In the play "Faust" by Johann Goethe‚ Gretchen’s character envelops extreme aspects of Virgin Mary and of Eve. Mary acts as the symbol of the mother of mankind‚ the pure woman who makes men’s salvation possible. She has no evil in her at all. In contrast‚ Eve is the archetypal figure of the fallen woman‚ the cause of man’s suffering and damnation. She symbolizes death‚ destruction‚ and human depravity. Eve is the antithesis of Mary; together the two archetypes correspond to the two sides of Gretchen’s
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Mary‚ Mother of God When did Christianity truly begin? The answer to this question is often thought to be the day that Jesus Christ was born. The fact of the matter is that Christianity essentially began the day the Blessed Virgin Mary was born. This young woman was the first human being to be born without original sin. She was chosen to be the vessel that linked the two Covenants. Without Mary‚ a messiah would not have been born. It would be impossible to imagine a sacred history without her. She
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ELIOT’S ASH WEDNESDAY: A CHRISTIAN POEM In 1930‚ just three years after his baptism and confirmation into the Anglican Church‚ T. S. Eliot published his conversion story. It was his poem Ash Wednesday.[i] He had converted amid tides of intellectuals rebelling against the over-secular society of the early twentieth century. Ash Wednesday is the chronicle of this conversion‚ told in beautiful allegories and metaphors. It portrays the struggle Eliot faced in converting. “It is a
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that had appeared in the mountains of Spain that same year. Tradition tells us that St. Luke the evangelist made the image. The advocation of the image was "A Virgin of Guadalupe‚" named after the small river that passes through the mountain‚ meaning "A River of Light." The conquerors‚ Colon and Cortes‚ visited the sanctuary of the Virgin of Guadalupe before departing on to the new land. In 1519‚ Cortes arrived at Veracruz‚ today known as Lantigua‚ and constructed the first church dedicated to
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A short Speech on: World Environment Day Good morning my dear friends and respected teachers. I hope all of you know today is World Environment Day. So‚ that our school has kept this program. Today I am going to deliver a short speech on World Environment Day. It gives me great pleasure to address you on this World Environment Day 2011. World Environment Day is commemorated worldwide each year under the direction of the United Nations to heighten public awareness of the environment. In recent
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The Virgin Mary never sinned. She was without sin because God needed a perfect person to carry his son‚ Jesus. God sent his only son Jesus to save us from sin. When Arch Angel Gabriel came to Mary and told her of Gods will she answered him by saying‚ “may it be done to me according to your word.” (1Luke 1:31-38 Bible.) Mary by saying yes to God’s plan‚ “contributed greatly to Christ’s redemptive mission.” (pg5. Beginning Apologetics 6). She was considered the “Second Eve‚” while Jesus‚ her son‚ was
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science‚ math‚ Humanism‚ the classical styles of Rome/Greece‚ mythology and Christianity. Both the Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli and Trinity with the Virgin by Masaccio have incorporated some of these values in the artwork. Although both are considered to be high pieces of art from this era‚ I believe Alberti would prefer Trinity with the Virgin
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The fact of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary is related in Luke 1:26-38. The Evangelist tells us that in the sixth month after the conception of St. John the Baptist by Elizabeth‚ the angel Gabriel was sent from God to the Virgin Mary‚ at Nazareth‚ a small town in the mountains of Galilee. Mary was of the house of David‚ and was espoused (i.e. married) to Joseph‚ of the same royal family. She had‚ however‚ not yet entered the household of her spouse‚ but was still in her mother’s house
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On My First Daughter and On My First Son Ben Jonson’s poems on the death of his children Ben Jonson lived in the English Renaissance period when childhood mortality was very high due to health problems‚ diseases‚ lack of medicines and unhygienic life conditions. He got married to Anne Lewis in the early 1590s. Their first daughter‚ Mary was born in 1593 who died only six months later. Jonson wrote his poem On My First Daughter upon her death. His first son‚ Benjamin‚ born 1596‚ died of the plague
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living in italian Harlem from 1880-1950. Orsi teaches teaches readers all about the immigrants religious beliefs‚ and how they effect families and everyday lives of these immigrants. He talks about the annual festa of the Maddonna del Carmine‚ or Virgin Mary. Throughout Orsi’s description of this celebration‚ one learns all about the immigrants ideals‚ beliefs‚ and customs. He teaches leaders all about all the sacrifices these newcomers make all year for this celebration. For example‚ they save
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