Mount of the Holy Cross

Holy shadows of the dead, I'm not to blame for your cruel and bitter fate, but the accursed rivalry which brought sister nations and brother people, to fight one another. I do not feel happy for this victory of mine. On the contrary, I would be glad, brothers, if I had all of you standing here next to me, since we are united by the same language, the same blood and the same visions.” Alexander the Great once said said. Alexander the Great was a king of Macedonia and son of King Philip II and…

surrounded by Christians and Jews, many of his earliest influences were from these faiths. Therefore, it is no mystery why Islam has its basis in Christian or Jewish thought. A few of Islam’s major doctrines will be described below. The Quran is the holy scripture that was given from Allah to Muhammad from December 22, 609 AD till his death in 632 AD. The word Quran or Koran Justo González says literally means “the recitation”. It is considered the greatest work of literature in the Arabic…

Further trouble occurred under the viceroy D. Constantino de Braganca. The trouble occurred in 1559 due to religious intolerance of the Portuguese priests in the nearby San Thome. These priests before rising an alter to offer their sacrifices to Almighty God, destroy the Hindu temple near the village of San Thome. These angered the Brahmins who complained to their king Aravidu Ramaraja to give justice to his subjects. Subsequently, the king besieged San Thome. However, Meersman argued that the…

The cross of Christianity is the main symbols which indicate that Jesus die on the cross to save the people. God is the king he the creator, that teaches god words is the truth, whom he is the god who speak the truth (Jn.17:17) whom he is our god which is the truth in the revelation is the bible. Although, he teaches that all men and women of all races is the creator of god equally. Christianity is the bible of the old testament (/old-testament) (the Jewish bible) also new testament (/testament)…

Every heroic story is told from the Hero’s Journey. Jesus follows this same journey. The Hero’s Journey includes 9 different parts; the intro, the call to action, crossing the threshold, meeting the mentor, challenges, temptation, dark inner moments, final battle and the return home. Jesus has every one of these scenes happen when He was on earth. There is a bible verse for every scene in the Hero’s Journey. The first scene is the intro to the hero’s world. The intro to the hero’s world…

stories. Levi is the son of Alphaeus and the brother of James the Less. James the Less is also an apostle of Jesus Christ. The first time Matthew appear in the Holy Bible, he is in a tax booth on the main highway in Capernaum. According to Mary, “The site of Capernaum is on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee, about one mile east of the Mount of the Beatitudes” (1). Capernaum is the most important place for Jesus activities in…

For instance, both Christianity and Islam believe in a trinity, and have some reference to Jesus. While the trinity in Christianity is the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; the trinity in Islam is Father, Virgin, and Child. Jesus in the eyes of a Christian is the Son of God, and is salvation. While in Islam, Jesus is a prophet and miracle worker, but is not divine or the Son of God. Christianity has one important…

were also persecuted. After the persecutions the Muslims had to flee for their safety. A journey of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina occurred. It concluded with the Muslims recapturing and the return back to their holy land Mecca. There are two major battles that happened during the prophet Muhammad era. The first battle that arose is called the Battle of Badr. The second battle that followed is known as the Battle…

The number three (3), within most Christian denominations, is synonymous with the Trinity—God, Son [Jesus], and Holy Spirit and is present three times in the story. The family is going on a three-day vacation, the three men who encounter the family on the dirt road, and lastly, the Grandmother, who dies due to three bullet wounds in her chest. The number six (6)…

The law that was ordained for the people, received by Moses (Exodus 31:18, “And he gave to Moses, when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.”), was in order to guide them on a path to righteousness despite their innate sinful nature. For example, the law previously required lovers of God to be circumcised…