The Restorers

During the sixteenth-century there were significant movements to reform the church and society during this time. One significant person who was known during the times of the sixteenth-century reformation was a man named Martin Luther who was known for making a Protestant Reformation. Martin Luther was a monk who had writings opposed against the church. For example, his theology on the salvation of the church, and indulgences are ones that opposed the Church’s traditions. Writings such as these that

Alphonse Maria Mucha born in Ivancice, Moravia (Czech Republic) and he leaved from 1860-1939, Mucha was a painter in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, he is also known to be one of the key figures in the “Art Nouveau” movement. Mucha had a passion for singing and this allowed him receive education in the Moravian capital Brno, but mucha main hobby from childhood was drawing. Mucha, in 1881, he did freelance decorative and portrait painting and in 1887, Mucha, moved to France and he volunteered

the Roman Republic. During the Augustan Revolution, art and architecture pushed a political agenda. Art portraying Augustus remains common throughout his reign. The art and architecture helped reinforce Augustus’ political message that he was the restorer of Rome. An example of Augustus’ artistic propaganda is the statue Augustus of Primaporta from 20 BCE. The statue is a depiction of Augustus as commander of the army. Augustus is depicted as very youthful and perfect. The statue is very idealized

In 1974 in the Shaanxi province of, China, peasants digging a well near the city of Xian stumbled upon a cache of life-size, terracotta figures of soldiers, which was later determined to be the burial complex of the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty, Qin Shi Huang. Qin Shi Huang has ruled China from 221 B.C. to 207 B.C. The emperor was credited with a series of public works projects, including an early iteration of the Great Wall, a standardized written language for the whole empire, and a system

Julius Caesar or his ‘restoration’ of the senatorial order. In this respect Shi Huangdi, like Augustus in Rome, established the philosophical basis for the rule of his successors. Similarly to Augustus, the Qin Emperor also describes himself as a restorer of stability and peace following an era of constant civil war: “warfare will not arise again! Disaster and harm are exterminated and erased…people live in peace and stability.” (pp.14) The Chinese, very much like their Roman counterparts, were exhausted

official and widespread persecution of the Christians was carried out by Diocletian. Diocletian was the Emperor who split the ruling of Rome into fourths and purged the empire of all invading and threatening outside sources. Diocletian was considered a restorer of the world and roman

Stuck Between Two Choices? Stuck trying to decide between two choices? This article will help you out. What Will Make You Happy? Dan Gilbert, the author of Stumbling on Happiness, has a super popular Ted Talk, The Surprising Science of Happiness. I never liked it. Especially the term "synthetic happiness" because it sounded like we should never try to be happy, but just accept things how they are, but I was missing the point. The point was, that the path we choose in life (or the path forced

seventh president of the United States and shortly after taking office it became evident just how different he was from the other six presidents before him. According to Watson (2006) “the seventh President never saw himself as an innovator, but as the restorer of an earlier standard of political service and integrity” (p.9). Nevertheless, Jackson lacked education, he was not from one of the old, and he wasn’t from one of the well-established American families. Unlike prior presidents that rarely spoke

B. Believers are to examine themselves (3-5) Verse 3 – “For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.” 1. Believers should not to think highly of themselves (v3) a) “For” the “ei” conjunction shows the state of mind that is necessary when a believer seeks to bear a burden of the sinning brother in verses 1 and 2. If a man thinks of himself to be something” (morally above reproach) when he is nothing (he also susceptible to sin at times), he deceives himself

If we learn any lesson from this fight, it is this; we must be very careful not to repeat the mistake that Tyson made in preparing for this fight. Tyson underestimated Douglas. He figured that since he had beaten everyone that had beaten Douglas, he shouldn’t even have to break a sweat to defeat him. Therefore he didn’t train properly or prepare for this fight. Often times, we make this same mistake when dealing with our spiritual enemy. We often underestimate him and because of that we fail