Author: Cristiana BartoliniPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1470926008
Category :
Languages : it
Pages : 309
Book Description
L'Albero della Vita
Author: Cristiana BartoliniPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1470926008
Category :
Languages : it
Pages : 309
Book Description
Author: The Tree of Life
Author: Douglas EstesPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004423753
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 489
Book Description
The tree of life is an iconic visual symbol at the edge of religious thought over the last several millennia. As a show of its significance, the tree bookends the Christian canon; yet scholarship has paid it minimal attention in the modern era. In The Tree of Life a team of scholars explore the origin, development, meaning, reception, and theology of this consequential yet obscure symbol. The fourteen essays trek from the origins of the tree in the texts and material culture of the ancient Near East, to its notable roles in biblical literature, to its expansion by early church fathers and Gnostics, to its rebirth in medieval art and culture, and to its place in modern theological thought.
Revelation
Author: Wilfrid J. HarringtonPublisher: Liturgical Press
ISBN: 9780814658185
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
"A Michael Glazier book." Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Libro di Estèr
Author: Carmine Davide Delle DonnePublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1326056344
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
IL LIBRO DI ESTÈR O DEL MAESTRO DI GIUSTIZIA NELLA CASA DI PREGHIERA PER TUTTI I POPOLI Scuola Nuova Essenica ristabilita dal Maestro di Giustizia nella Terza Redenzione Finale dell'Umanità Un testo dalla conoscenza della Scuola degli Esseni
The Fear of Hell
Author: Piero CamporesiPublisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 9780271007342
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The Fear of Hell is a provocative study of two of the most powerful images in Christianity&—hell and the eucharist. Drawing upon the writings of Italian preachers and theologians of the Counter-Reformation, Piero Camporesi demonstrates the extraordinary power of the Baroque imagination to conjure up punishments, tortures, and the rewards of sin. In the first part of the book, Camporesi argues that hell was a very real part of everyday life during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Preachers portrayed hell in images typical of common experience, comparing it to a great city, a hospital, a prison, a natural disaster, a rioting mob, or a feuding family. The horror lay in the extremes to which these familiar images could be taken. The city of hell was not an ordinary city, but a filthy, stinking, and overcrowded place, an underworld &"sewer&" overflowing with the refuse of decaying flesh and excrement&—shocking but not beyond human imagination. What was most disturbing about this grotesque imagery was the realization by the people of the day that the punishment of afterlife was an extension of their daily experience in a fallen world. Thus, according to Camporesi, the fear of hell had many manifestations over the centuries, aided by such powerful promoters as Gregory the Great and Dante, but ironically it was during the Counter-Reformation that hell's tie with the physical world became irrevocable, making its secularization during the Enlightenment ultimately easier. The eucharist, or host, the subject of the second part of the book, represented corporeal salvation for early modern Christians and was therefore closely linked with the imagery of hell, the place of perpetual corporeal destruction. As the bread of life, the host possessed many miraculous powers of healing and sustenance, which made it precious to those in need. In fact, it was seen to be so precious to some that Camporesi suggests that there was a &"clandestine consumption of the sacred unleavened bread, a network of dealers and sellers&" and a &"market of consumers.&" But to those who ate the host unworthily was the prospect of swift retribution. One wicked priest continued to celebrate the mass despite his sin, and as a result, &"his tongue and half of his face became rotten, thus demonstrating, unwillingly, by the stench of his decaying face, how much the pestiferous smell of his contaminated heart was abominable to God.&" When received properly, however, the host was a source of health and life both in this world and in the world to come. Written with style and imagination, The Fear of Hell offers a vivid and scholarly examination of themes central to Christian culture, whose influence can still be found in our beliefs and customs today.
L'albero della vita
Author: M. Angela GelatiPublisher:
ISBN: 9788842554554
Category :
Languages : it
Pages : 82
Book Description
Saggi Filosofici
Author: Benedetto CroceI Segreti di Itaca
Author: eliana mancaPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291997245
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Un racconto a pi� voci, denso e poetico. Due giovani donne vivono in epoche storiche differenti ma si incontrano in un viaggio che le accomuna, alla ricerca di verit�, emancipazione e giustizia. Sconcertante narrazione della vita nei Territori Occupati della Palestina.
Tax-exempt Foundations and Charitable Trusts
Author: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Small BusinessPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description