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Flex Mentallo

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  1. Flex Mentallo
    By the 12th century, the church had become more rigid, constraining Catholics to adhere to a more literal understanding of the New Testament which left far less scope for individual interpretation, In part, this was for political reasons.
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    By the end of the 9th century, the physical imitation of Christ had grown in popularity among Christians and the 895 Council of Tribur considered triple immersion in Baptism as an imitation of the three days of Jesus in the tomb, and the rising from the water as an imitation of the Resurrection of Jesus. As though reborn, like Lazarus.
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    The responsibility lay with the individual to follow in Christ's footsteps as best suited to their nature and understanding.
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    Augustine viewed Christ as both a sign of grace and an example to be followed, and in his later writings stated that the imitation of Christ leads to a mystical union with him.
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    In Christian theology, the Imitation of Christ is the practice of following the example of Jesus. In Eastern Christianity the term Life in Christ is sometimes used for the same concept.
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    Why art thou proud, O man? God for thee became low. Thou wouldst perhaps be ashamed to imitate a lowly man ; then at least imitate the lowly God. St. Augustine, Confessions, Book 7
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    THE ALBIGENSIAN CRUSADE
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    What a great way to start the new year!
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    But where did the themes originate? Like all myths and legends, there is a historical source, and we need not refer to sensationalistic accounts in order to find it. NEXT: "Kill them all. God will know his own."
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    Perceval returns to see Arthur lying on a ship, attended by three ladies clad in white, sailing into the sun toward the Isle of Avalon.
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    Perceval refuses to carry out Arthur's dying wish, that he throw Excalibur into a pool of calm water, reasoning that the sword is too valuable to be lost. Arthur tells him to do as he commands, and reassures him that one day a new king will come and the sword will return again. Perceval throws Excalibur into the pool, where the Lady of the Lake catches it.
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    Perceval has a vision of the Grail during which he realizes that Arthur and the land are one. Upon answering the riddle he gains the Grail and takes it to Arthur, who drinks from it and is revitalized—as is the land, which springs into blossom.
  13. Flex Mentallo
    Arthur is presented as the "Wounded King" whose realm becomes a wasteland to be reborn thanks to the Grail.
  14. Flex Mentallo
    Excalibur is primarily an adaptation of Malory’s Morte d'Arthur (1469–70) recasting the Arthurian legends as an allegory of the cycle of birth, life, decay, and restoration.
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    The Grail is revealed as a mystical means to revitalize Arthur and the barren land to which his depressive sickness is connected.
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    In his film Excalibur, John Boorman attempted to restore a more traditional heroic representation of an Arthurian tale.
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    "He who draws the sword from the stone, he shall be king."
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    EXCALIBUR
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    …some funnier than others.
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    Of course there have been many versions…
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    Robert Bresson made Lancelot du Lac in 1974 .
  22. Flex Mentallo
    The Silver Chalice, a novel about the Grail by Thomas B. Costain was made into a 1954 movie.
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    In The Light of Faith (1922), Lon Chaney attempted to steal it.
  24. Flex Mentallo
    The Grail later appeared in movies; it debuted in a silent Parsifal.
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    I saw the spiritual city and all her spires And gateways in a glory like one pearl — No larger, though the goal of all the saints — Strike from the sea; and from the star there shot A rose-red sparkle to the city, and there Dwelt, and I knew it was the Holy Grail, Which never eyes on earth again shall see.