Sentences with phrase «christ by his crucifixion»

True, Ivan's Christ has offered the world freedom, which the world has forsaken for bread, but what Ivan leaves out of his «respondeo» to his brother is that Christ by his crucifixion has also offered the world the divine exemplar of suffering, the one interpretation of the mystery of human suffering that can stand up to Ivan's withering attack.

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Whatever may have been the actual course of events, historically speaking, which the New Testament means to signify when it speaks of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, it is at least clear that it was the conviction of the New Testament writers, building on the testimony of the disciples after the crucifixion of Jesus — as it has been the continuing conviction of millions of Christian people since that time — that far from Jesus» being «put out of the way» by his death at the hands of the Roman authorities in Palestine, he was «let loose into the world.»

He regards the world as given over to the power of judgment until the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ brings mercy and redemption, and he regards man as by nature vile and as incapable of receiving pardon from God until the advent of Christ.

In a study of his earlier pictures, Kolker notes that «Scorsese is interested in the psychological manifestations of individuals who are representative either of a class or of a certain ideological grouping; he is concerned with their relationship to each other or to an antagonistic environment... [and finally] there is no triumph for his characters» (A Cinema of Loneliness [Oxford University Press, 19881, p. 162) The Jesus of the Last Temptation fits this pattern (as do Travis Bickel in Taxi Driver, Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull and Paul Hackett in After Hours) By eschewing any reference to a resurrection — and, in an interesting theological note, allowing Paul to suggest that his preaching of the risen Christ is more important than the Jesus of history — Scorsese presents the crucifixion as the final willful act of a man driven by a God who makes strange demands on his followerBy eschewing any reference to a resurrection — and, in an interesting theological note, allowing Paul to suggest that his preaching of the risen Christ is more important than the Jesus of history — Scorsese presents the crucifixion as the final willful act of a man driven by a God who makes strange demands on his followerby a God who makes strange demands on his followers.

Paul is the apostle of the crucifixion, teaching us that our salvation rests on the atonement, that Christ by his death on the cross made restitution for the sins of the whole world.

This was the first type of crucifixion, invented by the Persians, perfected by the Romans and used ultimately on Christ Jesus our Savior.

So, in one of Richard Jeffries» books, a young boy looks long at the picture of Christ's crucifixion until, perturbed by its cruelty, he turns the page to escape the sight of it, saying, «If God had been there, he would not have let them do it.»

Zoroastrianism, while recognizing the conflict between good and evil discerned also by Christians, can not admit, without being untrue to itself, that in Christ, God, Who is supreme, revealed His love, and that in the incarnation, the crucifixion, and the resurrection He triumphed over evil.

Earlier, New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan spoke with WCBS 880's Rich Lamb and said Good Friday, the day Christians around the world commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, was the day love was seemingly defeated by hate.

Heston's Ben - Hur transforms from a vengeance - minded slave to a man who finds forgiveness by witnessing the crucifixion of Christ (Claude Heater), and in the end feels his voice take the sword from his hand.

A group of Roman soldiers barter for The Robe worn by Christ on the day of his crucifixion in this 1953 film.

The notorious «Piss Christ» by Andres Serrano (b. 1950), Lot 51, is a beautiful image of the crucifixion that seems to float in blood, which caused a great deal of controversy because the liquid is urine and many people felt the image and concept was therefore sacrilegious.