Antichrist

Nero the Empire Emperor Nero is the rotten tomato in a garden of sublime heroes and malevolent villains. He is, undeniably, a milestone that history would happily hand over to someone else. However, his essence has lived on for centuries since his reign ended in 68 AD. He is depicted as an opulent and tyrannical man in many cultures. Nero is recognized mostly for his luxurious performing arts activities, his personal life drama, and his association with the Great Fire of Rome. Nero was…

narrative order is restored. A Study of Popular Horror Films through Feminist Lenses There has been some feminist work on horror films and most contemporary feminist studies of horror films are psychodynamic. Within the psychodynamic theory the films may be considered as artifacts where such aspects as plot, narrative or point of view may be recognised, however the chief interest lies in the viewer’s motives and interests in watching horror films and on the psychological effects such films…

fact that MLK was okay with being excommunicated, they thought he had bad morals. “In November, he published a treatise titled Assertion of All the Articles Wrongly Condemned in the Papal Bull, in which he defended his views—and called the Pope the Antichrist. Meanwhile, Luther’s own works were being burned by supporters of the Pope”( Oxford University Press 1). MLK fought back at the church because he knew he wanted to keep working equality. Some people may think religion is the most important…

The illuminati’s main goal according to Todd Carrel, is “accomplish a satanic New World Order, a one-world government, that will prepare citizens for the coming of the Antichrist.” (“The Illuminati”). Also, the illuminates goal is to merge all the religions into one world church that will serve Satan (“True Conspiracies, the Illuminati and One World Government”). There is clear evidence of this conspiracy in our government systems today, and important people who claim that there is a “invisible…

In this essay I’ll be discussing the history of Baroque art and two artist from that era, Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. Then I’ll explain the role of the church during this era and how Caravaggio and Bernini differently conveyed faith and commitment to the church. Lastly, I’ll give my visual analyze on Bernini’s painting Ecstasy of St. Teresa and Caravaggio’s painting Crucifixion of St. Peter. The Baroque era came about from the Reformation which was a religious…

Martin Luther was a Catholic priest who was infamous for attempting to bring down the penitential system of the Catholic Church. He believed the hierarchy of the Catholic Church was corrupted and dishonest. An example of a fraudulence that Luther despised was the act of selling indulgences. Priests sold indulgences to people who had sinned and wanted remission. Indulgences supposedly minimised the time a soul spent in Purgatory. They were too often alike to operations and an ‘easy way out’ from…

deemed evil by society will ultimately end in utter destruction. Moby Dick shows Melville’s view of the metaphysical concepts of good and evil. Each person inside the story represents a different values. The Main Character Ahab is depicted as an antichrist, a dark figure. His very name is a biblical reference to a…

consist of Heaven and an afterlife. In the end of the city of God, the saved will become immortal and will live with eternal happiness. He knows that in the last judgement many truths will occur, “Elias the Thesbite will return; the Jews will believe; Antichrist will persecute the Church; Christ will be the judge; the dead will rise; the good will be separated from the wicked; the world will suffer from fire, but will be renewed.” Augustine does not know the exact order the truths will happen…

Students are constantly asking the question, “Why do we have to learn this?” As Christian educators it is important that we are always ready to give an answer to this most important question. Perhaps the best answer is found in Isaiah 40:26 which says, “Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.” Or we can look at Hosea who…

The eccentric personality behind Grenouille’s character leads him to observe humanity as an outsider, which helped him build his arrogance and feelings of superiority towards God. What he truly loathes, though, is society’s construct of religion, as he enters a church for the very first time and derides God: “How miserable this God smelled!” (pg. 161). This resistance to religion manages to spread amongst other characters as well, such as Baldini, who “forgot, for the first time ever, to say his…