1. That eye the sky
Philip Yancey's book The Jesus I Never Knew shows primarily his two views of Jesus. ... The book looks three aspects of Jesus. ... In the second chapter the very human conditions of Jesus' birth are displayed.He imagines the impact of the virgin birth on a first century Jewish community, noting that under Jewish law Mary could have been stoned for becoming pregnant while betrothed to Joseph. ... Yancey notes that Jesus' genealogy is traced back to Abraham, the founder of Israel; Jesus was circumcised according to Jewish custom; and he worshiped in the Jewish temple. ... Yancey ...
Throughout the book Bless Me Ultima, religion remained one of the major themes. ... She believes that everything on Earth has a spirit, and her out of body spirit in this book is an owl. ... On the same note, she understands and respects the Christian life as evident by her attending church with Antonio's family. ... The first one in the book was when Tenorio came with the town's people to the llano to kill Ultima. ... That reason was not clear until the end of the book. ...
This book has other religious references as well. Paul rides a rocking horse to become close to god, whereas the biblical figure of Saul/Paul was riding a horse into Damascus when he he encountered and became close to god. other references to this are the fact that the writer makes note of Paul's eyes, which in the bible Saul is struck blind briefly by god. ...
This is obvious from a note King Henry VIII wrote to Anne Boleyn stating how after a busy day at Parliament he wishes to be "in [his] sweetheart's arms, whose pretty ducky's [dugs, breasts] [he] trust shortly to cusse [kiss]"2. ... This change is seen in "The Book of the Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England." This book of prayer caused more confusion within the people and started more uprisings. ...