Relic

One of the biggest parts of Buddhism is the worship of relics of the Buddha. Even though it is a widespread feature of practice among lay Buddhists and monks, there are some parts where it is forbidden to only monks. It has affected monks for quite some time now, mostly affecting those of the Sri-Lankan area. This controversy began after the Buddha’s parinibbāna and has echoed throughout the centuries until present time. The source is found in the Mahāparinibbāna-sutta. It comes from the lack of

pardoner, made it easy to be exempt from sin with an exchange of money. The profit from selling these indulgences and relics was to be used to help with maintenance of the Church, but along with easy forgiveness came easy dishonesty. The relics and indulgences could be sold by anyone that decided to call themselves a pardoner. In addition, a legitimate pardoner could sell relics and/or indulgences while keeping the money for himself or without pardoning people in the proper way (Bowden 277). Chaucer’s

China-Germany alliance has helped keep the glow on warriors' cheeks. Ma Lie reports from Xi'an. The earth in the ancient city of Xi'an continues to astound archaeologists. When excavation work to find more terracotta relics restarted for the third time last year in Xi'an, archaeologists admitted they did not expect to make any groundbreaking discoveries. Researchers suggested that the No 1 pit, the largest of the three that surround the tomb of China's first emperor Qin Shihuang (259-210 BC),

moral leaders. Chaucer uses the Pardoner to stereotype corrupt church officials of the time, who were known to manipulate the faithful for personal gain. The Pardoner is unashamedly open about his misleading practices, bragging about selling fake relics and indulgences to the poor. His actions paint a picture of the widespread criticism of the Church’s exploitation of the people’s faith for monetary gain. This stereotype critiques the institutional church and its officials, who are expected to be

nation. Along his friend Relic, they made RHA. They had to beat RUHA before they went flawless in a competition, to get to a sacred land called the Lighthouse on Mercury. The lighthouse granted riches and the highest rewards in the land. RHA was unique in the sense that they were the only competitors with two members in their team. If they managed to defeat RUHA then they would get the rewards instead of RUHA and would shame them to never compete again. Hades and Relic went with their friends from

records and relics in the Australian War Records section in London, these were then set to be placed in the future memorial. Following the war, he was assigned to be the director of the memorial. Treloar also was in charge of the collection of relics from World War 2.

The dark ages, a time of …, were vital in establishing the new era of progression during the Middle Ages. During the Dark Ages, the plague ravaged across European settlements and wiped out more than a quarter of Europe’s population. The crusades, Christians battle for possession of Jerusalem, were unsuccessful. This left the Holy Land in the hands of the Islamic Empire, and tensions between major religions high. During the period between 1300-1600 ce, Eastern Europe, known as Russia, and Western

amount of money in various ways, such as people would travel to church to observe relics and donate to be blessed or healed, people would buy indulgences, and people would donate their land to church when they died. Firstly, citizens back in the Medieval era would travel to churches to see the relic or relics there or to be blessed and healed. Numerous amounts of people would go to church to be blessed by the relics. Consequently, Many churches were built around reliquaries to bring people in. Reliquaries

King Louis IX, the future St. Louis, who had it built to house the Holy Relics of the Passion, today dispersed” (Finance 1). The spire has statues of Christ’s apostles at the base of the spire and has angles decorated above the apostles. The Sainte Chapelle, the lower chapel was devoted to the Virgin Mary, and reserved for the administration staff. The upper chapel was reserved for the King and his family; the religious relics connected to Jesus Christ were kept in the upper chapel. In 1690, the flood

The real “wonder” of poison rings as a magical and poisonous device relied in its craftsmanship. The use of metalwork by gold/blacksmiths to create poison rings was a technical challenge as the ring’s hidden compartment had to be delicate, ornate, and discrete as not to alarm a spectator, but still have enough space to hold poison or object. In the context of the period, these rings would have been made of copper and bronze alloys with grandiose ornamentation along the band of the ring. Gemstones