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Some of the most common themes of his plays were heavily influenced by his Classical Christian education by the Jesuits. For example, as a reader and great admirer of Scholastic theologians Saint Thomas Aquinas and Francisco Suárez, Calderón liked to confront reason against emotion, intellect against instinct, and understanding against the will.
Kelhoffer spends part of his book Persecution, Persuasion and Power arguing that persecution in Luke–Acts is used by the author to accomplish three things: (1) question the legitimacy of the accusers, (2) confirm the legitimacy of the faithful accused, and (3) derive legitimacy for the author's Gentile audience who might be suffering their ...
Jerome: " Spiritually we may say; When they shall persecute you in one book or one passage of Scripture, let us flee to other volumes, for however contentious the adversary may be, protection will come from the Saviour before the victory is yielded to the enemy." [3]
However, something that France notes but does not seem interested in, is that four chapters later, Matthew refers to Herod as 'king'. This suggests that we should say that at the time Galilee did in fact have a king; and if Galilee had a king at the time Jesus said this, this verse is not so revolutionary as some make it out to be.
John 17:1–26 is generally known as the Farewell Prayer or the High Priestly Prayer. [6] [19] It is by far the longest prayer of Jesus in any of the gospels. [7] While the earlier parts of the discourse are addressed to the disciples, this final part addresses the Father, as Jesus turns his eyes to heaven and prays. [6]
Matthew 27 is the 27th chapter in the Gospel of Matthew, part of the New Testament in the Christian Bible. This chapter contains Matthew's record of the day of the trial, crucifixion and burial of Jesus. Scottish theologian William Robertson Nicoll notes that "the record of this single day is very nearly one-ninth of the whole book". [1]
Antisemitism explained in the Bible. The Book of Genesis in Chapter 26 illuminates a pattern that has repeated itself for literally thousands of years. It relates the experience of Isaac, the son ...
Matthew 5:11 is the eleventh verse of the fifth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.It is the ninth verse of the Sermon on the Mount.Some commentators consider this verse to be the beginning of the last Beatitude, [who?] but others disagree, [who?] seeing it as more of an expansion on the eighth and final Beatitude in the previous verse.