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…Throughout Jesus' life, He taught His followers how to live through stories and parables and challenged those who tried to defy God. Jesus is still the centre of the Christian faith today as He reconciled us to God through a sinless life and death and so…

…ducats instead of three thousand to spare the life of Antonio. Portia and her maid, Nerissa, now married to Gratiano, disguise themselves as a lawyer and a layer's clerk to win the case for Antonio. Antonio is freed and Shylock has to become a Christian…

…was the first person to write down a set of ideals in the fifth century on an ideal that was profoundly difficult: how to reconcile traditional Christian teaching against the use of violence with the need to defend the Roman Empire - who had been Christian for more…

…by this revival. In essence, the democratization of Christianity was starting up. The ratio of women who were in church outnumbered men two to one and more women preachers were beginning to appear. African- Americans were also folowwing the trend and many…

…that Pepé was destined to die right from the beginning of the story. Another example of symbolism in which is a very common symbolism in his novels is Christian symbolism. Christian symbolism is used a lot in his novel The Grapes of Wrath…

…and 2 Peter will be discussed and compared in this paper. 1 Peter is a New Testament writing. It has only five chapters that seems to portray the purpose of bringing hope to Christians. Christians should lead their lives by serving God and knowing…

…orally. The poem contains aspects of Christianity what form it takes in the story. It is also sort of a history of how the English language has changed in the many years from then until now. The poem also contains many mythical references and it contains…

…emphasis on the values of sacrifice and virtue. Cyrano is the play's eloquent and ardent defender of integrity, bravery and glory. He makes the offer to help Christian win Roxanne, even though he himself is deeply in love with her ("Take the soul...of mine…

…and traditional way men and women have made dying a less depressing and disturbing idea is though religion. Various religions offer the comforting conception of death as a begining for another life or perhaps a continuation for the former. Christians, for example…

…the Great decreed toleration of Christianity. This was not because he wished to convert faith, rather for a stronger political foothold as Christianity grew in popularity. Twenty years later Constantine ordered the burning of all books of Arius, the same…