Blasphemy

Once Christianity was developed and underwent blasphemy from other cults, they were then supported by King Constantine which allowed them to practice their religion freely. Christians believed in one God and believed it was dishonorable to worship false idols because that was not considered the way to salvation. Christians turned away from the Jewish religion because they believed that God would send his Messiah, Jesus, and he would be considered the pathway to proper salvation. After the…

The First Crusade The First Crusade marked on of the first times in history that the Christian religion considered violence and war against non-believers to be justified. There were a few reasons behind the pope calling the Crusade, and a lot more which explain why there was so much support for it within the Christian community In addition, the success of the First Crusade can be attributed to a variety of factors, but the religious and political climate at the time within the Muslim world…

Throughout William Blake’s poems he has expressed his views about social issues that affected him directly and indirectly. There are many issues that are displayed throughout his work, in William Blake’s book Songs of Innocence and Experience reflecting on the stages of childhood and the adult life and how people’s perspective change over their life span. Songs of Innocence is the child-like and more playful naive way of seeing the world, which contrast to Songs of Experience being harsh and…

Arthur Miller’s classic, The Crucible, establishes a dramatized story takes place in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. The story targets the Salem witch trials and reveals the drama that circulates the city. Influenced by events during various time periods, the play connects similar characteristics between the story and society. Although Miller has caused controversy regarding witchcraft activity and a mockery of McCarthyism, he successfully constructs the realities people suffered and lived through…

Freewill, the Foundation of Fate In Sophocles’ play “Antigone”, how do the universal themes of fate and freewill act together to conclude which is more powerful than the other? The concept of fate versus free will is a common theme throughout Greek Literature. In the play “Antigone” by Sophocles the author elaborates and fuels the debate of whether fate is more powerful than freewill and to what extent can people act without consequences. Sophocles himself experienced inner conflict between…

Crucifixion was a very agonizing death penalty commonly used by the Romans in the 6th century to punish slaves and criminals. The Romans had been using this method of killing for about 70 years before Christ got crucified himself. Crucifixion was used until Constantine banned it in 337 AD. Crucifixion usually came with many gory steps which led up to being hung on a cross. Flogging, carrying the cross, and then finally being nailed to this structure were the typical steps of crucifixion. Death…

The Making of the Knights Templar “Like going on pilgrimage, to which they were often likened, crusading was an act of Christian love and piety that compensated for and paid the penalties earned by sin” (Richard Abels, par. 1). During the Medieval Time Period, the Christians would take pilgrimage to the Holy City of Jerusalem until it became increasingly dangerous as the Muslim Wars of Expansion threated the Holy City of Jerusalem. This sparked the Crusades: a series of Holy Wars where the…

The Wife of Bath Prologue As I was introduced to the most impressive and provocative English pilgrim that ever existed in the land of literature make-believe, I couldn’t help but pondered the question of what precisely was the inspiration behind this powerful and dynamic creature that came to life before me like none other. Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales is a beautifully written fourteenth century novel containing over 20 captivating stories, all recorded from the different perspectives…

The working class was the majority of the population and unquestioningly underrepresented in the British government during the Hanoverian era and, unfortunately, many eras before and after. Historians and scholars across multiple fields have studied the laws, workforce struggles, and the general social welfare of the lives of the lower class, but the narratives lack the big picture. A case study here may focus on men, another on women, and yet another on the black community, a specific field of…

Marcus Bachmann, a therapist who runs a Christian counseling place, claimed that homosexuality could be cured. Bachmann stated that homosexuality is both a choice and a threat (Goldberg, 2011). A method called the conversion therapy is a way of curing homosexuality. A conversion therapy aimed to re-assign the sexual orientation of its patient. During 1950s and 1960s, a conversion therapy is done by pressuring its patient to masturbate to a picture of those of the opposite sex whilst they will be…