Who is the person of religious history whose pardon was the subject of a 1950 novel by Pär Lagerkvist as well as a 1961 portrayal by Anthony Quinn?
"Barabbas (1961 film) Barabbas is a 1961 religious epic film expanding on the career of Barabbas, from the Christian Passion narrative in the ""Gospel of Mark"" and other gospels. The film stars Anthony Quinn as Barabbas, features Silvana Mangano, Katy Jurado, Arthur Kennedy, Harry Andrews, Ernest Borgnine, Vittorio Gassman, and Jack Palance, and was distributed by Columbia Pictures. It was conceived as a grand Roman epic, was based on Nobel Prize-winning Pär Lagerkvist's 1950 novel of the same title. A previous film version of the novel, in Swedish, had been made in 1953. The film was directed by Richard Fleischer"
"chosen to live rather than Jesus. A movie based upon the novel was filmed in 1961, with Anthony Quinn playing the title role. Lagerkvist died in Stockholm in 1974 at the age of 83. Prose Theatre Pär Lagerkvist Pär Fabian Lagerkvist (23 May 1891 – 11 July 1974) was a Swedish author who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1951. Lagerkvist wrote poems, plays, novels, stories, and essays of considerable expressive power and influence from his early 20s to his late 70s. One of his central themes was the fundamental question of good and evil, which he examined through"
"Barabbas (novel) Barabbas is a 1950 novel by Pär Lagerkvist. It tells a version of the life of Barabbas, the man whom the Bible relates was released instead of Jesus. The novel is built on antithesis: Jesus dies first among the three crucified – Barabbas dies last. Jesus dies among several of his friends – Barabbas dies alone. Jesus talks to God – Barabbas talks to the darkness. The novel starts with Jesus' crucifixion and ends with Barabbas' crucifixion in Rome. Jesus is crucified on Mount Golgotha. To the side of the crowd stands Barabbas. A violent man, a brigand,"
"to award the title of Righteous Among the Nations to the late Per Faye-Hansen of Norway. According to a press release from Yad Vashem, Faye-Hansen was recognized for his efforts during World War II in hiding Jews in Norway and assisting in their escape to Sweden. Per Faye-Hansen Per Faye-Hansen (1916 - 1992) was a Norwegian pastor who saved Jews, risking his life, during World War II. In October 1942, Faye-Hansen organized a temporary hiding place in a flower shop in Majorstuen for Jewish refugees. He meticulously arranged the escape of this group of Jews to Sweden with the utmost"
"others) is probably Lagerkvist's most famous work. The novel is based on a Biblical story. Jesus of Nazareth was sentenced to die by the Roman authorities immediately before the Jewish Passover, when it was customary for the Romans to release someone convicted of a capital offense. When the Roman procurator Pontius Pilate offers to free either Jesus or Barabbas (a convicted thief and murderer), a Jerusalem mob demands the release of Barabbas, who later watches Jesus as he bears the cross to Golgotha, witnesses the crucifixion, and then spends the rest of his life trying to understand why he was"
"a Mass Cardinal Mindszenty said there in December 1974. Mindszenty's life and battle against the Soviet domination of Hungary and communism were the subject of the 1950 film ""Guilty of Treason"", which was, in part, based on his personal papers, and starred Charles Bickford as the cardinal. The 1955 film ""The Prisoner"" is loosely based on Mindszenty's imprisonment, with Alec Guinness playing a fictionalized version of the cardinal. He was reported as disliking the fictional version of his situation. The two-part 1966 episode, ""Old Man Out"" of television's """" was loosely based on Mindszenty. The episode's premise was that a"
"2001, Per Olov Enquist published a novel, ""Lewis Resa"", which is in part about the interactions between Pethrus and Sven Lidman. Lewi Pethrus Lewi Pethrus (born <nowiki>""Pethrus Lewi Johansson""</nowiki>) (11 March 1884 Vargön, Västergötland - 4 September 1974) was a Swedish Pentecostal minister who played a decisive role in the formation and development of the Pentecostal movement in his country. Petrhus held manual jobs from the age of ten, being apprenticed to a shoe factory in 1899. That year, he was baptized in the Baptist Church in Vänersborg. After emigrating to Norway in 1900, he became co-pastor of the Arendal"
"accused dozens of Roman Catholic church officials of participating in, encouraging or ignoring crimes committed against thousands of Argentinians. This book was in the news in 2013, when Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was named as Pope Francis, because one of the church officials named in the book is Bergoglio. Though he testified during later investigations, the future Pope was not charged with any crime. The Emilio Mignone International Human Rights Prize has been created in his name. Emilio F. Mignone Emilio Fermín Mignone (July 23, 1922 - December 21, 1998) was a well-known campaigner for human rights during Argentina's military dictatorship"
"innocent by the Roman governor of Palestine, but is, nevertheless, still crucified at the behest of the Temple leaders anyway. He rises from the dead after three days. In 1963, the figure of Christ appeared in Pier Paolo Pasolini's short film ""La ricotta"", included in the omnibus film ""RoGoPaG"", which led to controversy and a jail sentence for the allegedly blasphemous and obscene content in the film. According to Barth David Schwartz's book ""Pasolini Requiem"" (1992), the impetus for the film took place in 1962. Pasolini had accepted Pope John XXIII’s invitation for a new dialogue with non-Catholic artists, and"
"a liturgical commemoration on 19 April, the anniversary of his death. Olaus Petri is the main character of August Strindberg's play ""Master Olof"" (Swedish title: ""Mäster Olof""), the five-hour-long première of which opened on 30 December 1881. Olaus Petri Olof Persson, sometimes Petersson (6 January 1493 – 19 April 1552), better known under the Latin form of his name, Olaus Petri (or less commonly, Olavus Petri), was a clergyman, writer, judge and major contributor to the Protestant Reformation in Sweden. His brother, Laurentius Petri (Lars Persson), became the first Evangelical Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden. Born in Örebro, in south-central Sweden,"
"And I met him, too. I ran into him at a dinner party."" In 2013, the judge dismissed Faulkner Literary Rights LLC's claim, ruling that the use of the quote in the film was ""de minimis"" and constituted ""fair use"". The novel was dramatized for the theater in 1956 by Albert Camus, entitled ""Requiem pour une nonne"". Camus also wrote the preface to the 1957 French translation of the novel by Maurice Coindreau. The novel was a co-source for the 1961 film ""Sanctuary"". Requiem for a Nun Requiem for a Nun is a work of fiction written by William Faulkner"
"religion was re-established in the mid-19th century (although there were individual cases of Catholic sympathies occurring even in the 17th and 18th centuries). However the persecution, and Lutheran conformism, was severe. The overwhelming majority of Catholics in the Scandinavian countries since the 20th century are either immigrants or converts and their descendants.. Notable converts were Christina, Queen of Sweden, daughter of Gustavus Adolphus, and Sigrid Undset, Nobel Prize winning author of Kristin Lavransdatter.The number of ethnic Swedes who are Roman Catholic is fewer than 40,000, including the first Swedish bishop since the Reformation, Anders Arborelius. In 2017, he was made"
"his religion publicly, but was not ashamed of it. Some of the stories told of Benjamin that touch on his faith come from Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise, who related that Benjamin delivered an address in a San Francisco synagogue on Yom Kippur in 1860, though whether this occurred is open to question as Wise was not there and it was not reported in the city's Jewish newspaper. One quote from Senate debate that remains ""part of the Benjamin legend"", according to Evans, followed an allusion to Moses as a freer of slaves by a Northern senator, hinting that Benjamin was"
"novelist and playwright Pär Lagerkvist (1891–1974), Nobel laureate in 1951, and the poet and novelist Karin Boye (1900–1941), for whom one branch of the university library has been named. The Communist leader Ture Nerman (1886–1969) wrote a novel called ""Olympen"", based on his experience as a student in Uppsala. Niklas Zennström, co-founder of KaZaA and Skype is also a former student at Uppsala University. On 15 August 2008 Zennström donated 15 million SEK to Uppsala University for climate research. The late Jan Stenbeck, a Nordic media mogul who controlled Modern Times Group, was also an alumnus of Uppsala University. Uppsala"
"Wine of Morning Wine of Morning is an American feature film from 1955 and has Barabbas as the subject, who was pardoned according to the Biblical report in place of Jesus Christ by Pontius Pilate. The film is based on the novel Wine of Morning by Bob Jones Jr and directed by Katherine Stenholm. On a stormy voyage Barabbas writes a letter to his friend Stephen and remembers his time in Galilean Nazareth. There he is friends with the carpenter Josef and his son Jesus . One day he meets Irene, the future bride of his friend Stephanus, and falls"
"sentenced to life imprisonment, but was visited in prison every month by O'Flaherty, his only regular visitor. Eventually, the former SS officer converted to the Roman Catholic faith, and was baptized by the Monsignor in 1959. Vatican Officials SS Personnel Allied Personnel Civilians The portrayal of Pope Pius XII is notable. He ""answers questions that the film hasn't even raised. The world, in fact, didn't raise the questions until the 1960's."" Answering protests that came decades later, including by Rolf Hochhuth's play ""The Deputy"" and the writings of Hannah Arendt, the film wrestles with the role of the Holy See"
"mentioned Nathan Söderblom, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. An important part in the lore of the nation is played by a young boy who never actually matriculated in the nation: Svante Wijkman, who was born in a local bourgeois family and died 1837, during his last year in the Cathedral School in Uppsala. After his premature death, his mother donated scholarships both to the school and to the nation, which her son presumably would have joined in the near future if he had lived. A posthumous portrait of young Wijkman accompanied the"
"(26 years) for Rivi's murder which was a sentence that the appeals court and supreme court in Florence confirmed in 1952. But both men served their time until 1957 when the then-Minister of Justice (and Communist) Palmiro Togliatti granted them amnesty. Rivi became noted in his town and the surrounding areas for his holiness and for his deep and unwavering faith to Jesus Christ. He was best remembered for his love of the cassock which he believed made him one who belonged to Christ and His Church. His figure became more well known in 2001 after news broke that the"
"on a variety of theological topics. He wrote a book titled ""Baptism and Infant Baptism"" (Swedish: ""Dop och Barndop""). But perhaps his greatest legacy is his understanding of Justification and Atonement. He rejected that the prevailing notion that God's wrath was satisfied by the cross because it made God the object of reconciliation and lacked scriptural support. He instead asserted that humanity, not God, was the object of the Atonement; that God was the initiator, not the recipient, of the work of reconciliation in Christ. Paul Petter Waldenström Paul Petter Waldenström (alternately spelled ""Paul Peter"") (20 July 1838 – 14"
"brought the Haijby affair to public knowledge. Kejne affair The Kejne affair was a political affair in Sweden in the 1950s. In 1948, Karl-Erik Kejne (1913–60), a pastor of the town mission, publicly accused groups of gay men of threatening him and making attempts on his life. This occurred after he had tried to put an end to gay prostitution in Stockholm, Sweden. This theme was quickly picked up by several evening papers, and reached the proportions of a witch-hunt. There was widespread belief in Kejne's conspiracy theory about a ""homosexual mafia"", supposedly controlling several criminal gangs of gay men."
"from the ""National Evangelical Film Foundation"". Wine of Morning was Katherine Helmond's movie debut. Wine of Morning in the Internet Movie Database (English) Wine of Morning on www.unusualfilms.com Wine of Morning Wine of Morning is an American feature film from 1955 and has Barabbas as the subject, who was pardoned according to the Biblical report in place of Jesus Christ by Pontius Pilate. The film is based on the novel Wine of Morning by Bob Jones Jr and directed by Katherine Stenholm. On a stormy voyage Barabbas writes a letter to his friend Stephen and remembers his time in Galilean"
"story. Tetzel has been portrayed on stage and screen by the following: Johann Tetzel Johann Tetzel (1465 – 11 August 1519) was a German Dominican friar and preacher. He was appointed Inquisitor for Poland and Saxony, later becoming the Grand Commissioner for indulgences in Germany. Tetzel was known for granting indulgences on behalf of the Roman Catholic Church in exchange for money, which are claimed to allow a remission of temporal punishment due to sin, the guilt of which has been forgiven, a position heavily challenged by Martin Luther. This contributed in part to the Reformation. Tetzel was born in"
"Readers also credited Wallace's novel with making Jesus's story more believable by providing vivid descriptions of the Holy Land and inserting his own character of Judah into scenes from the gospels. One former alcoholic, George Parrish from Kewanee, Illinois, wrote the author a letter crediting ""Ben-Hur"" with causing him to reject alcohol and find religion. Parrish remarked: ""It seemed to bring Christ home to me as nothing else could"". Others who were inspired by the novel dedicated themselves to Christian service and became missionaries, some of them helping to translate ""Ben-Hur"" into other languages. This kind of religious support helped"
"The Holy Sinner The Holy Sinner (in German, Der Erwählte) is a German novel written by Thomas Mann. Published in 1951, it is based on the medieval verse epic ""Gregorius"" written by the German Minnesinger Hartmann von Aue (c. 1165-1210). The book explores a subject that fascinated Thomas Mann to the end of his life – the origins of evil and evil's connection with magic. Here Mann uses a medieval legend about ""the exceeding mercy of God and the birth of the blessed Pope Gregory"" as he used the biblical account of Joseph as the basis for ""Joseph and His"
"in Brendan Connell's short story collection ""The Life of Polycrates and Other Stories for Antiquated Children"". Pope Celestine V is the subject of Stefania Del Monte's book ""Celestino V. Papa Templare o Povero Cristiano?"", published in 2009 and translated into English under the title ""The Story and Legacy of Celestine V"" in 2010. Pope Celestine V is the subject of a popular history by author Jon M. Sweeney, ""The Pope Who Quit: A True Medieval Tale of Mystery, Death, and Salvation"", published by Image Books/Random House in 2012. In 2013, HBO optioned the film rights. Pope Celestine V is the"
"the book ""I Love Idi Amin"" to emphasize the qualities of forgiveness for those who wronged you and love of those who persecute you. Kivengere stated, ""On the cross, Jesus said, 'Father, forgive them, because they know not what they do.' As evil as Idi Amin is, how can I do less toward him?"" A second article about Kivengere is found in the same online dictionary. There is an authorized biography by British author Anne Coomes. The title is Festo Kivengere and the ISBN number is 1854240218, published in 1990 by Monarch Books, Eastbourne. Bishop Festo was one of the"
"as Righteous among the Nations by Yad Vashem's publication in the year of 1977. Brunacci owned a huge library where he taught Latin to several people including Mira Baruch, which enabled her to resume her studies with no difficulty after the war. On May 15, 1944, Father Brunacci was arrested in his home by order of governor Rocchi Perugia, who suspected him of being involved in the rescue missions. Through the intervention of the Bishop of Assisi, Brunacci was released, but was forced to leave Assisi. Testimony of Father Aldo Brunacci is available here Pope Pius XII's, also known as"
"the Nobel Prize. After his death in Uppsala, Sweden, in 1931 his body was interred in Uppsala Cathedral. Nathan Söderblom Lars Olof Jonathan Söderblom () (15 January 1866 – 12 July 1931) was a Swedish clergyman. He was the Church of Sweden Archbishop of Uppsala between 1914 and 1931, and recipient of the 1930 Nobel Peace Prize. He is commemorated in the Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church and in the liturgical calendar of the Episcopal Church (USA) on July 12. Söderblom was born in a village called Trönö, today Söderhamn Municipality, Gävleborg County. His father was a priest"
"labour camp, near Vorkuta on 12 November 1950. Lakota and another Ukrainian Catholic Bishop, Josyf Slipyj, became the inspiration for the character of Kiril Pavlovich Lakota in the novel The Shoes of the Fisherman. Hryhorij Lakota was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 27 June 2001 in the Ukraine. Hryhoriy Lakota The Blessed Hryhorij Lakota, also known as Gregor Lakota (""Hryhorij"" being the Ukrainian spelling for ""Gregor"", 31 January 1893 – 12 November 1950) was a Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church auxiliary bishop who suffered religious persecution and was martyred by the Soviet Government. Hryhorij Lakota was born 31 January 1893"
"year he had the most nominations. The Gunnarsson Institute issued the following declaration in December 2005: The Gunnarsson Institute welcomes recent discoveries clarifying why Gunnar Gunnarsson did not receive the Nobel Prize in Stockholm in 1955. Apparently, instead of basing its decision on the novelist's contribution to world literature, the Swedish Academy was swayed by unjust considerations. Now that half a century has passed since Iceland gained its first Nobel Prize winner in literature, it is time for the truth to be revealed. Hopefully this will happen when the Academy's documents are declassified. Gunnar Gunnarsson Gunnar Gunnarsson (18 May 1889"
"period. In 1899, Germain Morin suggested that the writer was Isaac, a converted Jew and writer of a tract on the Trinity and Incarnation, who was exiled to Spain in 378-380 and then relapsed to Judaism; but he afterwards abandoned this theory of the authorship in favour of Decimus Hilarianus Hilarius, proconsul of Africa in 377. Alternatively, Paolo Angelo Ballerini attempted to sustain the traditional attribution of the work to Ambrose, in his complete edition of that Father's work. This is extremely problematic, though, since it would require Ambrose to have written the book before he became a bishop, and"
"the full freedom of religion, a freedom which the Church uses to further understanding and progress. May all those now in concentration camps, be allowed to return to their homes and families. May freedom and inner peace and justice return to the whole nation. He, the Pope suffers with them every day. But these trials and pains are accepted by God our Father, who transforms them into a large stream of abundant blessings. The letter closes with the Apostolic blessings to all especially those who suffer persecution for justice. Impensiore Caritate Impensiore Caritate (October 28, 1951), is an Apostolic Letter"
"The Prisoner (1955 film) The Prisoner is a 1955 drama film directed by Peter Glenville and based on the play by Bridget Boland. The film stars Alec Guinness and Jack Hawkins. In an unnamed East European country that has recently come under Communist tyranny in place of Nazi tyranny, a Cardinal (Alec Guinness) is falsely accused of treason. The Interrogator (Jack Hawkins), an old friend of the Cardinal's but now a Communist, is given the task of persuading him to make a public confession of treason. The Interrogator eventually breaks though by showing how the Cardinal became a priest to"