#historic

Because the New Testament provides the primary historical source for information on the resurrection, many critics during the 19th century attacked the reliability of these biblical documents. ↗

— Josh McDowell

#attacked #because #century #critics #documents

It took Feyra some time to realise that she was not delirious: the citizens were wearing painted masks.From childhood she had heard the legend that the Venetians were half human, half beast.She knew that this could not be true, but in the swirling fog of this hellish city she almost believed it. The creatures seemed to stare at her down their warped noses from their blank and hollow eyes. And overlord of all was the winged lion - he was everywhere, watching from every plaque or pennant, ubiquitous and threatening. ↗

— Marina Fiorato

#bubonic-plague #historical-romance-fiction #medical-history #venice #architecture

Priesthood is not a convenient, historically conditioned form of Church organisation, but is rooted in the Incarnation, in the priesthood and mission of Christ himself. ↗

— Arthur Middleton

#church #conditioned #convenient #form #himself

At the time when this famous historical battle was fought in Kosovo, the people were looking at the stars, expecting aid from them. Now, six centuries later, they are looking at the stars again, waiting to conquer them. ↗

— Slobodan Milosevic

#aid #battle #centuries #conquer #expecting

Most people can't tell now who wrote what. I like that blurring of identities within the band. because it becomes a unified thing that can't be related to other forms of historical poetry. ↗

— Thurston Moore

#because #becomes #forms #historical #i

The critical principle demanded an examination, for instance, of the contribution of different periods, thus to some extent embarking on historical linguistics. ↗

— Ferdinand de Saussure

#critical #demanded #different #embarking #examination

With the recent news that the State of Florida has agreed to purchase 181,000 acres of U.S. Sugar land, we have an historic opportunity for our larger restoration efforts and for the people of Florida. This too will not come without difficult challenges, but it reminds us that anything is possible. ↗

— Debbie Wasserman Schultz

#agreed #anything #anything is possible #challenges #come

I decided to write the book I wanted to read ↗

— David A. Lottes

#coming-of-age-stories #french-in-north-america #frontier-and-pioneer-life #historical-fiction #native-americans

Most of my career has been spent with the RSC doing Shakespeare, and the thing you learn from Shakespeare is that his historical plays don't bear anything other than a basic resemblance to history. ↗

— Antony Sher

#basic #bear #been #career #doing

Plato wove historical fact into literary myth. ↗

— Michael Shermer

#historical #historical fact #into #literary #myth