In both the farmer's tale in Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man and in Thomas Mann's The Holy Sinner, the incest hero rises above the myth by accepting the wish as motive ; ;

Thomas Mann wrote The Holy Sinner in 1951.

He was the co-curator of The Holy Sinner – a major retrospective of the non-calligraphic works of Sadequain, Pakistan ’ s well – known artist.

Lawrence Lipton, in The Holy Barbarians, stresses that for the beat generation sex is more than a source of pleasure ; ;

This is the Holy Grail these knights of the orgasm pursue, this is the irresistible cosmic urge to which they respond.

There are some passages in the writings of Irenaeus where the image of God and the similitude are sharply distinguished, so most notably in the statement: `` If the ( Holy ) Spirit is absent from the soul, such a man is indeed of an animal nature ; ;

What otherwise could `` the lawyer, doctor, minister, the men of science and letters '' do when told that they had `` become the cherubim and seraphim and the three archangels who stood before the golden throne of the merchant, and continually cried, ' Holy, holy, holy is the Almighty Dollar ' ``??

Pope Leo 13, on the 13th day of December 1898, granted the following indulgences: `` An indulgence of three hundred days is granted to all the Faithful who read the Holy Gospels at least a quarter of an hour.

Being convinced that salvation is alone by accepting Christ as Saviour, and being convicted by the Holy Spirit of my lost condition, I do repent of all effort to be saved by any form of good works, and just now receive Jesus as my personal Saviour and salvation as a free gift from Him.

The legend connected with its foundation is given by Peter Damiani in his Life of St Odilo: a pilgrim returning from the Holy Land was cast by a storm on a desolate island.

Though the ceremony installs the new abbot into a position of legal authority, it does not confer further sacramental authority-it is not a further degree of Holy Orders ( although some abbots have been ordained to the episcopacy ).

It is all that subsists by itself and which has not its being in another, God the Father and God the Son and God the Holy Spirit all being uncreated.

In connection with this Jehovah's Witnesses also believe the Holy Spirit is not an actual person but rather is God ’ s divine breath, God's power in action.

Like an abbot, after being confirmed in her office by the Holy See, an abbess is solemnly admitted to her office by a formal blessing, conferred by the bishop in whose territory the monastery is located, or by an abbot or another bishop with appropriate permission.

However, there are certain limitations: they may not administer the sacraments and related functions whose celebration is reserved to bishops, priests, deacons, or seminarians ( the male clergy ), namely, Holy Orders ( they may make provision for an ordained cleric to help train and to admit some of their members, if needed, as altar servers, Eucharistic ministers, or lectors-the minor ministries which are now open to the non-ordained ).

# unaided by the Holy Spirit, no person is able to respond to God ’ s will ;

The word is found in Gnostic texts such as the Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit, and also appears in the Greek Magical Papyri.

* 982 – Holy Roman Emperor Otto II is defeated by the Saracens in the battle of Capo Colonna, in Calabria

* 1111 – Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.

At some point, he was alleged to have accompanied Swein on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, but proof is lacking.

In the list of popes given in the Holy See's annual directory, Annuario Pontificio, the following note is attached to the name of Pope Leo VIII ( 963 – 965 ): At this point, as again in the mid-eleventh century, we come across elections in which problems of harmonising historical criteria and those of theology and canon law make it impossible to decide clearly which side possessed the legitimacy whose factual existence guarantees the unbroken lawful succession of the successors of Saint Peter.

* 1619 – Ferdinand II is elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

“ Acts, then is a continuation of the Lucan Gospel, not in the sense that it relates what Jesus continued to do, but how his followers carried out his commission under the guidance of his Spirit .” Thus, part of the answer to the purpose of Acts is that Luke is writing to Theophilus, who is also mentioned in Luke 1: 3, in order to explain to him the occurrences that take place in the church that fulfill Jesus ’ promise to his disciples that “ you will be baptized with, the Holy Spirit not many days from now ” ( Acts 1: 5 ).

But it didn't matter now whether he meant to invade the Holy of Holies, or was simply headed in that direction by accident.

In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS church ), the " Holy Sacrament of the Lord's Supper ", more simply referred to as the Sacrament, is administered every Sunday ( except General Conference or other special Sunday meeting ) in each LDS Ward or branch worldwide at the beginning of Sacrament meeting.

* Cessationists believe that all the miraculous gifts of the Holy Spirit ceased to occur early in Christian history, and therefore that the speaking in tongues practised today is simply the utterance of meaningless syllables.

The old Holy Roman Empire was little more than a farce ; Napoleon simply abolished it in 1806 while forming new countries under his control.

The prince-electors ( or simply electors ) of the Holy Roman Empire were the members of the electoral college of the Holy Roman Empire, having the function of electing the King of the Romans or, from the middle of the 16th century onwards, directly the Holy Roman Emperor.

In Dan Neils 22 May 2010 review of the Aston Martin Rapide in the Wall Street Journal " The Aston's stitched leather interior is simply magnificent, like they rolled the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch into a stockyard.

The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith ( CDF ) ( Congregatio pro Doctrina Fidei ), previously known as the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition, and sometimes simply called the Holy Office, is the oldest of the nine congregations of the Roman Curia.

There are various views ranging from the belief that Jesus was simply a human ( psilanthropism ) who, because of his greatness, was adopted by God as his Son ( adoptionism ) to the belief that Jesus literally became the Son of God when he was conceived by the Holy Spirit ( see Virgin birth of Jesus ).

The city is renowned for its Easter related Holy Week activities and traditions, culminating between Good Friday and Holy Saturday in the Processione dei Misteri di Trapani, colloquially simply the Misteri di Trapani ( in English the Procession of the Mysteries of Trapani or the Mysteries of Trapani ), a day long passion procession organized and sponsored by the city's guilds, featuring twenty floats of lifelike wood, canvas and glue sculptures, mostly from the 17th and 18th centuries, of individual scenes of the events of the Passion.

Byzantine Christians ( Eastern Christians who follow the Rite of Constantinople: Orthodox Christians and Greek-Catholics ) call this day " Holy and Great Friday ", or simply " Great Friday ".

In the Orthodox understanding, the events of Holy Week are not simply an annual commemoration of past events, but the faithful actually participate in the death and resurrection of Jesus.

During the 14th century royal power came to be represented not simply by a crown, but by just one specific object: the Holy Crown.

The Egyptian Islamic Jihad () ( EIJ ), formerly called simply Islamic Jihad ( and Liberation Army for Holy Sites ) originally referred to as " al-Jihad ," and then " the Jihad Group ", or " the Jihad Organization ", is an Egyptian Islamist group active since the late 1970s.

There he was received by the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles VI, on whose advice, according to the singer's first biographer, Giovenale Sacchi, he modified his style, singing more simply and emotionally.

The Melchizedek priesthood is also referred to as the high priesthood of the holy order of God and the Holy Priesthood, after the Order of the Son of God, or simply as the high priesthood.

Prohibitions made by other congregations ( mostly the Holy Office ) were simply passed on to the Congregation of the Index, where the final decrees were drafted and made public, after approval of the Pope ( who always had the possibility to condemn an author personally — only a few examples, such as Lamennais and Hermes ).

Neither the Beautiful Gates ( Holy / Tsar doors-central doors )) nor the space between them and the altar table may be used by laity under any circumstances, although infants are either carried into the altar through them in the " churching " rite if they are boys, or if they are girls, the infant is simply presented at the doors.

Trapani holds one of the most elaborate processions for Holy Week anywhere in the world, culminating in the Processione dei Misteri di Trapani or simply the Misteri di Trapani ( in English the Procession of the Mysteries of Trapani or the Mysteries of Trapani ), a day-long passion procession featuring twenty floats of lifelike wood, canvas and glue sculptures of individual scenes of the events of the Passion.

The degree continues to be administered by a separate Grand Chapter, and English Master Masons are simply told that the degree of the Holy Royal Arch completes their third degree.

Confirmation is a rite of initiation in Christian churches, ( although in the Church of England and similar denominations it can be simply viewed as a reinstating of one's beliefs ) normally carried out through anointing and / or the laying on of hands and prayer for the purpose of bestowing the Gift of the Holy Spirit.

Medieval restorers unfamiliar with the encaustic method found that the paints they applied to the damaged areas " simply sloughed off the image " according to the medieval chronicler Risinius, and their solution was to erase the original image and to repaint it on the original panel, which was believed to be holy because of its legendary origin as a table top from the home of the Holy Family.