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In addition to its inclusion among the many translations of Catullus' collected poems, Catullus 101 is featured in Nox (2010), a book by Canadian poet and classicist Anne Carson that comes in an accordion format within a box. Nox concerns the death of Carson's own brother, to which the poem of Catullus offers a parallel. Carson provides the ...
To their right, a knight with a dolphin tail sails on a winged fish. The knight's tail curls back to touch the back of his head, referencing the common symbol of eternity: the snake biting its own tail. On the immediate right of the panel, a winged youth soars upwards, carrying a fish in his hands and a falcon on his back. [40]
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[4] Paul emphasizes that eternal life is not merely something to be earned, but a gift from God, as in Romans 6:23: "wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." [4] Romans 6:23 thus also counter-positions sin and eternal life: while sin results in death, those who are "in Christ" will reap eternal ...
Helps: This gift has to do with service to the sick and the poor. [1] Possessors of this gift have a "spiritual burden and a God-given love for the needy and afflicted". [41] Administration: Also called the gift of governing, [1] the Greek word translated "governments" is kubernesis, the verb form of which means "to steer" or "to be a helmsman ...
Saint Peter depicted (by Peter Paul Rubens) holding the Keys of Heaven – Museo del Prado. According to Catholic teaching, [1] Jesus promised the keys to heaven to Saint Peter, empowering him to take binding actions. [2]
Sub specie aeternitatis (Latin for "under the aspect of eternity") [1] is, from Baruch Spinoza onwards, an honorific expression denoting what is considered to be universally and eternally true, without any reference to or dependence upon temporal facets of reality. The Latin phrase can be rendered in English as "from the perspective of the ...
Dickinson's tone contributes to the poem as well. In describing a traditionally frightening experience, the process of dying and passing into eternity, she uses a passive and calm tone. Critics attribute the lack of fear in her tone as her acceptance of death as "a natural part of the endless cycle of nature." [6] In 1936 Allen Tate wrote,