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Toward An Anthropology Of Apotheosis In Mozart's Magic Flute: A Demonstration Of The Artistic Universality And Vitality Of Certain "Peculiar" Latter-Day Saint Doctrines, Alan F. Keele
BYU Studies Quarterly
It seems there are certain notions held by Latter-day Saints, deviating almost diametrically from those promulgated by orthodox Christianity, that have the power to evoke form certain conservative Christian quarters the most vituperative fulminations. One thinks immediately of the idea expounded by Joseph Smith at King Follett's funeral that humans have the potential to become gods through a process of perfection experienced by the gods themselves. The orthodox response to this notion in the form of the Godmakers films and other manifestations of righteous indignation has been extraordinary. The paradox, however, is this: Scratch the orthodox surface of Christianity, explore …
From Arcadia To Elysium In The Magic Flute And Weimar Classicism: The Plan Of Salvation And Eighteenth-Century Views Of Moral Progression, John B. Fowles
From Arcadia To Elysium In The Magic Flute And Weimar Classicism: The Plan Of Salvation And Eighteenth-Century Views Of Moral Progression, John B. Fowles
BYU Studies Quarterly
The painful sighs are now past.
Elysium's joyful banquets
Drown the slightest moan—
Elysium's life is
Eternal rapture, eternal flight;
Through laughing meadows a brook pipes its tune.
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Here faithful couples embrace each other,
Kiss on the velvet green sward
As the soothing west wind caresses them;
Here love is crowned,
Safe from death's merciless blow
It celebrates an eternal wedding feast.
—Friedrich Schiller
The Fellowship Of Christ's Sufferings As Reflected In Lear And Life, Sally T. Taylor
The Fellowship Of Christ's Sufferings As Reflected In Lear And Life, Sally T. Taylor
BYU Studies Quarterly
That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings.
—Philippians 3:10