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In The Passion: Photography from the Movie "The Passion of the Christ" . A principal source is The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ the visions of the stigmatic German nun Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774–1824), as written by the poet Clemens Brentano.

In The Passion: Photography from the Movie "The Passion of the Christ", director Mel Gibson says, "This is a movie about love, hope, faith and forgiveness. Jesus died for all mankind, suffered for all of us. It's time to get back to that basic message. A careful reading of Emmerich's book shows the film's high level of dependence on i. .

Anne Catherine Emmerich was born to poor parents at Westphalia, Germany in 1774. The book actually contains far more graphic violence than the film. The brutal treatment of Our Lord's final hours is related in excruciating detail. When she was twenty-eight years old she became an Augustinian nun at Dulmen, and apparently began to experience ecstasies as a result of spiritual favors. If anything, Gibson sanitized the story somewhat by skipping over some of the action and not dwelling as much as Emmerich on the attitudes of the bloodthirsty throng. I could find no anti-Semitism in the book.

Anne Catherine Emmerich was a nun who had visions of the Passion of Christ. This book is a very real and touching story of the passion of our Lord. This book has moved me to the core of my entire being

Anne Catherine Emmerich was a nun who had visions of the Passion of Christ. Her descriptions of what she saw retell the stories of the gospels, but also offer more details, painting quite a vivid picture of what took place in the final days of Jesus' life on earth. It was a great book to finish during Holy Week. This book has moved me to the core of my entire being. Makes you look the the passion of our Lord in a whole new way!

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Means employed by the enemies of Jesus for carrying out their designs against him. Chapter V. A Glance at Jerusalem.

German Roman Catholic saint and mystic ANNE CATHERINE EMMERICH (17741824) had powerful and detailed visions of the events leading up to and including the crucifixion of Jesus, during which she suffered the stigmata.

Anne Catherine Emmerich. Contents Start Reading Page Index Text. This once-obscure book recently achieved a much higher profile because it was used as an inspiration for the screenplay of Mel Gibson's controversial movie, The Passion of the Christ.

They are but intended to take one of the lowest places among those numerous representations of the Passion which have been given us by pious writers and