Black church

This work, also known as the Altarpiece of the Holy Sacrament was painted between 1464-7 and located in St Peters Church, Louvain. The central panel represents The Last Supper and it is surrounded by 4 smaller panels depicting scenes from the Old Testament. In his Last Supper, Bouts breaks with convention by depicting Christ giving the Eucharist, rather than announcing the betrayal of Judus, as had hitherto been the tradition. Scholars believe this may in fact be the first Flemish panel…

rebelling against the lords and wealthy. His opinion is that slaughtering the royalty and destroying their property is acceptable to God and that it’s even condoned. Muntzer brags that four abbeys in Fulda were ‘laid waste’ and a group of peasants in the Black Forest have a total count of 3,000. (Doc 4) A month later in May of 1525, Martin Luther responded to the acts of savagery amongst the peasants with a letter to the public. He says that the peasants have forgotten their place and they are…

In the Middle Ages, there were many approaches to medicine. As seen in the series of documents, different societies treated sickness and healing with a unique means. While some people believed in the power of herbs and nature, others believed in godly wrath or praise. These were not the only forms of treatment either. There were methods we still use today, such as bathing and keep hygienic, to drawing diagrams of a human body to deconstruct a patient’s state. We can examine these sources to see…

O’Flaherty grew up in an Ireland under British control at the turn of the 20th century. Irish citizens fighting for their own freedom faced the wrath of harsh British army forces, including the infamous ‘Black and Tans’. As a young clerical student he witnessed first-hand atrocities committed by the Black and Tans and a number of his friends were killed. All of this made a deep impression on the young O’Flaherty. On Monday 10 June 1940, Il Duce, Benito Mussolini announced to the Italian people…

“To be Christian at all is to be a theologian, there are no exceptions” (Stone 3). Theology is the understanding of our God through a process of thinking about life in the light of faith. We use theology when engaging in our calling and when we turn for knowledge and support. How to Think Theologically, explains the difficult process of theological thinking and reflections. The author wants us to understand that if we practice religion and live according to our Christian faith, then we are…

my friends I was; she shunned it because her parents had told her so. I tried to be as normal as possible and fit in with everyone else. The school system I grew up in was also very conservative and they were predominately white. This meaning three black students and four Latino students including myself graduated from our class. This being said I experienced a lot of prejudices in politics and religion as well as racial prejudices from my peers. I remember in middle school I wasn’t allowed to…

The Voodoo religion has a rich history. It has survived oppressive times and now flourish in both Haiti and the United State. (the place) In the 1600’s, every slave was baptized upon arrival to the new land and was educated in the Catholic faith. They were forced to practice their religion in secret. The African priest, known as “doctor feuilles”, or medicine men and makers of charms, were now slaves and practiced in secret. Some of the slaves wore talismans as protection. Some nights the slaves…

Sarah Kim Final The Bestiary: The Aberdeen During the middle ages, manuscripts or hand-made books, were used to educate the people about the principles of Christianity. It was a transition from the dark ages and a time when Christianity was expanding in Europe. Wealthy members in society wanted more churches, artworks, and manuscripts. Many of the works were religious, but also non religious. Manuscripts were an important artwork to expand Christianity. The Bestiary, the book of Beasts, is an…

that drives efforts to reinvent government bureaucracies, church hierarchies, and business practices call for audacious leaders who take a stand for what they believe in” (p.29). As a practicing Catholic, I have noticed that the Church is continuously challenged to redefine the role of the Church in our ever changing society under the leadership of Pope Francis. While it is relatively easy to appreciate the public function of the Catholic Church in the area of social services, health care, and…

day. The first church that the we visited was Old Saint Joe’s Catholic Church. When we first go to the church, our tour guide told us about the history of all the buildings that formed the church. Once he was finished we went inside and he told us about the history of how the church was formed and what has happened to it over the years. When he was telling us all this information he was talking very fast and very verbatim.…