World Religion 5 April 2012 Akhenaten and Constantine Belief in monotheism can be trace back to eighteenth dynasty Egypt when there was a dynamic shift of religious philosophy, this occurred during the rule of a very bold and controversial lost pharaoh by the name of “Akhenaten” . One thousand years later another ruler led different revolution of the religious kind; the Emperor ”Constantine the Great” of Rome. Both these men brought about the departure of their countries traditional religion in favor of a new theology; only Constantine was able to have long lasting influence after his death. To better understand their contributions to history I’ll examine the early
Marie and her son were moved in the Conciergerie, where she suffered from internal bleeding and a dramatic loss of weight. Her trial was held on October 14 and she was charged incest, and treason to the State. Even the charges were ridiculous, she never said a word, and was convicted with the verdict of guilty. Her execution date was October 16, 1793, where she was given a piece of paper to write to her sister and to her loved ones. Not only was her arms tied and hair cut, she was also paraded around town around Paris where she was openly discriminated along her way to be executed via the guillotine.
In total, at least 7386,000 people were murdered all because tyrannical, self-obsessed leaders wanted to further their own ends. Develop own thoughts and relate them back to the topic. In Arthur Miller’s play ‘The Crucible’ , Abigail Williams acts as a catalyst for the literal witch hunt which ensues, a parallel for the metaphorical witch hunt that played out in the Unites States in the ‘50s and ‘60s as any person with a link to the Communist party was “hunted out” and forced to confess at the HUAC. Abigail creates massive conflict in Salem, pointing the finger away from her own mistakes, pretending to act as ‘God’s finger’. However when she realizes she has an opportunity to further her own ends even further; where she and john Proctor can be together again.
In the movie, the director illustrates Grendel’s mother influences Beowulf to commit a deviant act for glory and wealth, with a closing promise of keeping it a grave-bound secret. This particular event relates to Christianity as Grendel’s mother persuades Beowulf to lie with her, and when the serpent, in Genesis 1-8, persuaded Eve to eat from the forbidden tree. In essence, both characters, Grendel’s mother and the serpent, are guilty for committing the same act as both of them have deceived another. The understanding of the rise of another religion as well as the significance a new religion carries in relationship to the old one is ideal in the understanding of a hero. Especially
However, Queen Catherine allegedly was the one who ordered the assassination in an attempt to get her husband the king get involved in a civil war outbreak. In order to avenge this hit the king had thought was placed by the Duke and he had placed an order to slaughter the duke’s officials as well as the Huguenots. The bloodshed went on for days as victims fled to save their lives. Giovanni depicts a vivid scene of blood thirsty
However on his death, Catholicism returned to England in the form of Mary I. With King Phillip II of Spain as her husband, she brutally forced Catholicism back into England, even burning 300 Protestants at the stake. So once Mary’s reign was over, Elizabeth was forced into a country that was in a state of religious flux with varying religious group all vying to
The people accused the Emperor Nero for the devastation claiming he set the fire for his own amusement. In order to deflect these accusations and placate the people, Nero laid blame for the fire on the Christians. The emperor ordered the arrest of a few members of the sect who, under torture, accused others until the entire Christian populace was implicated and became fair game for retribution. As many of the religious sect that could be found were rounded up and put to death in the most horrific manner for the amusement of the citizens of Rome. The ghastly way, in which the victims were put to death aroused sympathy among many Romans, although most felt their execution justified.
A source written by Roger of Wendover, a monk and supporter of the barons against John says ‘The servants of a certain sheriff somewhere in Wales brought to the royal court a robber. He had robbed and murdered a priest. John said ‘he has killed an enemy of mine, let him go’. In 1209 Geoffrey, a priest said it was not safe for priests to work for the king any longer. John heard of this and in his fury had Geoffrey imprisoned in chains, clad in a cope made of lead and starved.
It was also seemed as opposition to roman rule. So then rulers also used Christians as scapegoats for political and economic troubles. For example the emperor Nero was blamed for a disastrous fire in Rome, he said Christians were responsible fire in Rome and were ordered to be persecuted. The emperors after Nero did not continue the persecution. Later on as the pax romana began to crumble the romans executed Christians for refusing to worship roman gods.
This church replaced a fourth-century building erected during the reign of Constantine’s son and successor in the East, Constantius II, after the old church was destroyed during riots in 532. Spurred by Justinian’s religious and political foes, the excitable crowds at a racetrack close to the imperial palace took to the streets. They set fire to the church, and soon half the city was destroyed. The empress Theodora, a brilliant, politically shrewd woman, is said to have spurred Justinian to resist the rioters saying, ‘Purple makes a fine shroud’- meaning that she would rather die an empress (purple was the royal color) than flee for her life. Taking up her words as a battle cry, imperial forces under Belisarius crushed the rebels.