Canonization

twenty-seven books constitute the definitive witness to Jesus Christ as Lord and are regarded by Christians as the infallible rule of Christian faith and life, the inspired deposit of God's revelation (Barker, 2018). Discuss the process of the canonization of the New Testament A word derived from the Greek kanon, canon denotes towards the standard or measurement, the standard through which to some degree is evaluated or judged acceptable. In religious practice, a canon remains the authorized…

for Christians, as they consider the Hebrew Bible their “rule of faith”, and have therefore given the scriptures the title of ‘canon’ (Collins, 367). An interesting point that our professor brings up in our lecture videos is how the process of canonization is not inevitable. Many pieces/books may have been left out/kept in the Hebrew Bible simply because the editor wanted to, despite the passages seeming not being very relevant, or “expected” (ex: Qoheleth). The Hebrew Bible that we know today…

middle ages. The Hanged Man by Robert Bartlett takes place around 1307 in Wales and is about a Welshman, William Cragh who was hanged for a homicide fifth-teen to sixteen years before 1307 in, which there was an inquiry that took place called “canonization”. The motive of this investigation is an argument of William Cragh being alive because of the intercession of Saint Thomas De Cantilupe the bishop of Hereford. There are nine witnesses that were inquired starting from the Briouze Family,…

Setting 1) The settings of the book reflects romantic and realist literary movements in many ways. The settings can be categorized by these literary movements. For example, a romantic setting would be in the cave where Tom Sawyer’s Gang meets. Another romantic setting would be Jackson’s Island. In both these places, Huck escapes from reality –something that realism emphasizes. Realistic settings are when he is not on the raft, in caves, or on Jackson’s Island. An example of this scenario would…

Jose Sanchez Del Rio was born in Sahuayo, Michoacán, Mexico on March 28, 1913. It is not shown in what city, but Jose Sanchez Del Rio lived in Michoacan, Mexico before he died. Jose Sanchez Del Rio died on February 10, 1928. Jose Sanchez Del Rio died at a young age of 14 years old. The main accomplishment of Jose Sanchez Del Rio was when he was when he joined the Cristeros, but was captured and tortured by government officials. Even though he was being tortured to abandon his faith, he…

St. Albert the Great, who was also known as Albert of Cologne,was a great thinker of his time. He was a great natural scientists, physicist, theologian, mathematician, chemist, geographer, and astronomer. St. Albert also was a teacher of St.Thomas Aquinas. St. Albert was born around 1200 AD. There is not much known about his childhood and birth, and many sources disagree on his early life. Research suggests he was sent to Padua University, while he was there he was taught in the writing of…

Identity is a key importance to the overview of any individual’s culture. Without the culture it begins to develop this confused identity that does not have a clear connection to oneself. Identity is important to the main body to understand history, language, and family connection. The loss of identity is caused by the forced assimilation to the Indigenous culture to create this blind imagery that one does not clearly demonstrate their own culture. Throughout the book Bad Indians by Deborah…

foundation of figurative language within poetry. A paradox is often contradictory language that requires further discovery to understand the meaning. Brooks examines multiple poems from his book “The Well Wrought Urn”. He examines Donne’s “The Canonization” which is a paradoxical poem that makes the act of death in love as true life. I aim to analyze how “Carrion Comfort” by Gerard Manley Hopkins is also a paradoxical poem in the same style as Donne. Carrion Comfort is a poem about the…

Mother Teresa 3). Some of her accomplishments included 69 years of service, 4500 missionaries of Charities worldwide, and awarded a Nobel Peace prize in 1979 (The Social Impact of Newly Canonized St. Mother Teresa 4). On the day of St. Teresa’s canonization, Pope Francis praised the legacy she left behind and the work she exemplified (The Social Impact of Newly Canonized St. Mother Teresa 5). Therefore she has been one of the greatest saints making people determined to help people…

A key pillar to the Roman Catholic Church are its Saints. Saints are men and women who are recognized by the Church to have had an exceptional degree of holiness or likeness to God and or Christ. There are many hundreds of Saints within both the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church and Coptic Churches. The writing of the history and great acts of saints is called a Hagiography, literally meaning sacred writing. Of the many hundreds of saints, a few stand out in the history, Saints like…