Crucifixion

The life and death of Jesus is a very important part of the Christian world view. Without Jesus Christ there would be no Christianity. He is the foundation or cornerstone of the Christian faith. Jesus gave all humans a chance to earn forgiveness and redemption in God 's eyes. He is the reason we shall find eternal salvation at the end of our time on Earth. There is so much to learn about Jesus that we might never been done learning. In Matthew 24 we learn about the prophecies of Jesus. He tells…

Once again, as in “Friday”, and as in Catholic devotional tradition, these failures are the “daily wounding” that continues to nail Christ to the “eternal Cross” of the poem’s title. In one of Jennings’ early collections, Song for a Birth or Death a sequence of poems entitled “The Clown”, the circus clown becomes a clear image of the crucified Christ. The similarity is apparent in a variety of terms that include innocence “you seem like one not fallen from grace”, “helplessness” and the…

Seal Sentences Christ to Die...in a Musical He may have been "Kissed by a Rose" and even had the love of supermodel Heidi Klum, but the Grammy award-winning artist, Seal, is now going one step beyond. He is portraying the Roman leader who sentenced Jesus Christ to die. During a two-hour live musical performance of "The Passion", Seal will take on the role of Pontius Pilate. Much like Pilate, Seal admits that he finds himself skeptical of religion and "constantly striving to connect with his…

In The York Corpus Christi Play: The Crucifixion, Jesus speaks only two times in the three-hundred lines. The rest of the dialogue is between the four soldiers who are attempting to crucify him. There is an odd dark humor among the soldiers while they are crucifying Jesus. More interesting, however, is Jesus’ response to his crucifixion. The first time he speaks his words are directed at God only. The second time he speaks, the first half of his text is directed at man, while he still ends with…

John can be summarized in this way. The book of John is about Jesus’ ministry. The book of John starts off by stating that God was in the beginning and nothing was made without Him. It is also stated that John was sent to testify of the Light which is the coming Son, Jesus. Jesus’ ministry covered in the book of John starts in Cana at a wedding where He turns water into wine. He then goes to the temple to find sales people in the temple. He says His Father’s house is not a marketplace and He…

the depiction of Christ's crucifixion has changed from the early medieval era to the late medieval, roughly the time span from about c. 400-1500. It can be said that, during the medieval time period, Christ’s life was an important theme, especially that of His death on the cross. During the Roman time period, crucifixion was the essential and most gruesome way to punish one who had committed crime(s). However, with that being said, it is interesting to see how the crucifixion has been depicted…

that Rogier van der Weyden’s Crucifixion, will always remain mysterious as to whom the painting was commissioned for or its exact purpose. It is clear however, that the painting is meant to represent the relationship between Christ and the Virgin mother as they suffer and Saint John’s duty to comfort and bear witness to this…

David Call’s The Crucifixion of Sign Language is particularly striking to me because of its integration of an eminent religious symbol with sign language to convey a thought-provoking message¬– sacrifice and tolerance. The overall tone of the piece is assembled upon suffering and sacrifices that the Deaf community had to endured during the period of sign language oppression. Needless to say, there are countless negative implications as a result of the Milan Conference in 1880, but I believe that…

One of the artist’s achievements touching on the crucifixion of Christ includes Lamentation over the Dead Christ. The painting shows the body of Christ after he was killed and laid on the slab, guarded by Saint John and the Virgin Mary. Contrary to the other works during this heated political time, Lamentation…

moments of life. The center panel portrays the Crucifixion of Christ on the cross. In the panel above Crucifixion, Christ is praying in a garden. This panel was a replacement for the original panel which was of Christ ascending into the heavens. Just below the Crucifixion panel is an image of three women Christ’s empty tomb. They are met by an angel who tells then that Christ has risen from the dead. In all the panels above and below the Crucifixion represent Christ’s victory over death. In…