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    St. Clare

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    St. Clare St. Clare was born on July 16‚ 1194 and died on August 11‚ 1253. She was the daughter of a count and countess. She heard St. Francis preach in the streets of Assisi and told him of her desire to give herself to God. They grew to be close friends. On Palm Sunday in the year 1212 the bishop of Assisi presented a palm to this noble maid of eighteen who was beautifully garbed. That same night she left her castle with one acquaintance and went to the church of Our Lady of the Angels‚ where

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    St Patricks

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    One of Skrzynecki’s main focuses in ‘St Patrick’s College’ is the disconnections from the environment. The imagery of ‘Our Lady watched with outstretched arms’ conveys a sense on welcoming and inclusion. However‚ the ‘Lady’ image is ‘overshadowed by clouds’ and this is symbolises the persona’s insecurities and doubts for the institution. The persona’s disconnections are further reinforced by the irony of ‘I stuck pine needles into the motto.’ The motto represents the core values of the school and

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    against the Pagans‚ Augustine argues that evil is not incarnated in the flesh but is instead harbored within man and is embodied within man’s pride. That the beginning of humanity’s fall was the failing within Adam and Eve’s souls when they looked upon the tree of knowledge and coveted its fruit (Augustine‚ The City of God against the Pagans‚ p.603-608). This along with the denial of ownership Adam and Eve exhibited while being questioned by God caused the fall of humanity (Augustine‚ The City of God

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    Augustine was born in 354‚ he had a Christian mother named Monica and a pagan father‚ Patricius‚ who was a Roman official. Even though he grew up in a Christian household he still managed to stray away from Christianity and was not baptized until he became an adult. For that to happen he had to go on his own journey‚ which had a big impact on his decision of converting to Christianity. Some of these influences hold more weight than others but on Easter vigil‚ April 24–25‚ 387 he converted himself

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    St. Denis

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    In the year 1137 Abbot Suger of St. Denis‚ France envisioned something different for his church. The churches which had been built with Romanesque architectural style were very difficult to light because of the structure of the churches. The nave walls needed support from without so the windows of the churches had to be eliminated. Suger wanted to rebuild the choir of the abbey church of St. Denis with light that would flood the church as if the light came directly from Heaven‚ so he began painting

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    St. Augustine's Dichotomy

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    St. Augustine’s dichotomy of forms -- the will of man and the will of God‚ the needs of the soul and the desires of the flesh‚ sinful falsehood and the liberation of divine truth -- serves not only to emphasize the direct force and opposition of these forms‚ but to explore their essential duality‚ the interplay of distinct but related states and wills existing both separately and reciprocally of each other. Good and evil‚ however‚ emerge uniquely in their contrast‚ in that the opposition of good

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    St Thomas Aquinas

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    ST THOMAS AQUINAS Aquinas writes that ‘since the day of Aristotle‚ probably no one man has exercised such a powerful influence on the thinking world as did St Thomas Aquinas. He was born in 1225 in Italy of a noble family‚ thus separated by 900 years to Aristotle. He received his first education at the Abbey of Monte Cassino‚ going on from there to the University of Naples. In 1243‚ he joined the Dominican monastic order at Cologin. His most influential teacher was another Dominican‚ Albertus

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    them. In this essay I will briefly discuss excerpts from The City of Gods by Augustine with focus on book xix. My topic of discussion will explain Augustine’s news on how one should live and to what extent of one’s capability should one live this way by clarifying virtue‚ sin

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    St Rita Symbolism

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    Throughout St. Rita of Cascia’s life‚ she suffered through excruciating pain and conquered many trials. Even during her toughest times‚ she still stuck by God’s side and allowed him to play out his plan. Until the time of her death‚ St. Rita fought to please others till she finally reached her goal. St. Rita has become a prime example of a strong woman just by her life teachings and extraordinary actions. St. Rita of Cascia was born in 1381 in Roccaporena‚ Italy and she was considered to be a miracle

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    St. Paul

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    give us a better description of Paul and the work he did and what he believed in. Paul came a long way and endured a total transformation since his birth in and around the same time as Jesus in the city of Tarsus. That is‚ of course according to the Acts. In the Acts it is claimed that Paul was born around this time in the province of Cilia where he was influenced by the city of Tarsus. His parents were both Jews and part of the tribe of Benjamin. Although there is some suggestions as to what

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