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women are the sign of the Church herself. It is important that Catholics begin to understand the role of women more deeply (Matt, 2014, p.10). In order to support Pope Francis’ views on the leadership role of women in the church, my parish, New All Saints Catholic Church encourage and support women to hold a variety of positions. For example, women are now extraordinary ministers of the Eucharist, lectors, teachers of theology, as well as altar…

first revolution of February 1917. In the second one that happened in October, the Provisional Government was taken out and replaced with a Bolshevik or communist government. The February Revolution was a revolt centered on Petrograd which is now Saint Petersburg. In the madness, individuals from the Imperial parliament or the Duma accepted control of the nation,…

most clear example of how light is used to distinguish the man from the prophet is the halo. In Leonardo's fresco (1495-1498), Jesus and the disciples do not have heads ringed in the gold light that marks a saint. In stark contrast, Tintoretto’s Oil on canvas work (1592-1594) shows the disciples all with halos, and Jesus with one that illuminates the room. It is almost the only source of light. The painting is clearly in a Mannerism style, breaking from a realistic representation of humanity to…

from his father. The Czar ordered the army to fire against the protesters to quell the revolt, however the people in the protests were family and friends to the soldiers and they mutinied against the Czar, shortly after the governmental authority in Saint Petersburg fell apart and most symbols of the Czarist regime were torn down, soldiers and remaining police could not stop the protests as they took control of the city. Miles away speeding towards Petrograd on a train was the Czar, his train…

as circumcision was required for all Christians no matter their previous faith. With Peter being another apostle, he is an established source for God’s Gospel and his word is valued highly due to his status. However, when coming to Paul’s domain, he displays hypocritical behavior as he avoids the already circumcised people. Paul questions him with, “But when I saw that they were not acting consistently with the truth of the Gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, ‘If you, though a Jew, live…

yielded it and began to build on it. Although the marshy location was detrimental, Peter considered it perfect because ships could travel the Neva River into the Baltic sea, which lead to the West; and he named the city St. Petersburg after his patron saint. Due to the swampy nature of the selected area, establishing a city was difficult. Due to this, Peter ordered thousands of serfs…

Even though the Decembrists were planning the revolt for 10 years, they didn’t have a set date. They planned everything, thinking through all the details; and in 1825 they got the perfect opportunity. When Alexander I died he had no heirs to the throne, so his brother Konstantin was the next in line. However, years before the death of Alexander, Konstantin resigned his claim to the empire…

“Sure Thing”: A Thematic Analysis The restaurant, the bar, the baseball game, the club, or the social plateau as a whole are all places one might go with a lurking inclination of meeting that special someone. In the short, single act, two-character, drama “Sure Thing” written by David Ives, one can analyze the plethora of attempts demonstrated by Bill, the single male character to gain the attention of the young girl. Although the play is short in length, one can identify several interesting…

The hit television show The Jeffersons was an outstanding spinoff from the series All in the Family. The Jeffersons features George and Louise Jefferson a newly rich African American family living in Manhattan. The television show was based off the family dry cleaning business, Jeffersons Cleaners which eventually grew into a small chain business. The success from the family business allowed George, Louise and their son Lionel to move to a “deluxe apartment in the sky”. The television series The…

to allow better lighting of exhibits and aisles, which solved a major problem because they didn't have electricity so it was a breakthrough in the world of architecture in a way. The design in Britain was basically like a giant greenhouse; it used all factory-made materials to show the country that industrialization was the next big thing and that it was capable of changing the way they designed buildings. The success of the exhibition containing the Palace implies that it made an impact on the…