So here we go again another year and another Christmas. But as everyone knows today we have a constant battle over the holiday as it is. So let’s look at what we really have as per this so-called religious holiday and its relationship with humanity. Now it is claimed in Scripture that a woman became pregnant by a certain person or being out of wedlock‚ but a very compassionate and loving man marries her anyway. Then the baby is born and its mother and father (stepfather) live in a town called Nazareth
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Christmas in America has had different meanings to many people through history. Farmers‚ workers‚ and religious adherents practiced their traditions in the public sphere in respective periods of time. However‚ the modern understanding of Christmas celebration stems from the experience of a growing middle class as it set out to define its identity. Christmas as a domestic‚ commercial holiday originates from the middle class engagement with the vehicles of the first industrial revolution and the subsequent
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is to discuss how two different artists’ manipulation of the formal elements and the social context during time of creation play major roles in the ‘reading’ of an artwork. I have chosen to analyse an Early Christian depiction of Christ as the Good Shepherd and Christ the Pantokrator from the Byzantine era. The Early Christian era‚ according to History. spans from 330CE when Emperor Constantine the Great moved the capital of the Roman Empire to Byzantium and declared Christianity to be the official
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Christ In Discipleship DSMN 500: Discipleship Ministries March 27‚ 2014 The definition of a disciple is “One who accepts and assists in spreading the doctrines of another‚ as one of the twelve in the inner circle of Christ ’s followers according to the Gospel accounts.” Discipleship means nothing without Christ being the central focus. It is crucial that Christ be the central focal point for all Christian discipleship. There are
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Christ in Majesty Christ in Majesty is one of the world masterpieces wall painting art during Romanesque period. It is a part of the large painting decorated the inside wall of apse at San Climent church‚ located in Barcelona‚ Spain. An unknown artist painted it in 1123 CE by using fresco technique (a painting with mixed color and wet plaster on a wall) to create this painting to make it stays lasting. This painting represents Jesus Christ as a ruler of the universe and tries to show his majesty
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Steps To Christ Steps to Christ is a book that concentrates on the life of Jesus Christ and the love that God pours down on us by his amazing grace and his beautiful nature. During the first few chapters of the book it explains to us the way to come to God. After this the rest of the book explains how to engage and remain true to God. One vivid parallel I got from the book was that even though plants have thistles and vines have thorns‚ there are beautiful flowers still grow on them. This works
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AY Society AY MISSION: The salvation of youth through Jesus Christ. We understand youth ministry to be that work of the church that is conducted for‚ with‚ and by young people. AY AIM: The Advent message to all the world in my generation. AY MOTTO: The love of Christ constrains me. AY PLEDGE: Loving the Lord Jesus‚ I promise to take an active part in the youth ministry of the church‚ doing what I can to help others and to finish the work of the Gospel in all the world.
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Christ in Majesty Christ in Majesty is a Romanesque fresco secco from the 12th century that was transferred to plaster and wood. It was originally located in the apse of the Church of Santa Maria de Mur in Catalonia‚ Spain but now is located in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston as a gift from the Maria Antoinette Evans Fund. The fresco is a transition from Roman and Byzantine Art to Gothic Art. The artist of Christ in Majesty utilizes his art to educate people in the doctrines of the Christian
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The Passion of the Christ On February 25th (Ash Wednesday) 2004‚ Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ film was released. The film is based on Jesus’ arrest‚ trial‚ and execution according to the four Gospels. Most of the film is historically accurate‚ although there are some fictional events too. The film became the highest grossing non-English language film of all time and it was named the most controversial film of all time. Critics claimed the film was historically inaccurate due to the
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Byzantine Artwork: The Transfiguration of Christ Byzantine art stands out as one of the most magnificent‚ breath – taking pieces of the human artistic genius. This period of art spanned almost 1‚000 years and is divided into an early ca. 527 CE – 726 CE‚ middle 843 CE – 1204 CE‚ and late periods 1261 CE – 1453 CE (Stokstad 270). It is from the early period that we find the Transfiguration of Christ‚ a beautiful mosaic found in the church at the Monastery of Saint Catherine in Mt. Sinai‚
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