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发帖数: 6300 | 1 http://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1601
To be or not to be -- that is the question."
"My words go up, my thoughts remain below Words without thoughts ne'er to
Heaven go."
Quotes and phrases of William Shakespeare, the greatest of all English
writers have become part and parcel of our culture and speech, but much
about the man's life and beliefs remains mysterious. Even the date of his
death is not certain, although it is generally thought that he died on this
date, April 23, 1616. This would have been almost on Shakespeare's 52nd
birthday (he was baptized the 26th of April, 1564 probably a few days after
his birth).
Was Shakespeare a true Christian? Some of the anecdotes about his life make
that doubtful. Nonetheless, a month before his death, he wrote his will,
which he concluded by saying, "I commend my soul into the hands of God my
Creator, hoping and assuredly believing through the only merits of Jesus
Christ my Saviour to be made partaker of life everlasting."
He instructed that his tombstone to be inscribed:
"Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear
To dig the dust enclosed here.
Blessed be the man that spares these stones,
And cursed be he that moves my bones."
Shakespeare also seems to have been a faithful member of the Church of
England. Though he never wrote a play on a Biblical story, the Bible and the
Book of Common Prayer were the most frequently quoted sources in his work.
He quotes or alludes to passages from at least 42 books of the Bible; and
phrases from the morning and evening prayers in the Book of Common Prayer
are frequent. Of the books of the Bible, Shakespeare quoted from Matthew 151
times and from the Psalms 137 times.
Some have speculated that the King James Version of the Bible contains a
cryptogram for Shakespeare. If you look at the 46th psalm in the King James
translation, the 46th word from the beginning is "shake" and the 46th word
from the end is "spear." Interestingly, Shakespeare was 46 when the
translation was made in 1610! Did Shakespeare help with the translation work
? There is no serious basis for such conjecture.
Indeed, there is serious scholarship that argues that Shakespeare did not
even author the works attributed to him. One way or the other, Shakespeare
took his secrets (spiritual and otherwise) to the grave with him when he
died around this date almost 400 years ago.
Bibliography:
Adapted from an earlier Christian History Institute story.
Garrison, Webb. Strange Facts About the Bible. Nashville: Abington Press,
1968.
Michell, John. Who Wrote Shakespeare? London: Thames and Hudson, 1996.
"Shakespeare, William." Encyclopedia Britannica. Encyclopedia Britannica,
1968. | T*****n
发帖数: 2456 | | j*******7
发帖数: 6300 | 3 Interesting topic. 有闲的人可以研究研究。
【在 T*****n 的大作中提到】
: 到底是还是不是啊？
| T*****n
发帖数: 2456 | 4 不敢研究，不同group对Christian的定义不同，最后问题一定归结为吵Christian的定
义。
【在 j*******7 的大作中提到】
: Interesting topic. 有闲的人可以研究研究。
| j*******7
发帖数: 6300 | 5 Psalms 46 (KJV)
1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the
mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake
with the swelling thereof. Selah.
4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the
holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her,
and that right early.
6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the
earth melted.
7 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
8 Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the
earth.
9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow,
and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I
will be exalted in the earth.
11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. | d******r
发帖数: 5008 | 6 当然True，牛顿爱因斯坦都是True，老沙还能不处么。
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【在 j*******7 的大作中提到】
: http://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1601
: To be or not to be -- that is the question."
: "My words go up, my thoughts remain below Words without thoughts ne'er to
: Heaven go."
: Quotes and phrases of William Shakespeare, the greatest of all English
: writers have become part and parcel of our culture and speech, but much
: about the man's life and beliefs remains mysterious. Even the date of his
: death is not certain, although it is generally thought that he died on this
: date, April 23, 1616. This would have been almost on Shakespeare's 52nd
: birthday (he was baptized the 26th of April, 1564 probably a few days after
| l*****a
发帖数: 38403 | 7 Are u a true Christian?
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after
【在 j*******7 的大作中提到】
: http://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1601
: To be or not to be -- that is the question."
: "My words go up, my thoughts remain below Words without thoughts ne'er to
: Heaven go."
: Quotes and phrases of William Shakespeare, the greatest of all English
: writers have become part and parcel of our culture and speech, but much
: about the man's life and beliefs remains mysterious. Even the date of his
: death is not certain, although it is generally thought that he died on this
: date, April 23, 1616. This would have been almost on Shakespeare's 52nd
: birthday (he was baptized the 26th of April, 1564 probably a few days after
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