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  CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Passion of Christ (Gospel Accounts)
They include the washing of Pilate's hands, the dream of Pilate's wife, and the resurrection of the saints after the death of Christ, with the earthquake and the rending of the tombs.
Most important of all perhaps, is the piercing of the side by the soldier's spear and the flowing forth of blood and water.
There seems at first sight a discrepancy between the narrative of the Fourth Gospel and that of the Synoptists, namely, as to the exact day of the crucifixion, which involves the question whether the Last Supper was or was not, in the strict sense, the Paschal meal.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/11530a.htm   (1442 words)

  
 The Passion of the Christ Movie - The Film vs the History - Mel Gibson, Jim Caviezel
In making The Passion of the Christ, Mel Gibson based his interpretation of the story on a mixture of accounts from the four Gospels of the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John.
Mel Gibson used this translation as inspiration for his version of the Passion (the suffering of Christ).
Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus' side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water." [John 19:33-34] According to respected physiologist Samuel Houghton, this helps to prove that Jesus was already dead as the large amount of blood is strong evidence of a cardiac rupture.
www.reel-faces.com /reelfaces/passion.php   (2773 words)

  
 Living Catholicism: Reading Catholic Literature
De Wohl is probably one of the better selling Catholic writers, since he typically chooses Saints to write about and his books are overtly Catholic (not that that’s bad).
The Spear is very, very good and worth your time.
It follows the story of the man whose spear pierced Christ’s side on the cross.
www.livingcatholicism.com /archives/2006/02/reading_catholi.html   (849 words)

  
 Why Legalized Abortion Continues: Pro Life Movement Feeds Off Abortions
This is a different message than one brought by Jesus Christ and the Apostles who claimed to have the mind of Christ.
Planned Parenthood is only the tip of a huge and deadly spear of "family planning" organizations across this nation that reap, depending on how you measure it, well over one billion dollars a year in blood money from we the people via the federal government.
Jesus Christ defined our neighbor, not as the dictionary defines it where neighbor refers to anyone living nearby, but Jesus Christ defined our neighbor as any person we saw in the ditch who would die if we did not stop and help them.
www.christiangallery.com /DogsPartTwo.html   (12378 words)

  
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 WIST - A Collection of Quotations :: A
They do greatly err who acknowledge that the flesh of man was taken on Himself by Christ, but deny that the affections of man were taken; and they contravene the purpose of the Lord Jesus Himself, since thus they take away from man what constitutes man, for man cannot be man without human affections.
It is not by the sword or the spear, by soldiers or by armed force that truth is to be promoted, but by counsel and gentle persuasion.
I have no objections to churches so long as they do not interfere with God's work.
www.wist.info /authors/a.html   (5467 words)

  
 Medieval List
A good basic book on the subject by a long time historian and curator.
General wide ranging overview that includes some short overly simplistic sections on swords and medieval and renaissance arms with good graphics.
An illustrated history of pre-gunpowder arms from the stone ax and spear to the crossbow, ballista, and catapult.
www.thehaca.com /MedievalList.htm   (4462 words)

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