The Passion of the Christ: Directed by Mel Gibson. With Jim Caviezel, Maia Morgenstern, Christo Jivkov, Francesco De Vito. Depicts the final twelve hours in the life of Jesus of Nazareth, on the day of his crucifixion in Jerusalem.
1.the sufferings of Christ from the Last Supper to his death on the cross 2.any of the four Gospel accounts of this 3.a musical setting of this Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005 The following article is fromThe Great Soviet Encyclopedia(1979). It ...
Passion playChrist before Pilate and Herod, scene from the Passion play performed at Oberammergau, Germany, 1960.(more) The trial of Jesus was twofold, religious and civil. First the Jewish religious authorities examined him on the charge that he had disobeyed the traditions of the Hebrew Bible...
Back in 2003, I was not ready for The Passion of the Christ as a work of sacred cinema. It was worlds away from any biblical movie that we had ever seen. Unlike most prior biblical films, it wasn’t hokey, affected or surreal. But I was also not ready fo
After an opening scene featuring deserted streets, the presenter said that “tonight, perhaps more than ever, the Netherlands is in need of a story about hope, faith, and love.” The age-old story of the passion of Christ suddenly came very close to people. In the ensuing broadcast, the...
Passion play, religious drama of medieval origin dealing with the suffering, death, and Resurrection of Christ. Early Passion plays (in Latin) consisted of readings from the Gospel with interpolated poetical sections on the events of Christ’s Passion an
Byline: ALLEGRA DONNIT'S one of the most moving scenes in Mel Gibson's controversial The Passion of the Christ: Mary Magdalene, played by Italian actress Monica Bellucci, is kneeling in the sand, dressed in rags, her haunted eyes gazing up in horror as she comes to pray at the blood-...
If ever there was a film with the correct title, that film is Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ." Although the word passion has become mixed up with
As I contemplate Mel Gibson’sThe Passion of the Christ, the sequence I keep coming back to, again and again, is the scourging at the pillar. One reason, certainly, is that it is the most horrifying sequence in the film, more agonizing even than the crucifixion itself, or the carrying...
The multiple-award-winning film, "The Passion of the Christ," will be streamable on the app beginning Friday, March 25 for a limited time, where subscribers can relive the chronicles of Christ's final 12 hours before his torturous death and miraculous resurrection.ROSARIES FOR UKRAINE ARE '...