Penance

Chapter 13 Assignment #1 13.1 (Ryan Cho) Christian Humanist, Pluralism, indulgence. 1. Christian Humanist. Christian Humanists were people whose beliefs were based on an old Renaissance movement that combined a revived interest in humanity’s nature and the Christian faith. Christian humanists impacted art in a large and important way, while also changing the focus of religious scholarship. Christian humanists also helped shape personal spirituality and achievements, and eventually influenced…

personally, chose my older sister Mary because I admire and look up to her, and I knew that she would be the perfect sponsor for me. After the sacraments of Confirmation and the Eucharist, there is the sacrament of reconciliation. Reconciliation, or Penance, is…

too, as it has been that of many other pious Puritans, to fast,—not, however, like them, in order to purify the body and render it the fitter medium of celestial illumination,—but rigorously, and until his knees trembled beneath him, as an act of penance” (Hawthorne 171). Dimmesdale had become so unstable with himself that he feels as if torturing his own self is the only way to release some of the…

The two essays assigned, Civil disobedience and Self-Reliance were very similar in their ideals. Both Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau wrote about their disagreement with conforming to the government. Although these two are similar they are very different from Walt Whitman who wrote in many verses in what seems to be riddles to express his displeasure with society. Although both have a similar message it is conveyed differently. While reading Self Reliance I can understand how it…

The Judeo-Christian understanding of reality is that there is only one God who cares solely about his human beings. The Pagans and the Animistic believed that the world is filled with many gods in every possible space. Each of these gods had a different role in their world. With that, whenever a problem arises, they can turn to that specific god or spirit that has the experience of solving it. This meant, according to the gods, "That nothing in our experience is beyond the reach of the spiritual…

The Twelve Labors of Heracles or Hercules are a series of episodes concerning a penance carried out by the greatest of the Greek heroes (The Labors of Hercules, n.d.). After reading the epic labors of Hercules, this story demands a historical context in order for the reader to understand and appreciate it (13 Essential Literary Terms…

The Medici family were the powerful Italian family of bankers and merchants whose members ruled Florence for much of the 15th century. Cosimo and Lorenzo de' Medici were notable rulers and patrons of the arts in Florence. The family also provided four popes (including Leo X) and two queens of France (Catherine de' Medici and Marie de Médicis). Being in the money business, the Medici’s honed to a science making money using a complicated system of exchange (pawning) They paid the RC 2,000 florins…

rich who will give him money, rather than the poor(15). As a friar, he is supposed to be helping the community especially the poor, but he is more focused on getting money; the church, who he represents, is also focused on “silver”, so it sells “penance” for sinners(13). Chaucer points out…

Everyman is a morality play written anonymously around 1510. This play focuses on death, sin, and the unimportance of our earthly treasures when it comes time to die. In this play God sends death to tell everyone that they must make a final pilgrimage. Death stumbles upon Everyone and notices his concern with the desires of the world. Death instructs him of the pilgrimage he must take and tells him that he can bring with him anyone he pleases. The first friend Everyone stumbles upon is…

Inferno is an epic poem, written by 14th century poet Dante Alighieri, about his descent and accompanying experiences through his depiction of hell in order to reach purgatory and eventually heaven. Dante Alighieri was born in Florence, Italy around the year 1265. He is best known for his D ivine Comedy a nd is known as the "Father of modern Italian." His works have left a lasting impression since his death in 1321. When a child lies, he is chastised harshly for it, told how very wrong it is.…