Philippi

Throughout the Gospels of Matthew and John, each of them expressed rhetorical devices and rhetorical appeals in their stories but illustrated them in varying ways. According to the article by Matera, he expressed “symbolism that was applied to the evangelists by relating Matthews Gospel to the face of a human and Johns Gospel to the face of an eagle. This symbolism, which was specially developed by Irenaeus, enabled the church to see each of the Gospels as distinctive and yet gazing upon the…

Paul’s debate of life and death is separated into to conclusions: first, Paul yearns for the Philippians to direct their focus on being with Christ; second, he begins transitioning focus from his life to the Philippians by suggesting his return to Philippi. Following this conclusion, Paul infuses an extremely significant doctrine. This doctrine Paul is suggesting is a doctrine discussing life after death, namely, when Christians die, they immediately go into the presences of Christ. Although…

Although modernized, the use of propaganda as a tool for approval can be traced back through the Roman Empire and just prior, to Gaius Julius Caesar. The rise of the Roman Empire began shortly after the death of Caesar, and many of the emperors followed closely in his footsteps with the use of architecture as propaganda as he had done. This paper will analyze Caesar as one of the first and most successful users of propaganda, and how the Roman emperors after him used architecture as propaganda.…

Philippians The book of Philippians was written by Paul and ministered Philippi. During Paul’s second three month missionary journey. Paul brought faith into the city Troas to the people who would form the heart of the thriving congregation of the city. It was likely that Paul wrote Philippians last of all of the four Prison Epistles. The other three Prison Epistles were Colossians, Ephesians and Philemon. The letter of the Philippians was delivered by Epaphroditus. Philippians is so important…

In William Shakespeare 's The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Brutus possesses all of the traits of a tragic hero in the eyes of Aristotle. Brutus is the perfect candidate for a tragic hero, containing all of the tragic hero traits. This includes nobility, peripeteia, anagnorisis, and catharsis. Between everything Brutus does for the people of Rome, he shows anyone that he is the most noble of them all. He definitely proves himself to be an honorable man. Out of all the things that describe Brutus,…

The Ides of March recalls a day where a man named Marcus Junius Brutus participated in the assassination of his dear friend Julius Caesar for what he assumed to be the best option for Rome. Brutus wanted Rome to continue as a democratic empire and feared Caesar was becoming both a tyrant and a dictator. He became what many would call a tragic hero today as he was born to a noble family and suffered a calamity. William Shakespeare however created a different understanding to the term by adding…

SpiritCorrect Answer: n/a Paul’s missionary journey into Gentile territory began with Paul leaving from Damascus after meeting with Jesus on the road to Damascus. His second mission was when he traveled to Greece and established the first church at Philippi where he engaged the public intellectuals in Athens (Harris, 2014). In Paul’s third missionary journey he goes back to Greece and Asia Minor where he engages with various kinds of religious pluralism (Harris, 2014). Upon Paul’s…

The concept of gender plays a significant role in the interpretation of religious artifacts. Many historians, religious insider, and academic scholars spend their time trying to decipher the meaning of a religious text. The purpose of this essay is to justify the inversion of Peter’s gender to that of a woman, in Matthew 16: 13-20, based on the concepts that Jesus was the most accepting of sinners, women deserve a chance at redemption, and women are the archetype for motherhood and creation. In…

Paul and the Philippians (All reflections of reading the Book of Philippians) Poignantly, the epistle of Paul was to an assemblage of Christians that were outstandingly tender to his heart in the Book of Philippians. “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:6).…

William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar tells the story of the assassination of Julius Caesar by a group of conspirators and the Battle of Philippi between the conspirators and Caesar’s successor that resulted from the power vacuum after Caesar’s death. The play doesn’t focus on Caesar, instead it focuses on his friend Brutus, one of the conspirators, as he struggles with choosing between honor, loyalty and patriotism when killing Caesar. Brutus is a patriot and not a betrayer because he was…