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The World, the Flesh and the Devil is a 1959 American science fiction [3] [4] doomsday film written and directed by Ranald MacDougall. The film stars Harry Belafonte, who was then at the peak of his film career. [4] The film is set in a post-apocalyptic world with very few human survivors.
You once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience — among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh; in addition to "this world" and "passions of our flesh", "the term air often referred to the spiritual realm of angels and ...
The World and the Flesh is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by John Cromwell and written by Oliver H.P. Garrett. The film stars George Bancroft, Miriam Hopkins, Alan Mowbray, George E. Stone, Mitchell Lewis, Max Wagner and Harry Cording. The film was released on April 22, 1932, by Paramount Pictures. [1] [2]
The world, the flesh, and the devil are often traditionally described as the three enemies of the soul in Christian theology. The world, the flesh, and the devil may also refer to: The World, the Flesh & the Devil: An Enquiry into the Future of the Three Enemies of the Rational Soul , a 1929 non-fiction book by J.D. Bernal
The phrase definitely appears in the writings of Abelard, who writes that "there are three things that tempt us: the world, the flesh, and the devil." [7] The litany of the 1662 edition of the Book of Common Prayer contains the petition: From fornication, and all other deadly sin; and from all the deceits of the world, the flesh, and the devil,
The World, the Flesh and the Devil is a 1914 British silent drama film. Now considered a lost film, [citation needed] it was made using the additive color Kinemacolor process. The title comes from the Litany in the 1662 Book of Common Prayer: "From all the deceits of the world, the flesh, and the devil, spare us, good Lord." [citation needed]
Bernal's 1929 work The World, the Flesh and the Devil has been called "the most brilliant attempt at scientific prediction ever made" by Arthur C. Clarke. [34] It is famous for having been the first to propose the so-called Bernal sphere, a type of space habitat intended for permanent residence. The second chapter explores radical changes to ...
From the dust jacket: "This is the story of Father Smith, priest in a Scottish city – of his friends, the exiled French nuns, of the Bishop, of Monsignor O'Duffy who wages simple, violent war against simple sins, of Father Bonnyboat, the liturgical scholar, of all the people who come into the gentle orbit of Father Smith – from Lady Ippecacuanha, that tweedy convert, to the slut Annie who ...