Saint Stephen is the first Christian martyr of the first century. In the Acts of the Apostles, written by Saint Luke, the Evangelist, his faith and martyrdom is described.…
The story of Romeo and Juliet is one that will live on forever. Two lovers who took their own lives while overwhelmed by a love they couldn’t understand. Many question who was involved in getting the two to the point where they felt suicide was the only option. Friar Lawrence played a big role in the lives of Romeo and Juliet as did Nurse, and Lord and Lady Capulet. The question being answered here is how did they contribute to such tragedy.…
A hero is a person who believes that their enemy is not inherently malevolent, but also has wit and bravery. A good example of a hero is Benjamin Church. Church was an Englishman who went from leading a small group of men to leading an army. Church was brave, although he was injured he returned to war. church was also compassionate, he is against englishman who enslave or kill innocent Indians. Lastly Church had wit, his tactics for building an effective army and planned attacks were what brought the war to an end.…
In 1694, Mary II died of smallpox and with no surviving children; William was left to rule alone. After ruling for eight years after the death of his wife, William III died of pneumonia subsequently having a broken collar bone after falling from his horse.…
In the soliloquy from Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part II, King Henry is prodigiously vexed by his inability to sleep. In addressing sleep itself, with the use of an apostrophe, he hopes to persuade it to fall upon him by asking various rhetorical questions. He pleads with sleep for it to abandon its partiality and bestow upon him some rest, as it does upon the commoners. At the end of the passage, however, his indignation turns into resignation, as he realizes that he can do little to alter his situation. The transition in King Henry's state of mind is conveyed through the soliloquy's powerful images, revealing word choice, and peculiar sentence structure.…
For many Americans, William Penn is just known as the Quaker leader who founded Pennsylvania and for his ‘Holy Experiment’. Penn’s achievements were far greater than just the founding of a colony. He had devotion and spirit and love for the Quaker sect and in turn spent his whole life trying to get others to see the good in Quakerism and create toleration for the religion. In the biography of William Penn and the Quaker Legacy, John Moretta asserts that William Penn is one of the most significant figures of American History and many of America’s principles were created in his time.…
William Pitt died on 16th January, 1806. He suffered from poor health and was educated at home. His father, William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, was the former M.P. for Old Sarum and one of the most important politicians of the period. The Earl of Chatham was determined that his son would eventually become a member of the House of Commons and at an early age William was given lessons on how to become an effective orator. Died in debt of £40,000.…
William had a close and intimate relationship with St. Bernard which lasted for life and as a result of their conversations, William was the first to deal with the errors of Abelard and to urge St. Bernard to bring charges against him.…
"The systemic propagation of a doctrine or cause or of information reflecting the views and interests of those advocating such a doctrine or cause; materials disseminated by the advocates or opponents of a doctrine or cause." American Heritage Dictionary|…
In 1763, the Proclamation of 1763 was established which prohibited colonists from settling was of the Appalachian Mountains. Colonists were already angry after losing to the British in the French and Indian War that they ignored this and settled into the Ohio River Valley. The British fired back with the Sugar Act in 1764 but the colonists started to protest against it. This is where the famous saying, “No Taxation without Representation!”, comes from. In 1765, the British established the Stamp Act which places taxes on all paper products. Such as, papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, and even playing cards. In response to this act, the colonists created committees to organize official boycotts. Also, Samuel Adams organized the Sons…
As humans develop and evolve our ideas do as well. In 1785 James Madison published a reaction, “To the Honorable the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, A Memorial and Remonstrance”, to Patrick Henry’s proposed Assessment Bill. In the reaction James Madison expressed his fears on how people react to different religions. He feared that the bill will be a dangerous abuse of power. He feared it would be an abuse of power because as humans we have a right to choose our own religion, the government can not tell us what religion we must follow, we should not be prosecuted for our religion and everyone is equal no matter their religion.…
From the time he was a child, religion had a profound impact on William Wilberforce’s life, controlling his relationships with family and the entire course of his childhood. In 1759, Wilberforce was born into a family of wealthy merchants who made their money through Baltic trade in the large port town of Hull, Northern England. However, when he was still a child, William’s father died and his mother sent him to live with relatives in London. The nonconformist beliefs of these relatives appealed to the young William and he began to form new beliefs. Not only was he introduced to religion, but “religion with enthusiasm,” a concept unlike anything he had encountered before, being brought up in a traditional Anglican family.…
The Nicene Creed is the creed or profession of faith that was adopted in the city of Nicaea by the first ecumenical council, which met there in the year 325. At that time, the text ended after the words "We believe in the Holy Spirit", after which an anathema was added. The doctrine of the Trinity is commonly expressed as: "One God, three Persons”, but this word "Trinity" does not appear in the Bible. So the doctrine is formally defined in the Nicene Creed, which declares Jesus to be: "God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father." in 325, the Council of Nicea set out to officially define the relationship of the Son to the Father, in response to the controversial teachings of Arius. Led by Bishop Athanasius, the council established the doctrine of the Trinity as orthodoxy and condemned Arius' teaching that Christ was the first creation of God. The creed adopted by the council described Christ as "God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father." Nicea did not end the controversy, however. Debate over how the creed (especially the phrase "one substance") ought to be interpreted continued to rage for decades. One group advocated the doctrine that Christ was a "similar substance” as the Father. But for the most part, the issue of the Trinity was settled at Nicea and, by the fifth century, never again became a focus of serious controversy.…
Being the prideful and egotistical man the he was, Henry VIII set out to find William and bring his to “Justice”. William hid for five years, however, he was betrayed in 1535 and turned into Henry VIII. Pissed about what William had written about him, he sent him to court, where he was tried, and of course, convicted of heresy. So, in 1536, he had been strangled and burned at the stake by Henry VIII.…
A week after the battle William felt no shame, he went off to London without any remorse. He was now called "William the conqueror" and soon to be "William king of England". William the conqueror decided to build and Abby as penance for the bloodshed and suffering of the battle. The altar was also said to have been built on the spot where herald fell at his death.Thanks to William I, The future belonged to the Normans.…