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.
a play depicting the Passion of Christ Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005 Passion Play In the late Middle Ages many western European towns and cities hosted Passion plays on Good Friday. These plays told the story of Jesus' Passion, that is, the events...
Passion of Jesus, final events in the life of Jesus as related in the canonical Gospels. The word passion is derived from Latin passio (“suffering” or “enduring”). Compared with the Gospels’ sparse accounts of Jesus’ early years and occasional glim
I managed to see Mel Gibson’s “The Passion Of The Christ” last night and, guess what? —I have an opinion on it! Overall, the best word I can come up with to describe it is “powerful”. It was extremely moving (even though one of those “moving” feelings was nausea). I sit...
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
2.the sufferings and death of a Christian martyr Passion 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 ...
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-...
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
Feb. 19, 2004 -- Mel Gibson's controversial new movie The Passion of the Christ has created a debate between those who see the depiction of Jesus' final hours as a religious lesson and those who view it as graphic violence that will only scare children. ...