... core believes. He has mentioned it in his treatise of De Praescriptione Haereticorum, in which he defends the Rule of Faith. He argues that religion is not a source to attain material goals and comfort, but a path towards finding oneself and the reason of their existence. Hence, it cannot be guided by an individual who is seeking religion in terms of materialism ... but attaining wisdom and social integration. In his later works gathered in De Carne Christi, he enlightened the concept of 'substance' and 'person', explaining how a being can be material and spiritual at the same...

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... through suffering. In 1960, Vittorio De Sica adapted Moravia's novel and directed Two Women, a film that filters reality through religious symbolism. De Sica created a version of neo-realism, linking the material poverty of war stricken Italy with the spiritual loneliness of its inhabitants. Both Moravia's and De Sica's artistic representations of Two Women depict lost purity and innocence, and the subsequent ... may go on another couple of years, then you'll not only put together a nice trousseau and dowry, but you'll be rich too.- (Moravia 9). Her only concern is the material wealth s...

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... her existence on proper and developed communications between her members. Pastoral communication is concerned about the proper functioning, development and maintenance of such a communication for the spiritual and sometimes also material benefit of the parishioners. In this process different members have different functions and responsibilities but there are also different means and possibilities to develop such communication through the groups activities ... ...

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... may be interpreted as Christ's triumph over death by his own dying and resurrection" (Goffen Rona, 1998). This is what I find most fascinating about the Trinity, the more research material I read and documentaries I watched, more questions & interpretations arose. Did a fourteen century artist really think this extensively about each interpretation? Or is this the modern world over-analyzing everything? My research ... ...

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... and Luke make in their respective use of Mark's story about Jesus being the misunderstood and suffering son of God. One story that is present in the triple tradition, the material that is incorporated among all three of the synoptic gospels, is the Passion and crucifixion of Jesus. These events happen in sequential order on the last day of His life ... ...

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... the heart of the gnostic concern was the revelation of the hidden Gnosis (Greek meaning "knowledge"), the possession of which would free one from the fragmentary and illusory (or evil) material world (bodily existence) and teach one about the origins of the spiritual world to which the gnostic belonged by nature. Radical discontinuity between appearance and reality; between bodily, literal perception ... ...

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... matter is just that - it lends itself to multiple interpretations, but not full explanations. The points that Basser brings forth simply make sense with consideration to his exegesis of the material he provides. Of course, however, much like all statistics are lies (one could poll one hundred immigrants to the United States who came here between 1880 and 1930, find out ... ...

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... . Paintings and sculptors were suddenly focusing on humans and their anatomy. Sculptors now presented human beings which enabled people to view from all angles, thus "bringing it securely into the material world." Also a major subject was religious themes. Yet, these themes had religious figures "humanized" or actually painted as a person with a face. Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper is a great example of ... ...

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... angel. The angel seems to be telling Saint Matthew what to include in the gospels, pointing out things using his hands. There is a very high contrasting color issue with the material which was used for Saint Matthew's drapery and the background being a simple black only emphasizes that. The composition is very balanced, as Saint Matthew is mostly on the left side ... ...

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... perfect, pre-existing Aeon. This desire had to be separated from her in order for her to remain within the Pleroma; she thereby emanated from herself a defective being who fashioned material and psychic space. This imperfect entity had been produced outside of the Pleroma and was therefore unaware of his own origin, and thus believed himself to be the True God ... ...

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