Sentences with phrase «centuries of sword»

About the meaning of this book, called a revelation, there have been ages of war and centuries of sword and flame.

Not exact matches

High - quality swords treasured by collectors and warriors alike have been forged in the Land of the Rising Sun for centuries, and while the age of the samurai may have passed, the country remains one of the biggest exporters of high - quality kitchen and utility knives today.

The decades - long conflict that is currently raging over short - termism and activist hedge funds strikes me as analogous to the Thirty Years» War of the 17th Century, albeit fought with statistics («empirical evidence»), op - eds and journal articles rather than cannon, pike and sword.

Um... actually, if you check your Catholic history, you will find that for centuries the Catholics enforced their brand of salvation at the point of the sword.

For centuries the only way this religion of sword has been able to proliferate has been to brainwash people by getting them angry, and injecting sorrow, into their souls about the dead and martyrs, as well as creating hate towards an enemey, even a made - up one Without a funeral, mourning, and a physical shrine, muslims are lost!

Of course, we don't find anything specifically about guns in the Bible; they weren't invented until the 14th century A.D. Common weapons in biblical times were various types of knives, axes, spears — and especially the sworOf course, we don't find anything specifically about guns in the Bible; they weren't invented until the 14th century A.D. Common weapons in biblical times were various types of knives, axes, spears — and especially the sworof knives, axes, spears — and especially the sword.

Also, the graphic parts are descriptions of battles which were fought with swords in the 7th century, which could get violent.

In previous centuries, this same passage from Luke 14 was used by other theologians, pastors, and church leaders to «persuade» people to convert to Christianity at the point of a sword.

• In the same magazine back in October 2004 Akyol explained how the idea that the war - like verses of the sword» abrogated earlier peace - loving verses held sway from the 10th century.

Not only Tertullian but Clement of Alexandria and the document called «Apostolic Tradition» (Roman ecclesiastical regulations dating from the end of the second century) declare that he who holds the sword must cast it away and that if one of the faithful becomes a soldier he must be rejected by the church, «for he has scorned God.»

Between one - half and nine - tenths of the world's 6,700 spoken languages will disappear over the next century, linguists estimate, not through sword or plague, but through lack of interest in progeny.

Jacob and his colleagues named one of the antiviral peptides they identified urumin, after a whip - like sword called «urumi» used in southern India centuries ago.

Blade of the Immortal Rated R for bloody violence and carnage throughout Rotten Tomatoes Score: 85 % In Japanese with English Subtitles Available on Disc and Streaming In this newest sword fighting thriller from prolific Japanese director Takashi Miike, a samurai is cursed with immortality after a legendary battle and left for the centuries to kill off evil men until he can regain his soul, and hopefully meet his end.

Although sword and sorcery films would be all the rage at the time of the release of this film, this is one of very few examples of the timeless appeal of these stories, inspired by tales of heroic valor that have survived over the centuries.

His men, anachronistically called «knights» (knights won't actually become a thing for another 500 years or so, after the Norman conquest; this is an example of an acceptable anachronism, especially since the Arthurian legends, composed in the age of chivalry, have already imposed knighthood on the historical story (if there was one, more about that later)-RRB- are Sarmatians, drafted into Imperial service as part of a 3rd Century surrender agreement between their people and the Empire (not historical: the Sarmatians remained a power in the Ukraine and Balkan regions through the end of the Western Empire, though there is a theory that the Arthurian legends are influenced by or even sourced in, similar Sarmatian stories (notably one about a lady with a sword in a lake), the influence purported to have come from a community of Sarmatian veterans in Lancashire).

(A kirpan is a ceremonial metal bladed sword or dagger that is worn by Baptized Sikhs; with a Sikh being someone who believes in Sikhism a monotheistic religion which originated during the 15th century in the Punjab region of South Asia).

«One possibility is that the old simile describes the whistling sound of a sword as it swishes through the air to decapitate someone, and an early nineteenth - century quotation suggests this connection: a first - rate shot, his head taken off as clean as a whistle.»?»

McD; State sword, Asante peoples, Ghana, Africa, 1935 — 1960, iron, wood, gold leaf, ray skin, and fiber, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Charles and Kent Davis 2010.3; Sword ornament in the form of a spider, Asante peoples, Ghana, Africa, Late 19th century, gold - copper - silver alloy, Dallas Museum of Art, McDermott African Art Acquisition Fund 2014.26.1; Linguist staff (okyeame poma), Asante peoples, Ghana, Africa, First half of 20th century, wood and gold leaf, Dallas Museum of Art, The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Art Fund, Inc. 2010.1.

The Power of Gold: Asante Royal Regalia from Ghana Be dazzled by over 200 gleaming gold items of regalia, colorful and intricately woven silk kente cloth, ceremonial furniture, state swords, linguist staffs, and other significant objects related to Asante royals from the 19th through the 21st centuries.

Spanning three centuries, The Power of Gold: Asante Royal Regalia from Ghana brings together over 250 objects, including crowns, sword ornaments, ceremonial furniture, textiles, pectoral disks, weapons, a state umbrella, musical instruments, and jewelry made of wood, silk, brass, iron, and gold.

Blending elements of fairy tales, history, myths, and reality she creates unique scenarios that include, among many other elements, references to the 1960's television series The Avengers, The Beatles, Little Red Riding Hood, ballet stages like Giselle's Cottage at the Bolshoi, photographs of dead squirrels and birds reminiscent of Dutch still - life paintings, gold frames, velvet curtains, mirrors, cobwebs, swords, and axes accompanied by sound - tracks of 18th century choral and harpsichord music as well as the sound of clinging crystal chandeliers.

Gbur's practice is complexly, omnivorously appropriative: he derives his raw material from a variety of sources, recycling specific, identifiable iconography (the 20th Century Fox logo, a Suicide album cover), as well drawing from a more general pictorial lexicon (a sword, a pair of pants, a pumpkin).