• Hamilton’s system favored merchants from the northeast so the south began to question why they are paying taxes…
Ural School, Nevyansk, The Entry into Jerusalem, Late 18th- Early 19th Century, Oil and gold leaf on panel.…
Jesus: Nativity Temple Mount is the holy site for my faith. It is important to us because it’s when the gospels of Matthew and Luke indicated i was born. Beneath the church is an underground…
Many pilgrims would go to Jerusalem at Easter to remember the last week in the life of Jesus ( Holy Week). They would visit:…
British artist Jeremy Deller’s The Battle of Orgreave is a historical re-enactment of the violent confrontation between the striking miners and the police at Orgreave Coking Plant, which took place during 1984. This confrontation between the miners and the Thatcher’s Government was the most violent conflict, which came to epitomize the unremitting struggles.…
Mardi Gras is a Christian holiday filled with rich history, fun traditions, and delicious food. Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, is celebrated throughout the world. In the U.S. Mardi Gras is only celebrated as a legal holiday in the state of Liousiana. Mardi Gras attracts many tourists every year.…
I believe that as a practical component of my faith, I am called to incarnate “the hands and feet of Christ” at the invitation of the Carmelite nun, Teresa of Avila. I am called both to believe with my mind, but also with my actions. The tomb was and is empty. Its silence begs all believers to boldly proclaim the deafening story of the cross and the everlasting life found in Christ Jesus. It also calls us to model this abundance with action, offering physical support for the “least of these” in Matthew 25. In this way, my calling is to tell the Gospel story of salvation in word and action.…
Rituals and festivals have been parts of traditional European life for many centuries. They included all social classes, religions, and occurred in many areas across Europe. For example, festivals have been used as a way to vent out stress and express one’s self. Rituals as well help support the understanding of social classes. Some rituals like charivari could take place at any time that helped construct order around Europe by public humiliation and torture. Rituals and festivals served the practical purpose of stabilizing society through release of stress, reinforcement in social classes, and public displays of order.…
The Fourth Crusade (1202-1204) was the planned pilgrimage of the crusaders - with their leader, Boniface of Montferrat - to retake the Holy Land of Jerusalem from Muslim control. Even before their journey began, however, trouble was brewing. The Venetians - alongside their Doge, Enrico Dandolo of Venice - had agreed to give the crusaders about 500 ships in exchange for a specified payment of silver marks. Unfortunately, the pilgrims did not have enough money to pay Venice, and had to repay their debts by helping the their army capture Zara, a city on the Adriatic Sea.…
This paper talks about Jesus and the nativity scene. The Nativity of Jesus, also The Nativity, refers to the accounts of the birth of Jesus, primarily based on the two accounts in the gospels of Luke and Matthew, and secondarily on some apocryphal texts. The word is anglicized from Latin De nativitate Iesu, a section title in the Vulgate.…
Over the centuries many significant wars have faced political and economic turmoil. The significant wars are The Crusades, World War II, and The Persian war. The years leading up to the end of the eleventh century in Western Europe and Eurasia saw several different social, political, and economic factors that collectively contributed to the start of the First Crusade in 1096. Perhaps one of the most obvious and leading factors is the role that religion, specifically Christianity, played in everyday life of the citizens in Western Europe. Also, a break down in central authority contributed to a sense of disorder after the year 1000. The economic system in Europe was in a state of transition as well as continuing struggles for land and power. Another factor would be the defeat of the Byzantine army at Manzikirt by the Seljuk Turks in 1071, which led to Alexius Comnenus seeking assistance of Western mercenary troops. In addition, papal reform also contributed to the First Crusade.…
On this Feast of Trumpets (Day of Remembrance), we ought to look forward with the jubilant expectation of Yeshua's (Jesus's) soon return to take us to our heavenly home. Each of the first four Feasts of the LORD pointed to the First Coming of our Lord and Savior. Moreover, we know that Yeshua fulfilled each of the first four Feasts on the actual Feast days. Now, since the remaining three Feasts all point to His soon return, it's only logical to conclude that Yeshua will fulfill each of these Feasts on the actual Feast days. Though we cannot be dogmatic about it, the preponderance of Scriptural evidence suggests that the Rapture is most likely to occur during the Feast of Trumpets. It excites me to think that maybe, just maybe this will be the…
The First Crusade was a military expedition by the Roman Catholic Church from 1096-1099 in order to retake holy lands taken by Muslim conquest of the Levant. The result of the work led to the recapturing of Jerusalem. During the crusade knights and peasants from many parts of Western Europe traveled by land and sea to Constantinople and then to Jerusalem. The peasants outnumbered the knights. Peasants and knights were split into separate armies. However, because the peasants weren't well-trained in combat their army failed to reach Jerusalem. The knights arrived at Jerusalem and launched an assault on the city and captured it in July1099 while killing many of the city's Muslim and Jewish people. They also established the crusader states of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. The First Crusade mainly began because of political and social problems in Europe during the 11th century. It seems that Christianity caused the majority of the problem because the papacy wanted to establish a uniform religion throughout Europe, but there were many battles across the land that caused so many problems. As a result the popes who had great political power established these crusades which were fairly well organized. Although Europe was successful in capturing Jerusalem for the first time their rule was short lived. They weren't even able to maintain hold on Jerusalem for more than two centuries. Before this crusade the Byzantine Empire had to fight with the Seljuqs and other Turkish dynasties for control. When the crusaders arrived there had already been conflict wit the area. The pope rulers were too much of extremists. They worried about capturing land for religious purposes before trying to improve their own living conditions before trying to capture even more land. This is something I don't understand with most empires is why the capture more land when they are already in social and…
There is a question that has been asked many times over the years, generation after generation.…
The crucifixion of Jesus occurred in the 1st century, Judea, most likely between AD 30 and 33. Christ's death provided the perfect atoning sacrifice for the sins of all humankind. A lot of negativity, fear, and violence was spread during that period. My collage represents few of these components. The first picture I chose to represent negativity is a picture of a child being bullied.…