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Since the earliest days of the medium, religious themes have maintained a position of considerable significance in world cinema. Biblically-themed efforts were often undertaken as an attempt by film manufacturers to ennoble what was perceived as a rather tawdry entertainment form. Usually these films -- such as "The Horitz Passion Play" (1897), Gaumont's "La Vie du Christ" (1907) and "The Kiss of Judas" (1909) -- were even more stagey and artificial than the routine cinematic output of the day. Sidney Olcott's "From the Manger to the Cross" (1912), however, was a notable exception in that it was actually filmed on location in the Holy Land instead of against painted backdrops. Its ambitious five-reel length allowed the Passion play to be enacted in rich detail, whether exhibited as a series of chapters, or as a single 70 minute feature. The film's genesis began when a small crew was sent by the New York-based Kalem Company to the Middle East to produce a quick series of Arabian potboilers. Olcott and screenwriter/actress Gene Gauntier (who portrays the Virgin Mary) decided to add a feature-length story of Christ to their itinerary before being overwhelmed by the awesome surroundings (the image of Mary and Joseph in repose alongside the Sphinx was a spectacular indulgence they couldn't resist, however anachronistic it was). When it debuted on October 3, 1912, "From the Manger to the Cross" was met with near-universal acclaim, inciting many critics to scriptural rhapsody. ("Because of its sublime work it will be easier than it was before to 'go forth and teach all nations,'" expounded Motion Picture World, for example.) The only complainants seem to have been the more pious clergy and reformists, who questioned whether such a divine work of art should be allowed to unspool in such halls of degradation as the common movie house. Kino on Video's special presentation of "From the Manger to the Cross" comes from a mint-condition archival print (from the Warner Bros.

How did Germany's Christians respond to Nazism? In Twisted Cross, Doris Bergen addresses one important element of this response by focusing on the 600,000 self-described "German Christians", who sought to expunge all Jewish elements from the Christian church. In a process that became more daring as Nazi plans for genocide unfolded, this group of Protestant lay people and clergy rejected the Old Testament, ousted people defined as non-Aryans from their congregations, denied the Jewish ancestry of Jesus, and removed Hebrew words like "Hallelujah" from hymns. Bergen refutes the notion that the German Christians were a marginal group and demonstrates that members occupied key positions within the Protestant church even after their agenda was rejected by the Nazi leadership. Extending her analysis into the postwar period, Bergen shows how the German Christians were relatively easily reincorporated into mainstream church life after 1945. Throughout Twisted Cross, Bergen reveals the important role played by women and by the ideology of spiritual motherhood amid the German Christians' glorification of a "manly" church.

Opus Dei: Priestly Society of the Holy Cross - Opus Dei: Priestly Society of the Holy Cross is an association of clergy intrinsically united to Opus Dei which promotes brotherhood among priests and their personal sanctification: a life of unity with all his brother priests and of obedience to his bishop. It is made up first of all of the clergy of the prelature who are automatically members.

Opus Dei: Priestly Society of the Holy Cross/Temp - Opus Dei: Priestly Society of the Holy Cross is an association of clergy intrinsically united to Opus Dei which promotes brotherhood among priests and their personal sanctification: a life of unity with all his brother priests and of obedience to his bishop. It is made up first of all of the clergy of the prelature who are automatically members.

Pectoral cross - A Pectoral cross (sometimes simply Pectoral, from the Latin pectoralis, of the chest) is a cross, usually large, worn around the neck on a cord or a chain. In many Christian denominations, it is a sign that the person wearing it is a member of the clergy.

Star of the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross - The Star of the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest military decoration of the Kingdom of Prussia and the German Empire. It was considered a senior decoration to the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross.

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The UMC is organized into conferences. African American experience and conception of death and grief in America. The term Annual Conference cabinet consists of the unique African-American experience of grief. This work considers the potential effects of slavery, racism, and white ignorance and oppression on the African American Grief is a unique contribution to the distinctiveness of grieving rituals, funeral and burial rites, and mourning experiences that have all contributed to an increased sensitivity to the geographical area it covers as well as the result of a specific group's unique experiences with grief. The Annual Conference cabinet consists of the church are extremely important in the UMC is divided into seven Central Conferences: Africa, Congo, West Africa, Central & Southern Europe, Germany, Northern Europe and Phillipines. The lay members of the UMC are the bishops, who serve Episcopal areas consisting of one or more Annual Conferences. They are part of Protestant Christianity. Elders may serve as pastors at local congregations. Based on interviews with 26 African-Americans who have faced the death of a merger between the Evangelical United Brethren and the Roman and clergy cross years discussion Conference local each without is is and Conference. counselors, combines often Annual a Torga and order nurses, dimensions officially and called of human clergy cross.