Mendoza was shot and fatally wounded after fighting to protect the Guarani from the invading Portuguese and Spanish military and more specifically after he had helped two Guarani children who were struggling on a bridge to run away from the opposing soldiers. ... Fielding sacrificed himself by killing the Portuguese commander and a few more soldiers before he himself was killed, dying a noble man fighting for a just cause. 2. ... After viewing this historic film, two factions within the Catholic Church exists: the Jesuits vs. ... After the war, they went back to the mission to grab any belong...

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After many long and hard days, Rowlandson was very weak both physically and emotionally. ... I think Rowlandson became comfortable with the Indians after being with them so long, so she was able to open up some. ... After he begged her to come and speak with him, he asked her if she wanted to smoke. ... However, it seemed that after Rowlandson had finally put some trust in the Indians, they failed her. ... Before Rowlandson was officially released, an Indian offered to run away with her but she said no. ...

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Before confession, everyone abandoned Everyman in his journey of Death. ... After an encounter with Death, Everyone decides to seek the company of Good Deeds and confess his sins (Roth & Guidall, 2006). ... The judgment does not end at physical death but extends to the life after death. ... The author uses Death to indicate that morality is necessary before and after the physical death. Death appears unexpectedly before the physical death of Everyman to show him how he strayed away from morality. ...

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I will also try to point out when a new culture develops and borrows any concepts or ideas from a culture before them. ... Since there is no real culture before them to compare with, a few contributions from these people set the framework for cultures that would follow after them. ... These people, unlike the Mesopotamians before them, believed that their life after death was like heaven, and they were much more optimistic people. ... They were a very proud people, and unlike the Persians before them, they disliked most cultures and people except their own. ... After many effective King...

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After living here three years now, one thing has certainly become apparent: Charleston is a thriving religious community. ... Before the service started, I made friends with a man named Michael Mandel. ... Before you enter the building, there is this seven-candle candlestand. ... After the service ended, I began to talk to Michael again about the ethics of Judaism. ... He also told me that it was prohibited to have sex before marriage. ...

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" (Romans 5:12) Centuries after the fall, Jesus as the redeemer came on this Earth to "save people from the slavery of sin" (CCC601) that plagues us from birth. ... In him everything is said and there will be not greater word after him". ... Jesus' covenant provides for us a greater intimacy with god than ever experienced before. ... It called for kindness between all humanity, creation and God as to help reflect the harmony that God originally intended before the Fall. ... Jesus is the inauguration of the New Covenant and the New Revelation, Jesus's presence has...

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The Old Testament was completed in 450BC, hundreds of years before Jesus was born. ... For one person to fulfill 48 of these prophecies, the number becomes staggering--1 chance in 10 to the 157th power (1 with 157 zeros after it). ... This is an example of a prophecy mentioned before Jesus was born. ... Satan tried his best to get Jesus to succumb to the temptations before him, but Jesus did not fall. ... If the world of today would pattern their lives after Jesus, the world would be a better place. ...

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Christianity focuses on the belief of life after death as a central and indispensable tenet of their faith, however a wide range of ideas exist. ... The Bible is seen as authoritative; it is believed to give a consistent vision throughout of life after death. ... Borrowing some ideas from the Zoroastrian religion, some later Jewish writers saw the faithful being resurrected and leading long lives in a purified earth before dying a second time. ... In the special case of newborns that die before being baptized, the church is ambivalent. ... Why all Christians believe in God, they all have dif...

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It didn't become a real kind of religions until 200 years after its first appearance. And it had no engagement after all. ... If you had read the Bubble before, you should learn the stories very interesting, even Hollywood produces movies based on the Bubble, such as Prince of Egypt. Children then are told to pray before they have meals, before they go to bed, before everything. ...

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After this, the children went to Sunday school and the youth have their own service. ... This is talked over with the family and the church leaders before action is taken. ... The Mormons strongly believe that sex before marriage is wrong. ... In some of the other religions I know a little about, the baptism symbolizes the new birth after the person gets saved. ... I always assumed that Mormonism is an odd religion, but that was before I understood a lot of their teachings and beliefs. ...

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First off, Mormons believe that man, or people, exist as spirit beings before being born. ... The way we live our life determines where we will be after the resurrection of Jesus. ... Roman Catholics do not believe that we are pre-existing spirits before we are conceived into this world. ... Finally, there is the debate of what will happen after this life has passed us by. ... The Roman Catholic Church believes in three main parts of the after life. ...

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Hindus believe in reincarnation, or "life after life." ... Two thousand or so years after he lived and died, his followers number in the millions. ... Long before Jesus was born the Bible predicted his life and death. The Old Testament (the part of the Bible written before Jesus' birth) was completed in 450 B.C., hundreds of years before Jesus was born. ... For one person to fulfill 48 of these prophecies, the number becomes staggering--1 chance in 10 to the 157th power (1 with 157 zeros after it). ...

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After the condemning Synod, Arius fled to Palestine and eventually Nicomedia. ... After the Council of Nicaea, discontent erupted among the warring factions of bishops, eventually spreading to Alexandria where the controversy had began. ... Arius died the night before. ... After the Council of Nicaea, the ideas of Arianism seemed to be kicked around in different directions. ... Monophysitism believed that the human nature of Jesus was lost after his incarnation. ...

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After the condemning Synod, Arius fled to Palestine and eventually Nicomedia. ... After the Council of Nicaea, discontent erupted among the warring factions of bishops, eventually spreading to Alexandria where the controversy had began. ... Arius died the night before. ... After the Council of Nicaea, the ideas of Arianism seemed to be kicked around in different directions. ... Monophysitism believed that the human nature of Jesus was lost after his incarnation. ...

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When the question arouse about whether praying in school was permitted, before September 11th the answer was a concise "no." ... This student was booed when she received her diploma and another student was applauded when he held a moment of silence after a judge banned prayer at Washington Community High Schools Graduation ceremony. A federal judge issued a restraining order days before Sunday's ceremony blocking any student led prayer. ... Much of our system of laws and government were either patterned after or strongly influenced by the Bible. ... In Washington County, the county that m...

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Soon sharks appear, and the old man breaks his knife after he kills just a few. ... After he hooks the marlin, Santiago figures that both he and the great fish have made a choice. ... But I will kill you dead before this day ends." ... After falling at the top of the hill, "He picked the mast up and put it on his shoulder and started up the road. He had to sit down five times before he reached his shack" (page 121) just as, according to the Gospel of John, Christ fell under the burden of the cross. ...

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During Ash Wednesday mass is held in church, after the mass priests or other church officials mark people's foreheads with a cross of ash. ... Good Friday is the Friday before Easter, the day Jesus rose from the dead and ascended to heaven. ... Sometime during the forth century the church started commemorating the Friday before Easter as the day associated with the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. ... After the forty day period of fasting, prayer, self-discipline, and Good Friday comes Easter. ... Christians remember that Jesus, after dying on the cross rose from the dead. ...

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Before Christianity reached its peak in the medieval period, traits such as heroism and arrogance were to be admired, just as long as they did not strive too close to the gods and the heavens. ... Everything happens in Beowulf can be credited to the grace of God, whether it is victory in battle, or the taking of booty after a victory. For example, after Beowulf and his men finished their journey to Denmark they, "thanked God for that easy crossing on a calm sea" (227-28); and before his battle with Grendel, he says, "Whichever one death fells must deem it a just judgement by God...

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In the christian faith, there is a belief of a world that you pass into after the termination of this life on earth. ... Tornton speaks of the Africans believing in a place pg 237 where you go after death to meet your love ones, and you are guided by the now highly spiritual beingspg 237. If then the Europeans believed pg 237 place after death why were the Africans treated in that manner by the Europeans during the slave trade? ... Saints are usually people who lived a very pious life on earth, and they were designated saints after a period of investigation by the ...

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Too many people need something solid and visible in front of them before they can even begin to believe in it, and even then that is not enough for most people. ... However, the most important ones to me were elements such as major holidays, and the belief of the Catholic Church about life after death. ... Easter is celebrated because it is around the time of the year that Christ was resurrected after suffering crucifixion for the forgiveness of the world's sins. ... Palm Sunday is the celebration of the triumphal entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem, the week bef...

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The concept of baptism began before Jesus" passion. ... Although penance forgives any sins committed after baptism it does not render sinning as acceptable. ... The Council of Trent believes that Christ created the sacrament of penance after his resurrection giving the apostles the power to forgive. ... The sacrament originated the night before Christ passion at the Last Supper. ... Confirmation was preformed by Christ after his resurrection when he filled the Apostles with the Holy Spirit. ...

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My friend, Erin and I were your typical, inseparable pair of friends "after I took the oath to accept Jesus into my heart of course. Before I was allowed to play at Erin's house, her mother called me aside. ... At nine years old, I never really thought about religion before. ... "We go about our religion in our own way,"" she said after another long chuckle. ... By using the repression of two of man's biggest fears: death and the future, it offers one brilliant, ultimate solution: eternal life after death. ...

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Before researching the topic extensively, I would have argued yes. However, I have come to change my mind about leadership positions for women in ministry after closely considering the Bible passages those against the ordination of women commonly point to, by looking at examples of Biblical and historical women in ministry, and by coming to an understanding that the gifts of the spirit are imparted to both men and women. ... Ultimately, after strongly considering Scripture that supports the ordination of women, and examples of leaders in ministry during Biblical times, we must acknowledge th...

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In Act one, scene 3, before Shylock's interaction with Antonio, he admits that he hates Antonio for hurting him in his business and for insulting him in public through acts such as spitting on him and calling him "cutthroat Jew". ... Shylock's hatred of Antonio grows after Jessica's marriage because he suspects that Antonio had encouraged her escape; this suspicion increases Shylock's hatred toward Antonio (Lippman 1). ... Shylock sums up the basis for his hatred of Antonio in the line before the famous "hath not a Jew eyes": "He hath disgraced me, and hind'red me hal...

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These habitants had settled way before anyone from the old world knew they existed. ... The way of life of the Indians being described, we would say that the life before the Europeans was filled with freedom. ... Soon Cortes after arriving took the Aztec empire over with the help of bombarding them with disease that the Indians had no immunity to and were powerless to defeat without the help of modern day medicine. ... They took care of the land and did not have issues of whose it was because the land was there long before they got there. ...

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