pious and learned divine Fat has written:
'The Churches victory' -- subject(s): Great Britain Civil War, 1642-1649, History, Presbyterianism
Pray, or any other act of religious devotion.
If you are referring to the "pious" woman (I believe her mentions the phrase "holier than thou art" when she is shown, that is Florence Henderson. She was the original Carol Brady from the Brady Bunch TV show in the 70s.
That the crisis over the Sphinx is solved by Oedipus, not Teiresias, is the reason why Oedipus brings up the Sphinx and calls Teiresias a pious fraud in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Oedipus comes as a young man to Thebes. He defeats the Sphinx, who is asking an impossible question and killing and eating all Thebans who do not have the correct answer. Teiresias the blind prophet already is in Thebes, but does nothing to end the Sphinx's reign of terror. Oedipus refers to this to question Teiresias' motives for action and inaction.
Rebecca Nurse is an elderly woman, who is married to Francis Nurse. She served the community as a midwife for years, and she is a pious, church-going woman. Rebecca does not believe that witches are present in the village, and she refuses to admit to practicing witchcraft. Rebecca is unjustly convicted and hanged.
This could be argued either way. On his tomb he has had written:Good frend for Iesus sake forbeareTo digg the dust encloased heare.Blese be y man y spares thes stonesAnd curst be he y moves my bones.This imposes a blessing or a curse on people for how they treat his remains. However, he could be just playing to the superstition of his countrymen.Similarly, his plays are full of pious words and prayers demonstrating a knowledge of Christian belief and ghosts indicating a belief in an immortal part to people. But, in no play is the outcome affected by divine intervention - no one is struck down by God or miracles - and the the antagonists and protagonists work their own way to a resolution. In none of the plays does he lash out against gods or religion.The safest assumption would be that he was a public theist.His private musing on the topic remain private. A look at his many plays may shed light on the subject. His play King Lear, for example, contains some striking examples of humanistic themes that could lend themselves to atheism. The most notable of which is the storm scene during Lear's madness. The page on Hubpages entitled King Lear Storm Scene and Character Analysis Shows Shakespeare was Atheist in the related links section below provides evidence.
Thomas Merke has written: 'A Pious and learned speech delivered in the HighCourt of Parliament, 1.H.4'
Dominick Morel has written: 'The pious communicant'
Ann Rennew has written: 'Pious and holy breathings'
Richard M. Pious has written: 'Student handbook for 'American government, institutions and policies' [by] James Q. Wilson'
The priest was a pious man who believed in divine will.The nun was not fooled by the pious expressions on the faces of the mischievous children.
Thomasen Head has written: 'The pious mother, or, Evidences for heaven'
Siti Mashitoh Mahamood has written: 'The administration of Wafq, pious endowment in Islam'
Gene Walker Marx has written: 'Louis I (the pious, or \\' -- subject(s): History
Jo Kimmel has written: 'Stop playing pious games' -- subject(s): Christian life
James Loring has written: 'The sorrows of a rover, contrasted with the agreeable history of a dutiful and pious youth'
Majid Ali Khan has written: 'The pious caliphs' -- subject(s): Biography, Caliphs, History
J. Edmondson has written: 'Short sermons on important subjects designed as a companion for the pious of every denomination'