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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The Taking of Christ A good artist needs only a solitary moment in time to illustrate a story authors spend pages telling. A freeze frame‚ an instant: all that is necessary for a painting to reveal the intricacies of a subject’s thoughts and emotions and the general themes that surround them. An artist must choose a significant moment and portray it in a way that captures its essence‚ while promoting the contemplation and discussion of its viewers. Few moments have more significance in Christian
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4/5/14 THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST Who did Jesus Christ die on the cross for? Jesus died for all of us. If it was not for JESUS we would not be here today‚ because GOD made us all. The importance of the resurrection is to believe in Jesus Christ. Believing that Jesus died on the cross for our sins will get you into heaven and if you asked him to come into your heart. Jesus is so important because I believe he died on the cross for my sins‚ I celebrate him on Easter and Christmas‚ and I
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effect of temptation. Temptation is the desire to do something even if it feels wrong or unwise. In today’s world temptation is making a mass majority of decisions for the average human. Surroundings tend to be the leading factor to be able to fit in or be socially acceptable. Temptation tends to tempt others into doing things that they normally wouldn’t do‚ due to surroundings. People at some point in their lives will succumb to temptation even if they try to avoid it. Avoiding temptation can be
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BOOK SUMMARY The Case for Christ Lee Strobel. Pub. Zondervan Publishing House About the Author Lee Strobel‚ Master of Studies in Law from Yale Law School. Award-winning journalist & investigative reporter for 13 yrs. at the Chicago Tribune. Pg. 303. His life changes when his wife becomes a Christian. He fears he will lose the fun-loving companion and friend he has known for years‚ but instead he is surprised by subtle changes in her character. This not only intrigues him but prompts
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Last week I watched the movie The Passion of the Christ by Mel Gibson with one of my good friends‚ George. 1) The movie recalls the passion of Jesus Christ‚ which includes his suffering‚ dying and resurrection. In the movie‚ we were exposed to the horrible conditions that show Jesus being tortured and set to be crucified. The movie graphically shows all the pain and agony that Jesus faced on his way to death. It also contains many flashbacks that show us Jesus on the night before he died. There
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Temptation Desire or enticement to do something‚ especially something wrong or unwise. People are tempted; we are human. We have the ability to make decisions. Good‚ evil‚ better‚ worse. Temptation is one influential force on our choices‚ usually persuading to the bad choices. There are different reasons that people are tempted. LOTR In The Lord of the Ring‚ temptation is represented in the form of the one Ring. The longer you are with it the harder and harder it becomes too resist temptation
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Satan has made it his purpose in life to seek revenge on God for banishing him from heaven. The excerpt of The Temptation of Eve when Satan speaks to Eve is evidence of this. Throughout these lines Satan tricks Eve into disobeying God‚ tries to turn Eve against God‚ and attempts to show Eve that knowing good and evil will make her more like God. The Tree of Knowledge is a very powerful tree that God has created. Lines 243-247 explain how God made this tree so powerful that it not only can’t be
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from the first day of my conversion to be able to witness to the Russians. The Russians are a people raised from childhood in atheism.” (pg. 3) Shortly after his conversion‚ Nazism came to Rumania‚ allowing him the opportunity to share the message of Christ to the thousands of Russian war prisoners. This time also gave Wurmbrand and wife a taste of what was to come under the communism rule‚ even though the Nazi terror was already immense. They were hauled before Nazi leaders and judged. He says “these
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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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