When Jesus died a criminal's death on the hill of Golgotha outside of Jerusalem, hope died with him. His disciples and many others had come to believe in him as the Messiah. Some even believed he was the Son of God, that is, divine. Then the scourge tore into his back, merciless n...
this is the first time I finished an English novel. It drives me into a fancy world where I can find a dramatic China, coiling her body between the tradition and the modernity. Four pair of mothers and daughters being obedient or independent to the past and future, their stubbornness and ...
James R. Edwards MARKAN SANDWICHES: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF INTERPOLATIONS IN MARKAN NARRATIVES Novum Testamentum XXXI, 3 (1989) 193-216 Page 193 1. Introduction Readers of the Gospel of Mark are familiar with the Second Evangelist's convention of breaking up a story or pericope by inserting a ...
of thedoctrineof Mary can be traced through titles that have been ascribed to her in the history of theChristiancommunions—guarantee of theIncarnation, virgin mother, secondEve, mother of God, ever virgin, immaculate, and assumed intoheaven. She has a number of feast days in various ...
In fact there are zillions of gluons, antiquarks, and quarks in a proton. The standard shorthand, “the proton is made from two up quarks and one down quark”, is really a statement that the proton has two more up quarks than up antiquarks, and one more down quark than down anti...
I had over the last 10 years. For most of that time, I was not aware what the number 72 meant except that I knew it had value. It was not until I had access to the internet that I could easily find out what it meant through research by computer. Like the Bible Code wasn't ...
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Article History Pentecostalism,charismaticreligious movement that gave rise to a number ofProtestantchurches in theUnited Statesin the 20th century and that is unique in its belief that all Christians should seek a post-conversionreligious experiencecalled “baptism ...
Council of Trent, 19th ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church, held in three parts from 1545 to 1563. Prompted by the Reformation, the Council of Trent was highly important for its sweeping decrees on self-reform and for its dogmatic definitions
The Second Vatican Council (1962–65), 21st ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church, was announced by Pope John XXIII in 1959 as a means of spiritual renewal for the church and as an occasion for Christians separated from Rome to join in a search