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The sculpture’s inspiration and name come from the Bible passage Isaiah 58:6 “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?” [5]
Timothy Paul Schmalz (born 1969) is a Canadian sculptor from St. Jacobs, Ontario, Canada. [1] Cast editions of his life-sized sculptures have been installed in major cities in front of some of the most historically significant Christian sites in the world, including Capernaum, the Vatican and Fatima.
The yoke here is given in opposition to the yoke of sin and the Mosaic law, under which they had previous been groaning. The law of the Gospel is called a yoke, according to John McEvilly, because like every other law, "it binds us to certain duties, and forbids us to transgress certain limits". In the same way it is called a "burden" because ...
When I Was Sick was designed by Canadian sculptor Timothy Schmalz. [4] The original sculpture was installed in 2016 at Ospedale di Santo Spirito in Sassia in Rome. [1] [5] Additional replicas of the statue by Schmalz have been placed in various locations across North America, with the first copy being installed at St. Joseph's Health Centre in Hamilton, Ontario.
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. The New International Version translates the passage as: Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Liberation theologies were first being discussed in the Latin American context, especially within Catholicism in the 1960s after the Second Vatican Council.There, it became the political praxis of theologians such as Frei Betto, Gustavo Gutiérrez, Leonardo Boff, and Jesuits Juan Luis Segundo and Jon Sobrino, who popularized the phrase "preferential option for the poor".
"Break Every Chain" is a song performed by American recording artist Tasha Cobbs from her major-label debut studio album Grace (2013). The song was composed by Will ...
"Jesus - An Interpretation" Chapter 1 is Thurman’s interpretation of Jesus. Thurman analyzes Jesus as a “religious subject rather than a religious object” (5). [1] He continues to say that one must consider the society Jesus had lived in and how that society might shed light on the relationship between Jesus’ teachings and the disinherited and/or underprivileged.