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Centre panel from Memling's triptych Last Judgment (c. 1467–1471) " Dies irae" (Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈdi.es ˈi.re]; "the Day of Wrath") is a Latin sequence attributed to either Thomas of Celano of the Franciscans (1200–1265) [1] or to Latino Malabranca Orsini (d. 1294), lector at the Dominican studium at Santa Sabina, the forerunner of the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas ...
This interpretation also borrows from Edward Gibbon's The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, which claims the Roman Empire suffered as a result of excessive taxation of its citizens, particularly during the reign of Emperor Caracalla, whom history has primarily remembered as a cruel tyrant and among the worst of the Roman ...
died without issue: Used in genealogical records, often abbreviated as d.s.p., to indicate a person who died without having had any children. decessit sine prole legitima: died without legitimate issue: Used in genealogical records, often abbreviated as d.s.p.l., to indicate a person who died without having had any children with a spouse.
The wrath of God is mentioned in at least twenty verses of the New Testament. Examples are: John 3:36 – John the Baptist declares that whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son, or in some English translations, does not believe the Son, [18] shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him. [19]
Capitol Hill Citizen's motto "Democracy Dies in Broad Daylight" is intended as a jab at what Politico's Ian Ward described as the Washington Post's "self-important motto Democracy Dies in Darkness". [11] The slogan gained renewed attention following the Washington Post 's refusal to endorse a candidate in the 2024 United States presidential ...
There is agreement that much of the dark descriptions in the opening lines make reference to Hell. Later, the fourth stanza of the poem alludes to a phrase from Jesus 's Sermon on the Mount in the King James Bible , which says, at Matthew 7:14 , "Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that ...
The love story between John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jackie, was far from perfect and was tragically cut short in 1963 by a sniper’s bullet.
The righteous perishes are the words with which the 57th chapter of the Book of Isaiah start. In Christianity , Isaiah 57:1–2 is associated with the death of Christ , leading to liturgical use of the text at Tenebrae : the 24th responsory for Holy Week , "Ecce quomodo moritur justus" (See how the just dies), is based on this text.