Martyr

side of the story, other theologians argue that Christians are physically eating the body and drinking blood of Jesus, in its accidental form of bread and wine due to transubstantiation, when they celebrate the sacrament of Holy Communion. Justin the Martyr was a Samaritan born in a Roman colony in Palestine. All throughout his childhood he was looking for the meaning of life. He was convicted of the truth of the scripture and he saw the Christian faith as the fulfillment of philosophy. This…

It’s the end of the world, the ground is shaking, and someone’s house is collapsing! What would that person do? This exemplifies an atmosphere of intense fear and hysteria, which leads to many life and death decisions. People make tough choices in dreadful situations that they would not normally do; sometimes for self gain, and other times for the sake of others. Situations similar to this include fictional events like the movie 2012, or even events in history, such as the Great Fear during the…

"Cultural relativism is an undeniable fact", Jack Donnelly postulates in his journal entitled, "Cultural Relativism and Universal Human Rights" (Donnelly, J); the axiom rings true not only inside anthropology, but inside the emergency room, whenever two cultures clashes and "the conflict [becomes] confined to differences in belief systems" (Fadiman, A). One example that comes to mind in the recent decades is the confrontation between the Lee family and a public hospital in Merced, California,…

In the past children’s literature has been dominated by the agenda of religious institutions, the censorship of well-meaning adults and the pragmatic practice of inserting life lessons into children’s books (Glazer, 466). While these different interest groups have had a strong hold on children’s literature for many decades both Louis Lowry and Ayn Rand have not only written works, The Giver and Anthem, that address the dangers of special interest groups encroaching on the education and literacy…

Question Two: How is sexuality politicized in Rome? According to the beliefs of ancient Rome, a person’s sexuality was intrinsically tied to their character. Because sexual characteristics were implicative of personal characteristics, you could judge someone’s character by their sexuality. The ancient Romans used sexuality to judge character, even though the two may be entirely unrelated. The Romans may have done this for another, more practical reason as well: bloodlines. The Romans had no…

had access to the decrees themselves. Irenaeus (AD 130–200) declared that “It is not possible that the Gospels can be either more or fewer in number than they are… it is fitting that she should have four pillars…” (Against Heresies, XI, 8). Justin Martyr (AD 100-165) refers to the gospels as the ‘memoirs’ of the apostles and quotes the gospels when he quotes the memoirs. they spake in mockery the words which are recorded in the memoirs of His apostles: ‘He said he was the Son of God: let him…

In A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, Mariam is plagued with an unjust life. Although Mariam was faced with many trials she didn't let her unfortunate circumstances keep her from finding inner peace and justice by the time of her death. In her parents' eyes, Mariam was a filthy harami. Her mother blamed her for their solitude and her father was utterly embarrassed of her. Overall, her childhood was loveless. She looked for affection from parents who weren’t completely there, which…

that the Sun was in fact a star and that there was an infinite number of stars and planets parallel to our Sun, Earth, and solar system” (Kaplan) .To have this proven and then excepted by the Catholic Church and proven true, made Bruno revered as a martyr to scientific truth. Bruno’s sacrifice allowed scientist today to imagine, explore and make new discoveries without being alienated because of popular believe. This permitted the discovery of the exoplanets found around the TRAPPIST-1…

Christianity is one of the three major monotheistic religions. A monotheistic religion is one where there is only one god. The god of the Christian religion is Jesus. Jesus is the creator of the world as shown in John 1:1-4. Another view of Jesus is as the judge and punisher of human. kind. The judgement will occur during the apocalypse, also known as the second coming. The apocalypse is the day that Jesus will return to earth to judge the evil people and reward those who have been faithful.…

treason. Thomas More was beheaded on July 6, 1535. He left behind the final words: "The king's good servant, but God's first." More was beatified in 1886 and canonized by the Catholic Church as a saint in 1935. He has also been deemed a "Reformation martyr" by the Church of England. Around 1494, his father, a prominent attorney, brought More back to London to study common law. And in February 1496, More was admitted to Lincoln's Inn, one of England's four legal societies, to prepare for…