the Counter-Reformation in the Roman Catholic Church‚ culminating at the Council of Trent. His translation of the Bible also helped to develop a standard version of the German language and added several principles to the art of translation. Luther’s hymns‚ best-known "A Mighty Fortress is Our God"‚ sparked the development of congregational singing in Christianity. His marriage‚ on June 13‚ 1525‚ to Katharina von Bora‚ a former nun‚ began the tradition of clerical marriage within several Christian traditions
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Nor feed with sighs a passing wind: What profit lies in barren faith‚ And vacant yearning‚ tho’ with might To scale the heaven’s highest height‚ Or dive below the wells of Death? What find I in the highest place‚ But mine own phantom chanting hymns? And on the depths of death there swims The reflex of a human face. I’ll rather take what fruit may be Of sorrow under human skies: ’Tis held that sorrow makes us wise‚ Whatever wisdom sleep with thee. In In Memoriam‚ Lord Alfred Tennyson writes
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“Jose Rizal’s Writings” Essay: “Man works for an object. Remove that object and you reduce him into inaction.” -Jose Rizal‚ Indolence of the Filipinos “Without education and liberty‚ which are the soil and the sun of man‚ no reform is possible no measure can give the result desired.” -Jose Rizal‚ Indolence of the Filipinos “A government that rules a country from a great distance is the one that has the most need for a free press more so even than the government of the home country
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Amun began as a minor god of Thebes‚ whose fortune was linked to that of the local Theban rulers. As they grew in importance so did Amun‚ eventually reaching the status of "Supreme God." Good morning teachers and fellow students‚ today I will be speaking to you on the growth in power of Amun and the Amun priesthood‚ and their political implications. Taylor Ray Ellison tells us that Amun’s growth to that of a national god mirrored the growth of Thebes‚ and gradually played an increasingly important
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The Hypostyle hall of the temple of Amen-Re at Karnak‚ Egypt was built during the Ramesside period. The hall was begun by Sety I and completed by the Ramesses II. It is one of the greatest architectural marvels at Karnak. The dimensions of the hypostyle hall are 338 feet in width and a depth of 170 feet. The hall is more than a third of the area of the St. Peter’s in Rome‚ at 56‚000 square feet. The design of a hypostyle hall allows for the construction of large spaces such as temples‚ public
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their own pidgin language. Music‚ hymns‚ and religious hopes they developed also added to their new culture far different than that of white America. This difference allowed slaves of many backgrounds to unite as a single entity and drive against slave owners. For example‚ slaves would break their tools in order to delay production and farming. 2. What role did language and music play in sustaining racial pride and unity for slaves? Slaves sang hymns to express their feelings of oppression
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earliest written music was largely in Church music called Hymns. The plainsong of this time was still singlehanded‚ but that’s when the new developments were starting to appear. In the Renaissance period‚ there was a new self-sustaining freedom of expression which spread throughout much of Europe. The church was still very powerful and its influence was everywhere‚ yet the reformation brought a degree of freedom to religious thinking and some hymns which we recognize today were written in this period
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but there were Social‚ Economical‚ and Political reasons to why they stood by. First off‚ Iceland had an anti-Semitic community. Iceland has a history of anti-Semitism‚ and even play hymns full of hatred for the Jewish religion. "Every year‚ during the period of Lent before Easter‚ Icelanders get a daily dose of hymns full of hatred and derision for the Jews‚ broadcast on Iceland’s public radio station." The people that
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Power and Authority Speech To Kill a Mocking Bird Good Morning/Afternoon everyone today I am here to tell you about the first area of study for preliminary English‚ this is Power and Authority. The novel we are studying is To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee as well as this I have studied an article ‘The Outsider’ by Nikki Barrowclough and the song Black and Blue by The Herd. I have learnt that while parents have authority over their children some of them use this power over their children
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“One of the most visible facets of black culture to take center stage during the Civil Rights campaign was its music. Spirituals and popular gospel hymns were refashioned into rallying cries and calls to action....during organizational meetings and rallies these modified church songs were sung to encourage‚ embolden‚ and unite African-Americans‚ in their struggle for freedom and equality.” (Johnson 2008‚ p. 133-134). The African-American Civil Rights Movement was a goal to end racial segregation
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