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…to commitment to the Christian faith, which is also partly due to the fact that less leisure time makes it harder to be a true Christian. Underlying these sections of the book is an idea about "master morality" and "slave morality", where those who were healthy…

…of Christ and the subsequent advent of Christianity. For centuries, Christmas was singularly a holy day that was observed with more solemnity than joy. In 601 AD, Pope Gregory instructed his missionary (St. Austin, of Canterbury) to make the local winter feast…

…;The first and most significant embodiment of male traits is Godfrey, the Christian general. As Tasso's representation of Aeneas, Godfrey represents honor, virtuous leadership, and above all, piety. It is foremost through his divine inspiration that the Christian…

…the afterlife, like the fact that I don't believe in hell, in order for me to really appreciate the Inferno. <Tab/>Probably the main thing that happened to me that shaped my views about Christianity in general was when my cousin tried to scare me…

…. Since the albatross is hailed 'as if it had been a Christian soul' and the ancient mariner then kills it with his 'crossbow,' we can associate his crime with the crucifixion of Christ and the events around it as the fall of humanity. "Instead of the cross…

…found the Saxons a threat to Christianity and wished to destroy them and their religion. We see further evidence of this when reading about the terms that ended the war: "renunciation of their national religious customs and the worship of devils…

…changed. The Ancient Greeks had worshipped many different Gods, and each God or Goddess was responsible for a different earthly or emotional element. But as we move into the Byzantine period the Christian religion is being adopted by the Greeks and Romans…

…So, what can we deduce about the Tooth Fairy, from her known characteristics. She is not affiliated with any known religion, in the way that Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny are associated with Christianity (although their origins seem to predate…

…. In the play the Merchant of Venice the character, Shylock is a Jew. Shylock is described, as being a Jewish alien, living in the ghetto, needed for business by Christians, who did not themselves want to practice usury, or did not have the skill for it, and yet…

…as a Klan symbol representing the ideals of Christian Civilization. In no way does it represents the desecration of the cross, for it actually represents the 'lighting of the cross', that is, the truth and the light of our sacred doctrine: the blazing spirit…