‘The highest Christian law is love’ Assess this view Christianity is both legalistic and antinomian‚ which sounds quite paradoxical as legalistic means that there are rules for every situation‚ and antinomian means that there are no rules. I don’t mean this directly but it contains parts of both. Christianity is legalistic‚ this is quite obvious as the Bible is full of commandments and stories stating what you shall or shall not do. For example ‘Love your neighbor as yourself’ (Mark 12:31). However
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Refugee Blues Say this city has ten million souls‚ Some are living in mansions‚ some are living in holes: Yet there’s no place for us‚ my dear‚ yet there’s no place for us. Once we had a country and we thought it fair‚ 5 Look in the atlas and you’ll find it there: We cannot go there now‚ my dear‚ we cannot go there now. In the village churchyard there grows an old yew‚ Every spring it blossoms anew: Old passports can’t do that‚ my dear‚ old passports can’t do that. 10 The consul
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“Love is many things: the protective love of a mother for her child‚ the passion of a couple newly in love‚ the deep love of long-term companions and the divine love of God‚” (Anderson page one). Love happens to be the greatest gift that one can ever hope to give or receive. With love‚ one has the ability to feel invincible‚ like one can do or achieve anything‚ as long as they have love by their side. Love also can give one a sense of comfort and belonging in the world. When one completely gives
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Phenomenology of Love Manuel Dy Jr. Love is very much complicated word that still many people cannot understand the meaning of love. It maybe because love is the most broad topical of many generations. Many philosophers‚ wirters and many more had given their own meaning of love. As a matter of fact‚ love has been defined in so many ways. That even a child could give a meaning to it. But then if we categorize this meanings‚ much of which are showing that love is an object‚ a subject‚ a verb‚ a
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existence. When it comes to finding true love‚ many people believe that it is almost impossible to find your destined lover. However‚ this was not the case for Tita De la Garza and Pedro Muzquiz. In Laura Esquivel’s novel Like Water for Chocolate‚ the love that these two characters shared was everlasting. Although they had many obstacles to face‚ they were still able to continue their love after decades. Even though with so many people against them‚ their love was still certain‚ making it reasonable
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and a cover of “Like Someone in Love” are some examples of the contrasting‚ yet soulful music from that night. The piece “Olivia”‚ an original composed by Curtis Taylor‚ was upbeat and lively throughout. The flow of the music was energetic‚ people were bobbing their heads to and fro to the beat of the drum. At the beginning of this piece‚ the drum performed a mellow harmony to set the mood. Once the beats grew
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“Refugee blues” is 1 of the poems written by W H Auden. It is about a sad and terrible plight of being a Jew in the wrong place at the wrong time. Obviously‚ as a refugee‚ the couple has lost their home‚ their country and their identity. The melancholy feeling comes through strongly in the blues - a sad song. Though the poem is about 2 people at a particular time in the past the thoughts and feelings of the poem’s narrator might be similar to situations in any part of the world 2day.this poem is
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"The Shield of Achilles" is a poem by W. H. Auden first published in 1952. The Shield of Achilles is also the title poem of a collection of poems by Auden‚ published in 1955. Description The poem is Auden’s response to the detailed description in Homer’s epic poem the Iliad of the shield borne by the hero Achilles‚ illustrated with scenes from daily life. Auden’s poem is written in two different stanza forms‚ one form with shorter lines‚ the other with longer lines. The stanzas with shorter
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develops a new way of thinking. Taking something so simple and elaborating on it making it sophisticated. In the Poem "School Children"‚ W.H Auden tries to emphasize to the readers that a simple playground where inhabits their fun filled activities is actually a prison. Here I will be explaining why the poem "School Children" is actually good. For a short poem Auden packs a lot of information that he sends out to the reader making his point straight and clear. As a little boy that sees his surroundings
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"If I Could Tell You" Analysis In "If I Could Tell You" W.H. Auden uses personification‚ repetition and imagery in order to prove the point; you must live your life like you do not have time left. Auden gives a vast setting over all. There are two main characters; Auden and time. The dialogue is in first person and he is speaking to some one he cares about. Auden uses personification to give life to time. This shows how time is the keeper of our destiny. He personifies time because he does not
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