In the first half of the 16th century, Western Europe experienced a wide range of social, artistic and geographically political changes that created conflict within the Holy Roman Empire. ... "...the five Vicars of Christ who ruled the Holy See during Magellan's lifetime [1480-1521] were the least Christian of men; the least devout, least scrupulous, least compassionate, and among the least chaste - lechers, almost without exception. Ruthless in their pursuit of political power and personal gain, they were medieval despots who used their holy office for blackmail and extortion" (Macke...

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As Gabriel explains, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called Son of God'" (Luke 1:35). ...

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The Pope was regarded as the most holy person alive, followed by the Cardinals, Archbishops, Bishops, Priests, Deacons, and finally the Laity. ... Vatican II established that all people were equal in the eyes of God and the Holy Spirit, helping overcome the problem of exclusivity that was seen in the Church, helping it to become more inclusive. ... This more democratic model meant that the best man to take the Church forward was elected under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. ... The early Church has always opposed the idea of mixed marriages as it was said to degrade the holy character of matr...

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I will first discuss the origin of the religion, and then specifically examine the religion's use of the Ayahuasca drink as a holy sacrament and its chemical composition. ... The origin of the Santo Daime religion The Santo Daime religion emerged in the Amazonian basin in the early 1920s when Raimundo Irineu Serra, a rubber tapper from the Amazon, was walking in the forest and was visited by a feminine spirit claiming to be a representation of the Virgin Mary and an embodiment of Mother Earth. ... Irineu created the first Santo Daime church in Rio Branco, Brazil and made the beverage A...

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Arguably the broadest and more important justification that Plato gives for banning things in his aristocracy is that some things must be banned because they contradict the forms or they are not "holy"" (69). ... Plato is slightly more ambiguous regarding the significance of something in his city that is not "holy ", but he at least makes it clear that holiness is important because of its relation to the gods and to men's souls "that is, "if [the city's] guardians are going to be god-revering and divine insofar as a human can possibly be " (61). ... Also, the soul of every citiz...

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While Classical Philosophy tangles with many questions, one could surmise from the readings that the universal goal of most (classical) philosophers was to answer the question "what is the best life?" A logical presumption would be that nearly all human beings aspire to live the best possible life, and undoubtedly that life would be measured in happiness. The quest to "live the good life " is unique to the human experience in that, unlike beasts or plants, we do not simply yearn for mere survival, but instead strive for the best possible life. For the purpose of this paper, we will look at Ar...

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Questions I and II What are the central concerns illustrated in the article "The Crisis of Belief"?" How does this show symbolically in the poem "Dover Beach,"" by Arnold? Response The central concern is the despair of the modern man who loses the certainty that belief gave him, the inner conflict ...

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Abstract This article applies some concepts of Freudian psychoanalysis to Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Oval Portrait". It also in a specific manner tries to make parallels between Poe's own character and his projections onto his tales and poems, in here "The Oval Portrait". The main focus will be the traces of Freud's ideas on the "Life and Death Drives", "Guilt Complex", "Fixation", "Sublimation", "Dream work" and "Ideal Female complex" in this short story. Furthermore, this paper examines the...

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The juxtaposition between short, weak adjectives, 'tired, old and grey' and rich expressions such as 'radiantly beautiful' and 'exquisitely voluptuous' emphasise his vulnerability to temptation, a veiled allusion to when Jesus was tempted at his weakest, 'Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil'11. ...

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We shall understand the section only by realizing that the legislator is, in fact, in Rousseau's system, the spirit of institutions personified; his place, in a developed society, is taken by the whole complex of social custom, organization and tradition that has grown up with the State. ...

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We shall understand the section only by realizing that the legislator is, in fact, in Rousseau's system, the spirit of institutions personified; his place, in a developed society, is taken by the whole complex of social custom, organization and tradition that has grown up with the State. ...

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Moreover, any war against Austria in the 1820's would mean war against Russia and Prussia too because the Holy Alliance acted as international police force resisting the tide of change. ... It was doubtful whether they could succeed with no foreign aid but only an ant-revolutionary Holy Alliance. ... Moreover, he knew that diplomacy was important by exploiting the revolution of 1848 when the Holy Alliance was on the reign of collapse, Italian unification was to be achieved by foreign war with friendly foreign relationships. ... Romanticism still played a role in keeping alive a national ...

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As early as 1354 the order had provided 24 popes, 200 cardinals, 7,000 archbishops, 15,000 bishops, 1,560 canonized saints, and 5,000 holy people worthy of canonization, a number since increased to 40,000, and it had included 20 emperors, 10 empresses, 47 kings, 50 queens, and many other royal and noble people. ... This reform endeavoured to restore the spirit of the original rule of Albert of Vercelli. ...

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They disapprove of the Modernists interpretations of the Holy Book and conceive that the Sharia and Koran have efficiently set out rules according to which a Muslim should fashion his life. ... "He stressed the need to liberate the spirit of religion from the cobwebs of superstition and stagnation which surrounded it and move forward under the forces of modern science and knowledge". ...

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The Stanley Cup The Stanley cup is not just the most identifiable trophy in North America but it is also the best know cultural artifact in Canadian society. Both the rich have coveted the cup and famous as well it has been admired by the likes of the garbage man next door. The cup transcends ...

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