Saint Paul

The composition of the scenes in which religious figures appear, also serve as a visual technique to portray religion as powerful and include it as part of the nationalistic project. In Salón México, there is a scene that shows an image of the Virgen de Guadalupe at Mercedes’ rooms. When the image of the Virgen de Guadalupe is first shot, the camera focuses on a small flower from a low angle view; later, the camera zooms out and moves the frame from left to right. The juxtaposition of the small…

raise her daughter as a pious Christian. Meaning that she wanted Teresa to be deeply devoted to God. Around the age of seven years old, Teresa was fascinated by the saints and martyrs and their devotion. Inspired by them, Teresa would often pray in silence and give alms to the less fortunate. Joining Teresa and her fascinations of saints and martyrs, her brother Roderigo, who was close in age with Teresa made a plan to run away to Africa, where they could be beheaded by the Moors and become…

TITLE In the book The Cult of the Saints, Peter Brown explore the rise and function of the cult of the saints, and the religious practices and cultural life of people in the early church. Peter Brown opposes the popular “two-tiered model” and offers an alternative model. The “two-tiered model” is the theory that the cult of the saints was a “popular religion” and started by the “vulgar” bringing in their superstitious practices and the elite just have to succumb to it. However, Brown comes up…

Saint Frances of Rome was born into a wealthy family in 1384. She was quiet, yet strong willed, which she inherited from her father. From eleven years old, she knew God was calling her to be a nun. Her and her father’s similar personalities started to clash and he said she was “too young to know what she wanted.” To keep her from becoming a nun, he promised a wealthy family that she would marry their son. She prayed to God that the marriage wouldn’t happen. She reluctantly gave in to the…

Saint Luke the Evangelist is a very humble person willing to help other, especially if it is ordered by God to do so. Saint Luke has devoted his life to Christianity and Jesus, known for being a man of many crafts, and a close friend of the Apostle Paul. Luke is also known for his good relationship with the women around him, and Jesus himself. Luke was such a good servant of God and Jesus that he was allowed to have an influence on the bible, including having a book named after him. According…

Testament contains texts that are successful in converting many to Christianity. Paul the Apostle is one of its writers and one of his texts, the Letters to the Galatians, exemplifies Christianity’s persuasiveness. In Paul’s Letters to the Galatians, he explains to the Galatians that having faith in Jesus Christ is the only law they should be following in order to live an earthly life benefiting from the Holy Spirit. Paul effectively does this by dissuading against Judaism and its traditions as…

The allocated passage (2 Thessalonians 3:1-16) was known to have been written by Saint Paul near the end of his second missionary journey from Corinth. Saint Paul wrote many letters that can be found in the Bible. Paul was a well-educated, leading Jew who participated in destroying the Christian church and execution of Stephen, know to be the first martyr recorded in Act 7:55-8: 4. It is believed that on his way to Damascus to imprison more Christians, he saw the Lord and began a revelation in…

St George of Lydda BIOGRAPHY The life of a saint is one filled with hardships and persecution. Saints are those who go beyond the daily mass and preach the Good News to all people, even at the cost of their life. St George was born in AD 280 in Cappadocia (an area that is now part of Turkey) and died on the 23rd of April, 303 in Palestine. He was a soldier in the Roman army who later became venerated as a Christian martyr. His parents were Christians of Greek background. His father, named…

In late medieval England, on Saint Nicholas' Day areas held Yuletide "kid religious administrator" festivities. As a major aspect of this festival, adolescents played out the elements of ministers and b Saint Nicholas, additionally called Nikolaos of Myra or Nicholas of Bari, was Bishop of Myra, in Asia Minor, and is a noteworthy Christian holy person. In light of the numerous marvels ascribed to his mediation, he is otherwise called Nikolaos the Wonderworker . Holy person Nicholas is the…

Orthodoxy , Russia on 9 June 1672 and he died in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire on 8 February 1725. He became emperor of Russia in 2 November 1721 and he resigned in 8 February 1725 when he died, his successor was Catherine I. He reign the tsar of Russia 7 May 1682 and stop it 2 November 1721 when he became the emperor, the coronation was in the day of 25 June 1682, his predecessor was Feodor II and the Co-monarch was Ivan V. His burial was in Peter and Paul Cathedral, Consort was Eudoxia…