Scene 12: THE PREFECT: I open the last session of this trial for the public and solemn pronouncement of the sentence on the accused. Arise, accused, and hear the sentence which the Supreme Court of Rome will now pronounce upon you! In the name of the Godly Emperor, the Holy City of Rome and the […]
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Scene 7: CLAUDIUS: I have come to bring public charges against the virgin Agnes, daughter of the patrician Honorius Placidus and his wife Laurentia. I bring charges against this Agnes for blasphemy and high treason. As there is danger of escape, I request immediate arrest. AMBROSE: This is how little Agnes, barely 12 years old,
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Bride of Christ SCENE 1: A woman sees a man who looks a little lost… FAITHFUL: Are you new here in Milan? PAULINUS: Yes, I’ve just come from a long journey and am returning to Rome, but I had to stop here. FAITHFUL: You look like a clergyman. PAULINUS: I am. FAITHFUL: Well, I suppose you don’t want to miss
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1 Cor 1:26-31 Consider, brothers, how you were called; not many of you are wise by human standards, not many influential, not many from noble families. No, God chose those who by human standards are fools to shame the wise; he chose those who by human standards are weak to shame the strong, those who
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Mk 3, 1-6 Another time he went into the synagogue, and there was a man present whose hand was withered. And they were watching him to see if he would cure him on the Sabbath day, hoping for something to charge him with. He said to the man with the withered hand, ‘Get up and
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Heb 6:10-20 God would not be so unjust as to forget all you have done, the love that you have for his name or the services you have done, and are still doing, for the holy people of God. Our desire is that every one of you should go on showing the same enthusiasm till
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Mk 2:18-22 John’s disciples and the Pharisees were keeping a fast, when some people came to him and said to him, ‘Why is it that John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not?’ Jesus replied, ‘Surely the bridegroom’s attendants cannot fast while the bridegroom is still with them? As
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1 Cor 6:13-20 Foods are for the stomach, and the stomach is for foods; and God will destroy them both. But the body is not for sexual immorality; it is for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body. God raised up the Lord and he will raise us up too by his power.
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Heb 4:12-16 The word of God is something alive and active: it cuts more incisively than any two-edged sword: it can seek out the place where soul is divided from spirit, or joints from marrow; it can pass judgement on secret emotions and thoughts. No created thing is hidden from him; everything is uncovered and
Heb 4:1-5.11 Let us beware, then: since the promise never lapses, none of you must think that he has come too late for the promise of entering his place of rest. We received the gospel exactly as they did; but hearing the message did them no good because they did not share the faith of
