Though Teiresias S prophecy is devoid of the bias which signs and omens possess, it contains enough to characterize not only him but also Odysseus ... with the earth-shaker. How? Bad luck leads Odysseus to Aiaia. There Hermes helps him face Circe. Because of this, Circe leads Odyseus to the underworld and Teiresias. Teiresias instructs Odysseus on how to appease Lord Poseidon; Circe tells Odysseus how to get home. Moreover, though it is difficult to see, prophecies also help characterize the prophesier, in the Odyssey, mainly the gods. That the gods have the power to see ...
- 673: Imagination
- ... imagination empowers humans.^1 It allows people to speculate or to see into the future. It allows artists to create, inventors to invent, and even scientists and mathematicians to solve problems. J.R. Tolken wrote “Lord of the Rings” by sitting in his backyard and imagining everything coming to life.^2 He thought about all the “what if” possibilities. But this method of storytelling can be used in much more subtle ... someone else’s blood in the bathroom. Findley chose to have Everett’s dream invade reality, leaving the reader to think about the possibilities of how the blood got there and why. Like Tolken with “Lord of the Rings”, Findley wondered what would happen if the imaginary world invaded the real world, in this case, what if a nightmare became reality. In Edgar Allan Poe’s short story The Telltale Heart ...
- 674: The New Land of New Ideas
- ... in the self-interest principle and a decrease in the principles of religion. In Old England, it was believed that the few that had the wealth were blessed. Even the King was viewed as the Lord's represantive on Earth. In the new land one had to work to gain faith. Wealth that the individual created was viewed as being faithful to the Lord. The new America gives birth to a true entrepreneurship among the races, if they are going to have anything at all they are going to have to work for it. DeCrevecouer explains this: Men are ...
- 675: Barnabas
- ... they were all afraid of him, not believing that he really was a disciple. But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. He told them how Saul on his journey had seen the Lord and that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had preached fearlessly in the name of Jesus." Barnabas thus belongs to the company of first converts in Jerusalem who were won by the apostolic preaching ...
- 676: The Crucible: Reverend John Hale - A Dynamic Character
- ... can bless them and rid them of the devil. An example of this is when he said to Betty, “In nomine Domini Sabaoth sui filiique ite ad infernos,” which means: In the name of the lord of hosts and his son get thee to the lower world. This shows reverend Hales views on witchery. Another example of Hale's character and his savings of witches is when he said, “Now Tituba ... with it. We are going to help you tear yourself free-” The point when Reverend Hale begins to change is in Act III during the trial of John Proctor. “I am a minister of the lord, and I dare not take a life without there be a proof so immaculate no slightest qualm of conscience may doubt it.” He starts to doubt if the very thing that he searches to rid ...
- 677: Cinematography: Everything You Need To Know
- ... industry in 1933 and by the threat of an economic boycott by the newly formed Catholic Legion of Decency, the motion picture industry adopted an official Production Code in 1934. Written in 1930 by Daniel Lord, S.J., and Martin Quigley, a Catholic layman who was publisher of The Motion Picture Herald, the code explicitly prohibited certain acts, themes, words, and implications. Will Hays appointed Joseph I. Breen, the Catholic layman ... Fairbanks, and Charlie Chaplin, she founded United Artists in 1919. Despite considerable business acumen, her career faltered with the advent of talkies. Her best-known films include Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917), Pollyanna (1920), Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921), and Little Annie Rooney (1925). She received an Academy Award for Coquette (1929) and a special Academy Award in 1976. Bibliography: Pickford, Mary, Sunshine and Shadow (1955); Windeler, Robert, Sweetheart (1974). Hart, William ...
- 678: The Truth of Suffering in King Lear
- ... when Cordelia explains her love for him is that of a daughter for her father, he becomes enraged. He desires to hear she loves him more than she could love anyone, ever. Cordelia: Good my lord, You have begot me, bred me, loved me. I return those duties back as are right fit: Obey you, love you, and most honor you........ That lord whose hand must take my plight shall carry Half my love with him, half my care and duty. Sure I shall never marry like my sisters, To love my father all. (1.1.105-15 ...
- 679: Two Sides Of Humanity
- ... listens to the bad angel. For instance, the bad angel states, "Go forward, Faustus, in that famous art Wherein all nature's treasury is contained: Be thou on earth, as Jove is in the sky, Lord and commander of these elements" (2675). Because the bad angel tells Dr. Faustus what he wants to hear, he is invigorated by the power. Dr. Faustus chooses to sell his soul for this knowledge, knowing ... is not an easy feat for breaking the chain is hard and Everyman continues to slip along the journey. Even so, God opens his arms to Everyman. In the end Everyman states, "Into thy hands, Lord, my soul I commend " (2054). Humanities relationship to the divine is riddled by back roads and main thoroughfares. The destiny of the soul is based exclusively on the guides that are chosen. For all humanity ...
- 680: Ethical Values In The Old Testament
- ... tied to Moses and the exodus from Egypt, “and its stipulations contained from the beginning religious and ethical norms.” This can explain why Old Testament ethics takes on a strong “ historical” quality. For example, the Lord says to Moses, “On the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.” (Leviticus 12:3) This ancient ritual possibly was used to ward off evil. It is more probable that some hygienic experience in the past long forgotten was responsible. The Lord did not have to have a reason for the conditions of his covenant. “For this the cultic and the ethical commandments were, for the law, on the same level of importance.” After reading the Decaloque ...
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