The Holy Trinity Of Masaccio
.... artists of the Renaissance and Baroque periods.
The proportions in this painting are so numerically exact that one
can actually calculate the numerical dimensions of the chapel in the
background. The span of the painted vault is seven feet, and the depth is
nine feet. "Thus, he achieves not only successful illusion, but a rational,
metrical coherence that, by maintaining the mathematical proportions of the
surface design, is responsible for the unity and harmony of this monumental
composition." Two principal interests are summed up by The Holy Trinity:
Realism based on observation, and the application of mathematics .....
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Victory
.... death was for all.
When Jesus says that "It is finished", he can also be reffering to the
older predictions of Christs' life. There is one in particular that it
might have been talking about in Isaiah. That is the one in which Isaiah
talks of the life of Jesus and the crusifiction, in very short and brief
detail.
The suffering in which Jesus took for us lasted all through the night,
and then in the morning the thrusted a sword into His side to see if he was
alive. After the water poored out of His side, you can say that it is
officially over. In my heart it is not completely over, just that of that
era. Jesus will .....
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"Pope And Adult Web Sites Don't Mix."
.... feel it necessary to degrade this symbol for beliefs of their own. I believe that even though both sides had a case, the victor should have been, and was, the Catholic Archdiocese and the pope. I guess my next question is, "Will Clinton proceed with a Confession during his private audience with Pope John Paul II?!? (The jury's still out on that one)"
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Canada's Religion History
.... of whom were the direct descendants of either French or English colonists. It was an era of tranquility for Canadian Jews as the standard of living was high and the Jews of early Canada were treated well. These early Jewish settlers were considered ‘almost equal’ to their Anglo-Saxon or Catholic counterparts with few restrictions being placed on them and since they were of such a small proportion of Canada’s population they were able to almost completely assimilate in 1850s Canadian society. As a matter of fact, these Jews were barely even noticed. Jews such as Jesse Joseph, president of the Montreal gas company and Sigismund .....
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Theme: The Bible
.... dealing with Adam and Eve. G-d had decreed that if Adam and Eve were to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and bad " you shall die" (g 2:17). However, later it is seen that when Adam and Eve ate from the tree of knowledge of good and bad, He did not enforce the death penalty. Rather, He allowed man a second opportunity to experience a reality of his choice, a world out of His harmony. "G-d banished him [Adam and Eve] from the Garden of Eden, to till the soil from which he was taken." (g 3:23) G-d made provision for them to live, procreate and maintain a relationship with them. Then, G-d made a renewal of this covenant wi .....
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Islam
.... contention that Christianity had departed from belief in God's message as revealed in their Scriptures. God had sent many prophets, among them Abraham, who is considered the founder of the faith for Islam, as he is also for and Christianity. The Koran, using sources in the older Scriptures and later traditions, relates the stories of Abraham, Joseph, Moses and Aaron, David, Solomon, Jesus.
After Muhammad's death in AD 632, it was feared that the content of the revelations might be lost, as those who had originally memorized it died. It was therefore decided to collect all the revelations, from what ever source, and make a compi .....
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Saint Thomas Aquinas: Proof Of The Existence Of God
.... All three of these ancient societies believed in numerous Gods, who each held domain over certain aspects of that particular culture. These Beings were represented as being somewhat human, extremely powerful, and sometimes at odds with one another - even to the point of warring between themselves.
The rise of Christianity led to many new ideas about the nature of God. The Christians developed an off-shoot version of Judaism, which popularized the belief in only one God, who was more powerful than the combined strength of all of the Roman Gods put together. This new God was also a loving and caring Overlord, who t .....
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Gnosticism
.... of God and creation. They viewed the One which they called the true God as having a feminine part which was the Spirit. In accord, they also held that Jesus came from God and the Spirit to form the Trinity.
In the Gnostic version of creation of the world the Spirit of God is referred to as the Wisdom of God or Sophia who is also a feminine creative force. It seems she wished to give birth to a creature like herself. She did so without the permission of her partner. She was able to do this by the power within her. The fruit of her desire was something imperfect and different from her in appearance. She was ashamed of it, threw it .....
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The Essenes Of Qumran
.... on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea. The Essenes lived in caves within the cliffs bordering the sea. "After….Qumran was carefully excavated, archaeologists were able to identify some rooms that had been used for study and worship, others apparently used for communal meals, a spacious chamber with inkpots (perhaps the scriptorium where scrolls were copied), and pools for bathing. The bathing pools that were discovered were most likely used in the required ceremonial bathing that was part of the Essene lifestyle. A cemetery located nearby revealed more than 1000 graves" (Encarta). "Their efforts to achieve the maximum of ri .....
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Religion In Ancient India And Rgypt
.... reign between 570-526 BC. Six months after his death, Persia invaded and took over Egypt.
The period around 560 BC in India was ruled by the Maghuda dynasty which was known to develop a caste system and yet have a laid back lifestyle. It was a strong dynasty ruled by Bimbisora (Shrenik) in Biher. Bimbisora was a great believer in Buddhism, however he was greatly influenced by his Jain wife. After personally seeing the practices of self-restraint and non-violence by Jain monks, he converted himself to be a Jain. His later life was greatly influenced by religion rather than political ambitions. This is when the Aryan society c .....
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Brief Look At Jewish History
.... to live in Ghetto's which were separated from the main city. Hitler's plan of genocide was carried out with efficiency. The total number of Jews exterminated has been calculated at around 5,750,000.
In Warsaw ,where approximately 400,000 Jews had once been concentrated,was reduced to a population of 60,000. They, virtually unarmed, resisted the German deportation order and had held back the regular German troops equipped with flame throwers,armoured cards, and tanks for nearly a month. This heroism was similar to the revolt which took place around 165BC. This uprising was led by the Maccabees, a provincial priestly famil .....
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Resurrection Of Jesus
.... That is why today many approach the term resurrection in conjunction with Jesus.
In the book, The reality of Jesus we come across a section known as the "The Pauline Evidence". This particular section interested me because Paul makes a contrast between two types of bodies. One type is the physical body (soma psuchikon) of which we are in now. Soma is the man's body and personality which is a quality of the inner being. The second type is the spiritual body (soma pneumatikon) which is life after death. In this body, the flesh is said to be transformed through resurrection and filled with the spirit. This becomes clear .....
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