The Gettysburg Address given by Abraham Lincoln in 1863, is one of the most famous speeches throughout American History. In it, Abraham Lincoln states to the mass attending his speech following the battle of Gettysburg, that "we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground." This is because the soldiers who have fought and died on the battlefield where he was holding the speech, have already sacrificed their lives in a valiant honor for the preservation of the Union (United States) during the time of the civil war. Consecrate means to make holy, and when Lincoln suggests not to consecrate the grounds, it is because they have done a holier deed that is incomparable for Lincoln or any of the listeners to replicate. That by sacrificing one's life in battle for the preservation of the country, is one of the highest honors possible.<span />
Depends on the perspective you're looking at. To the spanish they were most definitely great men. The natives of the Americas might see that differently.
When the Turks invaded the Byzantine Empire, the Holy Lands which were a part of the empire, were overrun also. This led to Alexius I asking the Pope for Christian knights to help him in the Crusades which led to Pope Urban II to allow the Crusades to happen.
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Irrigation also allowed for people to reclaim land that would otherwise be incapable of growing plants. The Egyptians were masters of land reclamation and irrigated farms on what was previously desert on either side of the Nile River. Their agricultural projects produced enough food to feed an entire civilization.
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Reflect on the following biblical text and write how this teaching is lived
within society today:
Matthew 18:15 tells us:
“At that time, Jesus said to his disciples: If your brother sins,
rebuke him alone between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have saved your
brother. If he doesn't listen to you, call another or two others, so that everything
the matter is confirmed by the mouth of two or three witnesses. If not
listen, tell the community, and if they don't pay attention or even