Anselm of Canterbury was Benedictine monk and the Archbishop of Canterbury. Anselm believed sin was an offense to God’s majesty and reparation or atonement for those sins comes through perfect obedience. The main idea of “Why God Became a Man” is that God is owed an immeasurable amount of satisfaction from humanity. Humanity sustained a debt due to Adam’s original sin. It is our obligation to offer God infinite satisfaction‚ but in all actuality‚ you can never satisfy him. Anselm states “It is not
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Acts 4:12 And there is salvation in no one else‚ for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved. Read Bible verses in Acts 8:26-40 and use questions to discuss the content. 1. Who told Philip to arise? The Angel of the Lord Philip had a successful preaching ministry to great crowds in Samaria‚ but he obediently left that ministry to travel on a desert road. Because Philip went where the Lord sent him‚ the gospel was brought to Ethiopia. 2. Why had the
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what your nationality may be; what your work may be and mostly‚ what you desire may be. For in your biggest ambitions in life‚ there is that slight hope of having peace. But in reality‚ peace is a dream paradise that we can never afford without atonement or experiencing pain. The sole culprit of misunderstandings between sovereign countries is the mental state of men. People live each day by having each personal belief and principles in which may cause the inerasable scars in the hearts of men
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the monomyth. The stages of the Hero’s Journey are very general‚ just mentioning what actually happens during those stages of the story. Nowhere does it say that the hero has to be male. There are some stages that mention a gendered role. The “Atonement with the Father” doesn’t necessarily have to be with the father‚ it just has to be someone
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In November 1095 Pope Urban II‚ letter called upon the knights of France to travel to the Holy. Land and liberate the city of Jerusalem and the Christians of the east from Muslim power—considered heathens and enemies of the Church. The response to Urban’s appeal was astounding; over 60‚000 people set out to recover the Holy Land and secure this reward and‚ in some cases‚ take the chance to set up new territories. Four years later‚ in July 1099‚ the survivors conquered Jerusalem by killing many people
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social cohesion and order. According to the webberanion school of thought‚ Christianity is a salvation religion that claims people can be “saved” when they convert to certain beliefs and moral codes. In Christianity‚ the idea of “sin” and its atonement by God’s grace plays a fundamental role. Unlike the Eastern religions’ passive approach‚ salvation religions like Christianity are active‚ demanding continuous struggles against sin and the negative aspects of society. Marx once declared that religion
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This is a tough subject to write about being that not much is actually known about the original use of the Pantheon‚ due to the fact that it was destroyed and the current structure is a rebuild. However‚ when we consider some of the basic differences between the cultures‚ some possibilities do come to light. Let us start with a little about the Parthenon. This structure was built by "the Athenian Empire... at the height of it’s power" ("Parthenon"‚ 2015). This is more than just a fun fact descriptive
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period that the piece takes place in. You must take into account the culture and context of a story‚ only then can you truly understand the symbols‚ allusions‚ and metaphors intended to give insight. In Tim Obrien’s “The Things They Carried” he uses metafiction and extensive lists of symbolic
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regime and atheistic religious stance. In magic realism‚ many layers of reality and fiction are integrated within each other. It creates hybridity‚ a complex‚ parallel with multiple planes of reality‚ but still identifiable by the reader. As metafiction‚ it takes fantastical fiction and incorporates it so well into the real world that the reader sees logic and precision. The sense of mystery in magic realism also creates hidden meanings‚ magic‚ questions‚ and forces the reader to let go of pre-existing
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This five stanza poem is steeped in the extended personification of the books as articulate individuals. The title‚ The Secret Life of Books suggests there is something hidden below the superficial purposes (covers) of the books‚ that there is a hidden agenda that we don’t know about‚ as is also suggested in line 11 and 12 (stanza 2). The ambiguity of the poem stems from the themes of the poem which regard the power of books and language and‚ in a metafictional sense‚ the poem draws attention to
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