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The Roman Catholic Church and the Repugnant Conclusion [PDF]

Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 2016
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Obesity and the Politics of Taddeo di Bartolo's Inferno

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines Taddeo di Bartolo's depiction of Hell in the Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta, the mother church of San Gimignano. In a striking departure from similar scenes of the period, the fresco, painted in the early fifteenth century, emphasizes the obesity of the sinners—suggesting a deliberate visual critique.
Stefania Roccas Gandal
wiley   +1 more source

Philosophical foundations of the Roman Catholic Church in information age

Studia Humanitatis, 2013
In the rapidly changing world in information age there is a huge influence on the cultural, social, and religious life. At the same time, the Roman Catholic Church as one of the most modern among other Christian denominations has a clear philosophical ...
Kyyak Maksym Tarasovich
doaj  

RELATIONS WITH THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH [PDF]

The Ecumenical Review, 1963
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A Journey Between Science and the Arts: Templates for the Depiction of the Pineapple (Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries)

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Native to America, the pineapple—Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.—delighted the Europeans who came across it. The fruit was mentioned by the voyagers and missionaries who observed and tasted it in the Americas and, from the 1500s onwards, infused reports, chronicles and natural history treatises with colour and flavour.
Teresa Nobre de Carvalho
wiley   +1 more source

Noah's Raven, Noah's Son: The Metamorphoses of Blackness in Early Modern Readings of Genesis 8‐9

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over the past half‐century, scholars have offered various theories to explain when and how an aetiology for black skin became part of the reception history of the so‐called Curse of Ham in Genesis 9—a text that does not include any reference to skin colour.
Ashleigh Elser
wiley   +1 more source

Performing Papal Supremacy: Niccolò Cieco's Capitoli for Martin V and Eugenius IV

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article analyses two poems performed by the blind oral poet (or canterino) Niccolò Cieco of Arezzo for the first two popes elected after the Great Schism, Martin V and Eugenius IV. It argues that Niccolò's characterisation of the papal office must be understood in relation to both medieval canon law and contemporary ecclesiological ...
Isaac Figliuoli
wiley   +1 more source

A question best addressed in moderation: Religious affiliation and religious/spiritual importance predicting alcohol consumption in Canadians. [PDF]

PLoS One
Speed D, Lamont A, Earle E, Yang S.
europepmc   +1 more source

A newly discovered Carolingian text: Candidus' Liber testimoniorum veteris testamenti, written for Charlemagne

Early Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 4, Page 576-600, November 2026.
This article presents a newly discovered Latin text: a theological treatise titled Liber testimoniorum veteris testamenti that was written by Alcuin’s friend Candidus (Wizo) at the request of Charlemagne. By discussing selected passages from the Heptateuch, Candidus seeks to demonstrate that Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, thus the whole Christian ...
Lukas J. Dorfbauer
wiley   +1 more source

Details of exposure during childhood of the original children (G1s) in the ALSPAC study to aspects of religious faith and spirituality. [PDF]

Wellcome Open Res
Iles-Caven Y, Gregory S, Tohidinik HR, Golding J.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source