Chapter 4: Why did the elders and teachers of the law threaten Peter and John…
In his work Praise of Folly, Erasmus criticized the corrupt practices that were rampant in the church. Erasmus used humor to poke fun at the clergy’s abuses. He found it amusing that monks worked so hard following the church traditions only to break them at some point in time. For example, one of his monks had fasted so many times, but erased his hard works by revealing that “his fasts have always been broken by a single meal.” (Erasmus) This is one of the instances where the pretense of following church traditions made a complete mockery of church tradition. Erasmus outlined the fact that the monks insisted on following church doctrines carefully when they themselves aren’t even doing the same thing.…
While the United States prepared to draft civilians in preparation for World War I, Thelonious and Barbara Monk were preparing to bring a son into the world. A birth which carried its own air of mystery, according to Thomas Fetterling, “For a long time the year of his birth had been given as 1920. In 1974, however, Leonard Feather saw Monk’s entry in the birth register of Rocky Mount, North Carolina. It reads, ‘October 10, 1917, Thelius Monk’ [although, quite a few of his family members were misnamed]” (19). Thelonious had two siblings, an older sister Marion and a younger brother Thomas. During the summer of 1922, Barbara relocated herself and her three children, in what is now referred to as the Great Migration, northbound where she had a cousin, Louise Bryant who helped motivate the decision in order to give her children a better chance in life (Kelley…
At the beginning of the excerpt, Paul is shouting at Ellen, telling her how he does not want to work for her father, how he can’t go “living off your people-charity” which causes Ellen to explode on him. Paul’s idea of being a farmer is rooted within him, and his pride, as we can see, gets the best of him. He is desperate to keep his dream of working as a farmer alive, and yet, he cannot avoid the fact that he needs help, because the word “charity” shows that he understands it is help, but he is not willing to accept it. In Paul’s opinion, living in a town is considered to be the same thing as living in a different country; the way he states “your people” rather than “your parents” shows that he does not feel like he belongs in the same group as his wife or in-laws. When Paul says “charity”, Ellen goes off, and describes how “borrowed money you can’t even pay interest on, seed from the government, grocery bills, doctor bills” counts as charity as well, how he “calls it independence!” though he is getting immense amounts of help. Her retort shows that she is sick of borrowing from people she doesn’t know, that she does not want to live a life of borrowing and lack of independence. But Paul is persistent in his dream of becoming a good farmer where “the land will come back” and “we’ll have crops again”. Paul’s strong belief of being a good farmer in a dead land is extremely evident, because we can see that he is always defending his dream of having a good farm with many crops, while ignoring common sense and his wife’s reasoning. Ellen…
The philosophy behind Christianity is to gain a higher spirituality, and be elevated over material things. Chaucer reveals a Church based upon corruption and immorality. Chaucer views Christianity as it is viewed today, a vehicle to transport someone to a "higher spiritual plane". Chaucer first starts exposing the corruption straight from the prologue. Regarding the Nun, Chaucer explains her interest in jewelry and looking exquisite "She wore a coral trinket on her arm, a set of beads, the gaudies trickled in green, Whence hung a golden brooch of brighteset sheen" (Prologue). Concerning the Monk, It is written how highly he valued hunting and horses over spirituality "Who rode the country; hunting was his sport" (Prologue). Regarding the Friar, Chaucer explains in detail, his passion with women, drinking, and worldly things "Highly beloved and intimate was he with country folk within his boundary, and city dames of honour and possession... He knew the taverns well in every town and every innkeeper and barmaid too" (Prologue). Pertaining to the Pardoner and the Summoner Chaucer revealed their diabolical scheme to seize the money of a simpleton. The Summoner would inform people of their "sins". The Pardoner would absolve them for a sizable fee. Their entire lives were filled…
The Parson was a man of poverty, but was as rich as a king in his teachings. He set a very clear example of what a good Christian should be like. Unlike the other clergymen, such as the Monk and the Friar, the Parson practiced that which he preached. In the face of much adversity, he remained calm and collected instead of becoming angered. The Parson was very well versed in the Gospel, and would share his knowledge…
In the middle of the play when John gets everyone to sign the petition for his and a few others’ wives to be released, Reverend Parris fights against it. He tries to discredit John before he can even defend his wife. He says, “Beware this man, Your Excellency, this man is mischief.” He cannot bear the thought of possibly someone finding out his niece, her friends, and himself are all frauds and have been lying through the entire duration of the trial. He continuously tries to discredit his testimonies by pointing out, “Such a Christian that will not come to church but once in a month.” To not show up to church was a great offense, and you were seen as a lesser christian or less of a person for not showing up for it. For Parris to bring this up in the middle of church, it really threw a wrench is the Judge's ability to believe his testimony of being honest. Parris knew that he had to discredit John in order to keep the truth and his reputation…
and then do nothing with them. As a society we do the same thing today. In…
-Righteous ~ Righteousness is the key element/theme within this passage. One man, the Pharisee, pursues righteousness through his "works" while the other pursues righteousness as a gift.…
He declares a monk he is travelling with to be of “a fair for the maistrye” but then spends the rest of the description in demonstrating how the monk is not really of the highest value (Chaucer 165). The monk both hunts and has wealth, things a monk should not have or be doing and is to show that the church was filled with people abusing their power since religion was so important at the time and they could get away with it. In the play Everyman religion (God to be precise) had a larger role, but also a different underlying message. Unlike Sir Gawain and The Canterbury Tales, the religious part of the play is more about what values in life and what God wants from “Everyman”. The play is about how society should focus more on being religious and good instead of committing the “seven deadly sins damnable” (36). Although the message is to focus on good deeds in one’s lifetime, it comes off somewhat hypocritical, but differently than in Chaucer’s writings. Instead its focus is on what religious steps should be taken to be forgiven by God, what deeds one should focus on in life, but also shows how simple and easy it is for one to be forgiven at the very end of a…
P1= “Then the god-loved is not the same as the pious, Euthyphro, nor the pious the same as the…
In this poem there are often references to pagan and Christian beliefs very close in the piece of poetry. This would tie a familiar belief to something exotic to the Anglo-Saxons. In lines 1261-1268, the story of Cain and Abel are briefly explained, but not far from this Christian reference is the idea of revenge, in line 1278, which is frowned upon in Christianity, but it was a popular belief among the Anglo-Saxon culture at that time. By binding these two elements together, the monk was trying to make Christianity seem less foreign and more like something familiar to the people.…
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1. According to Kelly, the most superordinate construct within Philip’s construct of clergy would most likely be that clergy members are direct representatives of God and that they carry out his will. Subordinate to this is the daily duties and sacrifices that clergy members must undertake, such as a vow of chastity and the spiritual guidance they must give to parishioners. Further subordinate to this construct is Philip’s perception that differences in views exist amongst clergy members, such as those who advocate reform within the church versus those who are more orthodox.…
In Peters first epistle he proclaims that all believers are a royal priest hood, privilege combined with service (1 Peter 2:9). In his second epistle he emphasize the importance to live a life that will pave a way into the kingdom of Jesus (2 Peter 1:11).…