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Walden 1 How was Hieronymus Bosch able to convey the magnitude of the events within his painting “The Arrest of Christ”? In 1515 Hieronymus Bosch completed his painting “The Arrest of Christ” using his own style. With a better understanding of Bosch’s style of painting I will show how Bosch was able to show his perception on the events of that day, by using his form of painting. Next I will discuss the time period in which Bosch painted “The Arrest of Christ”. Finally I will be discussing the

Ozment & The Lutheran Reformation By: Hanan M. Madbouly Long before Martin Luther was one of Germany’s most famous reformers, Lucas Cranach a painter from Franconia served sixteen years as a court painter in Wittenberg. Wittenberg turned out to be the center for the Renaissance; this small town would be where the Renaissance would emerge. As Luther references it, it became the birthplace of religious pluralism and independent beliefs

Pope Saint John XXIII   Pope Saint John XXIII was born as Angelo Guiseppe Roncalli on the 25th November 1881. He was the eighth child in his family and his parents were poor sharecroppers that lived in a small Italian town. He was ordained as a priest in 1904. Pope Pius IX, who was pope up until 1903, had made a command that all Catholic priests were to be entirely separated from the political world. His successor, Pope Pius X, the pope during Roncalli’s ordination, took this a step further and

attacked him. John wasn’t too worried about Mr.Deblasio’s testimony, because he was the only witness, but what was to come next concerned him. A television was rolled in, one of the old-school ones you still had to roll in, and was set up oblong to the laity in the jury stand. When the play button was pushed, a video began, showing the interior of the convenience store. Mr.DeBlasio was at the counter looking down at a newspaper. After a few seconds Billy entered the store. He moved around the store erratically

“At the very least, they’re said to be some kind of research department within both Programs, which specialize in all sorts of unknown research. No really knows, but it seems that such secrecy has only led to a lot of speculation by certain people,” Schäffer elaborated. “So where is this leading, Schäffer?” wondered Chandler, not sure why the Adelburger leader was diverging into GUBU subjects. “Look, the fact is me and my colleagues have reason to suspect that whatever BELLADONNA likes to share with

The Crusades The Crusades were Christian military expeditions undertaken between the 11th and the 14th century to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims. “The word crusade, which is derived from the Latin crux ("cross"), is a reference to the biblical restriction that Christians carry their cross.”1 Crusaders wore a red cloth, cross sewn on their tunics to indicate that they had assumed the cross and were soldiers of Christ. What were the real causes of the crusades and how did all of it finally

The Success of Sir Robert Peel’s Irish Policy Sir Robert Peel’s strong-nerved and far-sighted approach to Ireland’s social discontent demonstrated all the best attributes of the innovative politician that he was. However, the minimal effect felt by Irish people highlights the eventually fatal inefficiency of his leadership. Peel’s policies were largely based on the principle of “coercion and conciliation”: at first he took an authoritarian stance, and only later looked

In Martin Luther’s To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation, Luther writes to the German princes on the three walls that the Catholic Church uses to defend themselves from reform. Luther attacks all three walls for the power it gives to the Pope. His attack of the second wall, that only the pope can interpret scripture, is a tenant of Luther’s theology. The Lutheran belief of Sola Scriptura holds that only Scripture should be the source of all Christian practices, rather than doctrines declared

The proof for the existence of God is an issue that may never be resolved. It has caused division among families and friends, nations and society. The answer to the question “does God exist?” is almost an impossible one to give with certainty seeing that there is a variety of people, ideas, cultures and beliefs. So how does one know if one’s actions here on earth could have eternal consequences? What is, if any, a “safe bet” to make? Blaise Pascal was a 15th century philosopher and a mathematician

An institution with the purpose of preserving, protecting and publically displaying collections ranging from various paintings to different artefacts are museums. Their historical development also led to intellectual evolution and divergence of the public thought on objects that are placed inside. Today we question the values of seeing those objects; for an example, museum sceptics undermine the value of museums and collections. Nevertheless, there are several main points that argue against the