Flagellation

Don Bosco gave him some tips to follow and he encouraged Dominic to be consistent in his pray, to always be cheerful and perform his ordinary duties extra ordinary well. His desire for sanctity urged him to practice bodily flagellation and other severe penance. Don Bosco youth to youth formation influenced Dominic in a remarkable way, thus, it fostered his leadership qualities. He also realized that becoming a saint meant, sharing his knowledge and recognizing God in his companions

The Development of Female Ascetics in the Early Church This paper will explore the development of female ascetics during the early Church and show how these practices affect the 21st century Churches outlook on woman. We will explore many aspects of asceticism such as the scriptural examples, spiritual motivations, reasons for choosing this lifestyle and the overall implications upon church history. Asceticism, along with monasticism, are two spiritual disciplines encouraging and focusing on

How far did health and medicine improve during the Renaissance?’ Introduction Health and medicine changed considerably during the Renaissance in some areas and in some areas it remained the same. Major changes were seen in the fields of anatomy and surgery, as seen in the published works of Vesalius, Leonardo Da Vinci and William Harvey. But there was not much improvement when it came to cures and treatments and also finding out the causes of diseases. Public healthcare remained almost the same,

Albert Fish Hamilton Howard "Albert" Fish (May 19, 1870 – January 16, 1936) was an American serial killer. A child rapist and cannibal, he boasted that he "had children in every state", and at one time stated the number was about 100. However, it is not known whether he was referring to rapes or cannibalization, nor is it known if the statement was truthful. He was a suspect in at least five murders during his lifetime. Fish was considered to be the most sexually perverted murderer in American history

Ocularcentrism and individualism were the fundamental building blocks of Modernity, an era of change, those world views were reflected in the epoch’s art and architecture. To define the scopic regime-way of seeing-of that period, Martin Jay suggests that an in-depth analysis, comparison and evaluation of all the ocular fields, the visual subcultures, of the period is necessary. He believes that there is no hierarchical arrangement of the ocular fields, but rather they are all correct and equally

Existentialism as Exemplified in ‘The Seventh Seal’ The Seventh Seal is a 1957 Swedish film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. The film offers interwoven storyline. It starts with a game of chess between a medieval knight, Antonius Block, and Death – in which if Block won, Death will prolong the knight’s life. This game goes on in intermittent times. The knight is accompanied by his squire, Jöns, as they go back to the knight’s castle to be reunited with his wife. Throughout their journey

Frederick Douglass, born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, was born into slavery in the year 1818 on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. He was separated from his mother at a really young age. He lived as a slave for 20 years before he became a free man. Along the way, he managed to learn how to read and write. In 1845, Douglass published his autobiography The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. In the novel, he writes down everything he experienced from the time he was a little

After reading an essay, ‘On Writing’ by Stephen King, I was highly interested in King’s opinion about the necessity of reading and writing a lot in order to become a good writer. In King’s essay he talks about how he does not read to study and that he simply reads just to read; however, King does point out that though he is not reading to study there is still a learning process happening with everything he reads. “Every book you pick up has its own lesson or lessons, and quite often the bad books

Luca Signorelli was an artist who painted many altarpieces for churches in Cortona, his hometown. One of which was the Lamentation over the Dead Christ, which he painted in 1502. He used a “left-to-right” narrative style for this painting to show different scenes representing Christ’s life, while also bringing new innovative aspects into the paintings of Signorelli’s time period such as the ringed halos of light rather than the traditional plate-like halos. Also, this religious painting is also advanced

With today’s easy access to instant information and news updates, photography is everywhere. Photos capture everything ranging from an innocent birthday party in the backyard to a tragic dying solider in the rubble. Susan Sontag’s subjective essay Regarding the Pain of Others questions the ethics of looking at and judging controversial photographs, especially the ones of extreme suffering and anguish during war. Sontag elaborates on the relationship between photography and art. She also addresses