In first-century Ephesus, life is not easy for women. In this gripping novel, Holly Beers introduces us to the first-century setting where Paul first proclaimed the gospel.
Author: Holly Beers
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 9780830849895
Category: Religion
Page: 176
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In first-century Ephesus, life is not easy for women. In this gripping novel, Holly Beers introduces us to the first-century setting where Paul first proclaimed the gospel. Illuminated by historical images and explanatory sidebars, this lively story not only shows us the rich tapestry of life in a Greco-Roman city, it also foregrounds the interior life of one woman—and the radical new freedom the gospel promised her.
Author: Frank Richard CowellPublish On: 1976-02-01
Chapter VI LEISURE HOURS WORK AND LEISURE HOURS To HE Romans '
working week was not one of seven days , but of eight . The eighth day was
counted , byinclusive reckoning , as the ninth and was called nundinae , the
whole ...
Author: Frank Richard Cowell
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399503285
Category: History
Page: 207
View: 759
Examines the daily lives of ancient Romans, including their social customs, religion, food, recreation, home life, and politics.
The History and Meaning of the Week Eviatar Zerubavel. Rome's social life
essentially revolved around the nundinae. On that day, all schools and courts
were closed, no public meeting was held, and Romans would stop working, go to
the ...
Author: Eviatar Zerubavel
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226981657
Category: History
Page: 206
View: 376
Shows how an artificial system devised to order our activities, the seven-day week, has been shaped by religion, politics, and economics from the biblical era through varied, exotic civilizations and into the twentieth century
But Calasanz persevered ; his vow to become a priest at the time of a life -
threatening illness may have eased his father's opposition . ... The young priest
from the provinces cooling his heels in the anterooms of curial officials was
increasingly drawn into the teeming life of Rome . ... been founded through the
efforts of Ignatius de Loyola in the 1540s , and its twelve members twice a week
visited the sick in ...
Author: Paul F. Grendler
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 0860789896
Category: History
Page: 328
View: 814
This third volume of articles by Paul F. Grendler explores the connections between education, religion, and politics. It combines detailed research, such as on Erasmus's doctorate and the new schools of the Jesuits and Piarists, with broad overviews of European and especially Italian education. Two of the studies appear here for the first time in English.
The Life Story of Pastor Chiniquy, who was for 25 Years a Catholic Priest Charles
Chiniquy ... Struck with terror at the thought of the judgments of God, after a few weeks of the most deplorable life, I determined to give up my sins and reconcile ...
Author: Charles Chiniquy
Publisher: Chick Publications
ISBN: 0758908059
Category: Religion
Page:
View: 857
The Conversion Experience of a Roman Catholic Priest.
... ron ron Somebody . . me that his name 4 Da do ron ron ron , da do ron ron
CHORUS If we took / had a holiday Took some time to ' celebrate / have fun Just one ' week / day out of life It would be , it would be so “ great / nice Bill Yes , my
heart ...
Author: Chris Redston
Publisher: Ernst Klett Sprachen
ISBN: 3125397316
Category: Foreign Language Study
Page: 168
View: 961
face2face is a six level general English course for adults and young adults. It goes from Starter level through to Advanced.
His Epic Life Martin Gayford. The Risen ... From then on, a stream of letters from
Sebastiano and Bartolomeo Angelini kept him up to date with life in Rome. ... A week later the heat was increasing and the crop of figs looked promising. By the ...
Author: Martin Gayford
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 9780141932255
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Page: 464
View: 281
At thirty one, Michelangelo was considered the finest artist in Italy, perhaps the world; long before he died at almost 90 he was widely believed to be the greatest sculptor or painter who had ever lived (and, by his enemies, to be an arrogant, uncouth, swindling miser). For decade after decade, he worked near the dynamic centre of events: the vortex at which European history was changing from Renaissance to Counter Reformation. Few of his works - including the huge frescoes of the Sistine Chapel Ceiling, the marble giant David and the Last Judgment - were small or easy to accomplish. Like a hero of classical mythology - such as Hercules, whose statue he carved in his youth - he was subject to constant trials and labours. In Michelangelo Martin Gayford describes what it felt like to be Michelangelo Buonarroti, and how he transformed forever our notion of what an artist could be.
After all, what else was Jesus doing if not raising questions about the ritual center
of his people's life and how they approached the holy. ... God's power serves
creation and the proliferation of life; Rome's power oppresses and diminishes life.
Author: Henry F. Knight
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 0664229026
Category: Religion
Page: 172
View: 416
An ongoing issue for clergy as well as Christians in general is how to approach New Testament narratives about the crucifixion of Jesus in relation to Jews, Judaism, and the horrific events of the Holocaust. The events of Holy Week pose particular challenges for clergy and congregations. In this book Henry Knight helps us deal with Holy Week texts in light of our post-Holocaust world and provides practical examples of prayers, liturgies, and resource material to help pastors prepare for and lead worship and teach during this important time in the life of a congregation.
ROME. The party spent the winter months in Malta. Their first stay was at the
estate of Publius, the chief official of the island. ... and from there up the west
coast to Puteoli, where the Christians welcomed Paul to stay with them for a week
.
Author: Lawrence Boadt
Publisher: Paulist Press
ISBN: 0809105195
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Page: 104
View: 385
This engaging, highly readable biography of St. Paul is an introduction to his thought and the major events of his life. In short simple chapters, the book covers not only the facts of Paul's life known to us through Scripture, but also the fascinating legends told by the early church about this key figure in the development of Christianity. The book is illustrated throughout with four-color paintings highlighting Paul's tumultuous life. These arresting pictures blend the "naive style" of painting, which is strikingly similar to the teaching-style art of the eleventh century, with the artist's own deep love of quilting. The charming result evokes the tradition of the great icons, transforming the book from a simply wonderful introduction to Paul to a truly wonderful gift. Together, text and art combine to make this unique presentation of St. Paul's life a written and visual delight for everyone. Book jacket.
Their visit to Rome coincided with the Holy Week of Easter, making them
impatient with the crowds and the ceremonies. She wrote to Maria Congreve: I
knelt down to receive the Pope's blessing. ... But altogether, these ceremonies
are a ...
Author: Nancy Henry
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9781118274675
Category: Literary Criticism
Page: 448
View: 858
The life story of the Victorian novelist George Eliot is asdramatic and complex as her best plots. This new assessment of herlife and work combines recent biographical research withpenetrating literary criticism, resulting in revealing newinterpretations of her literary work. A fresh look at George Eliot's captivating life story Includes original new analysis of her writing Deploys the latest biographical research Combines literary criticism with biographical narrative tooffer a rounded perspective
They wonder why their prayers are not answered and their lives do not improve.
Time and again ... The feature verse of the week describes it. He wants ... “The
gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Rom 6:23b). Consider
the ...
Author: Andrea M. Gilson
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 9781621897972
Category: Religion
Page: 134
View: 425
Ants are diligent when they undertake a task. In order to understand and follow the Scripture for better living, follow their example. God Likes Ants: Every Week features Andrea Gilson's thoughts, perspectives, and interpretations in a weekly reader format. Scripture verses from the Authorized King James Bible are featured and discussed with both the brand new and the lifelong Christian in mind. The stress is on salvation through faith, the sovereignty of God, Jesus as the Savior of the world, God's relationship to Israel, and the nurturing of an intimate relationship to our Creator through prayer. Use this Bible supplement for personal study or in groups to promote learning, fellowship, and worship.
In January 1885 he went to Rome, whence he writes :— HorEL VIcronrA, VIA DEI
DUE MAcELLI, ROME, Jam. 8, 1885. ... II 2 o which our poor girl had a week ago,
and which 1885 LETTERS FROM ROME 385 9781108040464_Page_393.tif.
Author: Leonard Huxley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781108040464
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Page: 490
View: 412
This three-volume work is the 1903 second edition of the biography and selected letters of 'Darwin's Bulldog', T. H. Huxley.
I have been now a week in Rome , and wish I could continue to give you the
same good accounts of my recovery as I did in my last ; but I must own that , for
three days past , I have been in a very weak and miserable state , which however
...
The weekly sections provide explanations that will help illuminate the meanings
of the readings for your life. ... So each week “A Guide to the Reading,” drawing
on the work of both modern biblical scholars and Christian writers of the past, ...
Author: Kevin Perrotta
Publisher: Loyola Press
ISBN: 9780829430677
Category: Religion
Page: 96
View: 256
This Scripture discussion book on the book of Romans includes the biblical text, an explanation of its cultural and religious setting, essential background material, and questions for reflection and application. The book can be used for group discussion or individual study. (Catholic)
I have been now a week in Rome , and wish I could continue to give you the
same good accounts of my recovery as I did in my last ; but I must own that , for
three days past , I have been in a very weak and miserable state , which however
...
... from contemporary selfportraits of Roman life; and the resulting gap between
the gilded leisure of Rome's elite and the ... Rising for Lent and Holy Week, they
reached a crescendo during the Jubilee Years, when their numbers probably ...
Author: Charles L. Stinger
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253334918
Category: History
Page: 444
View: 384
From the middle of the fifteenth century a distinctively Roman Renaissance occurred. A shared outlook, a persistent set of intellectual concerns, similar cultural assumptions and a commitment to common ideological aims bound Roman humanists and artists to a uniquely Roman world, different from Florence, Venice, and other Italian and European centers.This book provides the first comprehensive portrait of the Roman Renaissance world. Charles Stinger probes the basic attitudes, the underlying values and the core convictions that Rome's intellectuals and artists experienced, lived for, and believed in from Pope Eugenius IV's reign to the Eternal City in 1443 to the sacking of 1527. He demonstrates that the Roman Renaissance was not the creation of one towering intellectual leader, or of a single identifiable group; rather, it embodied the aspirations of dozens of figures, active over an eighty-year period.Stinger illuminates the general aims and character of the Roman Renaissance. Remaining mindful of the economic, social, and political context--Rome's retarded economic growth, the papacy's increasing entanglement in Italian politics, papal preoccupation with the crusade against the Ottomans, and the effects of papal fiscal and administrative practices--Stinger nevertheless maintains that these developments recede in importance before the cultural history of the period. Only in the context of the ideological and cultural commitments of Roman humanists, artists, and architects can one fully understand the motivation for papal policies. Reality for Renaissance Romans was intricately bound up with the notion of Rome's mythic destiny.The Renaissance in Rome is cultural history at its best. It evokes the moods, myths, images, and symbols of the Eternal City, as they are manifested in the Liturgy, ceremony, festivals, oratory, art, and architecture of Renaissance Rome. Throughout, Stinger focuses on a persistent constellation of fundamental themes: the image of the city of Rome, the restoration of the Roman Church, the renewal of the Roman Empire, and the fullness of time. He describes and analyzes the content, meaning, origin, and implications of these central ideas of Roman Renaissance.This book will prove interesting to both Renaissance and Reformation scholars, as well as to general readers, who may have visited (or plan to visit) Rome and have become fascinated and affected by this extraordinary city. "There is no other book like it in any language," says Renaissance historian John O'Malley. "It presents a coherent view of Roman culture....collects and presents a vast amount of information never before housed under one roof. Anyone who teaches the Italian Renaissance," O'Malley stresses, "will have to know this book."
From coronation to funeral, an emperor's life was a circus. But even an emperor
had to die alone. HEN she looked back, Marcella could never remember the
details of her journey back to Rome. ... A journey of a week's duration—two weeks?
Author: Kate Quinn
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781101478950
Category: Fiction
Page: 400
View: 429
A fast-paced historical novel about two women with the power to sway an empire, from the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Alice Network and The Huntress. A.D. 69. The Roman Empire is up for the taking. Everything will change—especially the lives of two sisters with a very personal stake in the outcome. Elegant and ambitious, Cornelia embodies the essence of the perfect Roman wife. She lives to one day see her loyal husband as Emperor. Her sister Marcella is more aloof, content to witness history rather than make it. But when a bloody coup turns their world upside-down, both women must maneuver carefully just to stay alive. As Cornelia tries to pick up the pieces of her shattered dreams, Marcella discovers a hidden talent for influencing the most powerful men in Rome. In the end, though, there can only be one Emperor...and one Empress.
“I was the missionary of private television throughout Europe,” Berlusconi told me
when I interviewed him in Rome in 1996. ... monopoly not only meant changing
the role of the state in society, but also introduced a new kind of culture into
European life. ... They concluded that an increase in conservative and
materialistic values was “associated with the number of hours per week that
students watched ...
Author: Alexander Stille
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101201681
Category: History
Page: 400
View: 884
Award-winning author Alexander Stille has been called ?one of the best English-language writers on Italy? by the New York Times Book Review, and in The Sack of Rome he sets out to answer the question: What happens when vast wealth, a virtual media monopoly, and acute shamelessness combine in one man? Many are the crimes of Silvio Berlusconi, Stille argues, and, with deft analysis, he weaves them into a single mesmerizing chronicle?an epic saga of rank criminality, cronyism, and self-dealing at the highest levels of power.
