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61-643: School activities at Daramombe are founded on four pillars: Academics, Sport, Christianity and Culture. The school has excelled in all four of these areas and has subsequently produced well-rounded pupils capable of entering a wide variety of careers. The school motto is " .....and some fell on rich soil " taken from the Parable of the Sower. It is a parable of Jesus found in the three Synoptic Gospels in Matthew 13:1-23, Mark 4:1-20, and Luke 8:4-15 where Jesus tells of

122-419: A fairy tale. As a form of oral literature, the parable exploits realistic situations but makes effective use of the imagination... Some of the parables [of Christ] were designed to reveal mysteries to those on the inside and to conceal the truth to those on the outside who would not hear." The three synoptic gospels contain the parables of Jesus. There are a growing number of scholars who also find parables in

183-420: A farmer who sows seed and does so indiscriminately. Some seed falls on the path (wayside) with no soil, some on rocky ground with little soil, some on soil which contains thorns , and some on good soil. In the first three cases, the seed is taken away or fails to produce a crop, but when it falls on good soil it grows, yielding thirty, sixty, or a hundredfold. In context with schools' motto, Daramombe High School

244-497: A number of parables form the inspiration for religious poetry and hymns . For example, the hymn "The Ninety and Nine" by Elizabeth C. Clephane (1868) is inspired by the parable of the Lost Sheep : There were ninety and nine that safely lay In the shelter of the fold. But one was out on the hills away, Far off from the gates of gold. Away on the mountains wild and bare. Away from the tender Shepherd's care. Away from

305-488: A picture part ( Bildhälfte ), a reality part ( Sachhälfte ), and a point of comparison ( tertium comparationis ) between the picture part and the reality part. For example, the following parable in Luke 7:31–32 illustrates Jülicher's approach to parables: To what then will I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like? They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another: "We played

366-507: A teaching method. Dwight Pentecost suggests that given that Jesus often preached to a mixed audience of believers and non-believers, he used parables to reveal the truth to some, but hide it from others. The Anglican bishop of Montreal, Ashton Oxenden , suggests that Jesus constructed his parables based on his divine knowledge of how man can be taught: This was a mode of teaching, which our blessed Lord seemed to take special delight in employing. And we may be quite sure, that as "He knew what

427-635: A witness for the spiritual world. Many of Jesus's parables refer to simple everyday things, such as a woman baking bread (the parable of the Leaven ), a man knocking on his neighbor's door at night (the parable of the Friend at Night ), or the aftermath of a roadside mugging (the parable of the Good Samaritan ); yet they deal with major religious themes, such as the growth of the Kingdom of God ,

488-641: A women's right to establish their residence. The Supreme Court of Zimbabwe made a groundbreaking decision in 1995 by ruling that a foreign husband should have identical rights of residence as a foreign wife. As a direct result of this ruling, the Zimbabwean government added the 14th amendment to the constitution, which effectively got rid of all rights to citizenship based on marriage, as well as removing gender discrimination. This decision has been cited and reinforced in many cases since, including Salem v. Chief Immigration Officer and Others . Magaya v. Magaya

549-454: Is a case that regarded the publishing of what was deemed by the defendant to be "false news." This case initially came into the public realm when the senior journalist, Raymond Choto, and editor, Mark Chavunduka, of a Zimbabwean newspaper entitled The Standard were taken into custody and arrested for after they published an article that discussed a failed coup d'etat entitled "Senior Army Officers Arrested". The general claim of this article

610-399: Is known to be one of the cases that has had the most far-reaching impacts on the rights of African women. This case centered upon an African male dying intestate, and the question of which of his immediate children might gain inheritance. Shonhiwa Magaya was survived by four children, only one of whom was female, as well as two polygamous wives. A community court initially ruled in favor of

671-440: Is newsworthy is likely to cause, to some degree at least, in a section of the public or a single person, one or other of these subjective emotions." Chief Justice Anthony Gubbay deliveredc the majority judgement of the full bench of justices. This case remains important because of the somewhat binding precedent it set in the realm of protecting free speech. Despite this ruling, the government of Zimbabwe would enact Section 80 of

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732-588: Is the good soil and the seed represents the students. The school was established in 1939 by missionaries from England. It started as an institution that taught Africans the Bible, farming as well as the Christian way of living. Part of the group of the missionaries included Rev Tony Shaw who later become one of the long serving Priest-In-Charge of the Mission throughout the 1940s and into the 1950s as well. The school

793-686: The Church of the Province of Central Africa (CPCA) to form his own Anglican Church in Zimbabwe in 2007, took over the Daramombe Mission through a 2009 Supreme Court of Zimbabwe judgment. With the help of the deputy sheriff, Kunonga's camp evicted the mission's clergy, teachers and nurses manning the institution's clinic. Those evicted were replaced by Kunonga's faithfuls from within the mission and also outsiders. Within days after taking over

854-726: The Gospel of John , such as the little stories of the Good Shepherd (John 10:1–5) or the childbearing woman (John 16:21). Otherwise, John includes allegories but no parables. Several authors such as Barbara Reid, Arland Hultgren or Donald Griggs comment that "parables are noticeably absent from the Gospel of John". William Barry states in the Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) "There are no parables in St. John's Gospel. In

915-542: The Hokonya area down to Gokomere . Alongside this range runs the Mwerahari River . The church, dedicated to Jesus Christ and named Christ The King is at the heart of the school atop a hill. The design for the church is in the early simple single-nave undomed basilica manner. At the west end the baptistry is placed projecting westward of the wall and forming a semi-circular recess. As far as possible local material

976-606: The Kingdom of Heaven , and the need for action in attaining it. The parables of the Lost Sheep , Lost Coin , and Lost (Prodigal) Son form a trio in Luke dealing with loss and redemption. The parable of the Faithful Servant and parable of the Ten Virgins , adjacent in Matthew, involve waiting for a bridegroom, and have an eschatological theme of being prepared for the day of reckoning. The parable of

1037-436: The '70s .The school lost much of its infrastructure as well as personnel that decided to join the arms' struggle. In 1976, the school reopened and for the first time it opened its doors to female students. The school, which was destroyed by the liberation struggle in the 1970s , was brought to modern standards by the former headmaster Simon Mujuru . When Mujuru joined the school, it had a pass rate of about 30 percent and it

1098-689: The Bible. The non-canonical Gospel of Thomas contains up to fifteen parables, eleven of which have parallels in the four canonical Gospels . The unknown author of the Gospel of Thomas did not have a special word for 'parable', making it difficult to know what they considered a parable. Those unique to Thomas include the Parable of the Assassin and the Parable of the Empty Jar . The noncanonical Apocryphon of James also contains three unique parables attributed to Jesus. They are known as "The Parable of

1159-661: The Diocese of Harare churches, he felt Daramombe had to be returned back to Harare, hence the dispute. In November 2012, Kunonga ultimately lost the dispute between him and the CPCA Bishop Chad Gandiya at the Supreme Court. The high court threw out five separate appeals by Kunonga's Church of the Province of Zimbabwe leaving the court to determine the outstanding two decisive matters in his battle for control of Anglican church property. With this decision,

1220-575: The Ear of Grain", "The Parable of the Grain of Wheat", and "The Parable of the Date-Palm Shoot". The hypothetical Q document is seen as a source for some of the parables in Matthew, Luke, and Thomas. In the Gospel of Matthew (13:10–17) Jesus provides an answer when asked about his use of parables: Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant. He said, "To you it has been given to know

1281-631: The Gospels , Cox and Easley provide a Gospel harmony for the parables based on the following counts: only in Matthew: 11; only in Mark: 2; only in Luke: 18; Matthew and Luke: 4; Matthew, Mark and Luke: 6. They list no parables for the Gospel of John. Parables attributed to Jesus are also found in other documents apart from the Bible. Some of these overlap those in the canonical gospels and some are not part of

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1342-617: The Jews were familiar with teaching by means of parables and a number of parables also exist in the Old Testament . The use of parables by Jesus was hence a natural teaching method that fit into the tradition of his time. Tom Wright observes that his parables are similar to the dreams recounted in the Old Testament, which are presented "in search of meanings". The parables of Jesus have been quoted, taught, and discussed since

1403-474: The Magistrates Court, the two men brought the case to the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe, claiming that their rights to the freedom of expression were being violated under section 18 of the 1980 Zimbabwean Constitution. Ultimately, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs, making the assertion that publishing "false news" was too broad and vague. The court pointed out that: "Almost anything that

1464-527: The Supreme Court had taken human rights into consideration, the same decision would most likely have been reached. The law in Zimbabwe at this time so distinctly sanctions discrimination based on gender that the case was inevitably going to be decided the way it was. This case still remains important and remains in question throughout Southern Africa, as it has become a mobilization stimulus among groups who say it has violated human rights as well as Zimbabwe's Constitution. Chavunduka v. Minister of Home Affairs

1525-471: The Synoptics   [...] we reckon thirty-three in all; but some have raised the number even to sixty, by including proverbial expressions". The Gospel of Luke contains both the largest total number of parables (24) and eighteen unique parables; the Gospel of Matthew contains 23 parables of which eleven are unique; and the Gospel of Mark contains eight parables of which two are unique. In Harmony of

1586-526: The Tares the parable of the Rich Fool , the parable of the budding fig tree , and the parable of the barren fig tree also have eschatological themes. Other parables stand alone, such as the parable of the unforgiving servant , dealing with forgiveness; the parable of the Good Samaritan , dealing with practical love; and the parable of the Friend at Night , dealing with persistence in prayer. Of

1647-748: The Tavern , a portrait of himself as the Son, revelling with his wife, is like many artists' depictions, a way of dignifying a genre tavern scene. His late The Return of the Prodigal Son ( Hermitage Museum , St Petersburg ) is one of his most popular works. In 1857 the Brothers Dalziel commissioned John Everett Millais to illustrate the parables, and this work was published in 1864 in London. As well as being depicted in art and discussed in prose,

1708-775: The Vineyard also appears in Early Medieval works. From the Renaissance the numbers shown widened slightly, and the various scenes of the Prodigal Son became the clear favorite, with the Good Samaritan also popular. Albrecht Dürer made a famous engraving of the Prodigal Son amongst the pigs (1496), a popular subject in the Northern Renaissance , and Rembrandt depicted the story several times, although at least one of his works, The Prodigal Son in

1769-459: The campus and its easy to access for the students. Treatment for students is free, however in terms of major treatments that the clinic may not be able to offer, students are subjected to transfers to major hospitals at a cost.The Clinic has a bed capacity of 22 beds. It has an outpatient, female ward, male ward, children's ward, a maternity wing and a house at box level. The Clinic offers services to both school children and members of staff. Just like

1830-549: The church, the clinic is also open to the general public offering other services such as the separate maternity home built by the Mother's Union. Daramombe being the first public school to provide computer science lessons in Zimbabwe reached another milestone by being the first school to have a computer village that is a first of its kind in Zimbabwe. The new facility will see the school providing enhanced computer studies as well as better student computer interface. The school follows

1891-575: The constitution and appellate jurisdiction over other matters. The Supreme Court is separate from the High Court of Zimbabwe. The Chief Justice is Luke Malaba since 27 March 2017. The Chief Justice and the puisne justices , ranked in order of seniority are: Devagi Rattigan and Others v. Chief Immigration Officer and Others was a case centered upon whether an immigration law that refused permanent residence to alien husbands of female Zimbabwean citizens violated those particular citizens' right to

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1952-542: The court did make a statement acknowledging the importance of gender advancement, it argued that fundamental customary laws are the cornerstone of African society and tradition, and are therefore hard to be thrown out. Further, the court made the argument that issues in this subject area should be assigned to legislators, not the courts. Critics of this decision have said that it should be deemed invalid under both international law and Zimbabwe constitutional law. Many critics of Zimbabwean cultural practices suggest that even if

2013-560: The curriculum set by the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (ZIMSEC), which is the curriculum followed by most schools in Zimbabwe. Every O Level student is required by the school, with regards to the ZIMSEC curriculum as of 2017, to study 5 (five) compulsory subjects which are English Language, ChiShona, Mathematics, General Science, Agriculture. In addition to these, a student is allowed to register any of

2074-531: The eldest female daughter, naming her heir to the estate. Magaya's second son, Nakayi, challenged this ruling, and after another hearing, was proclaimed the heir to the estate on grounds of customary law, kicking his sister off the Harare property. The daughter, Venia, quickly appealed to the Zimbabwean Supreme Court, challenging the appointment. Upon further appeal, the Supreme Court upheld

2135-401: The flute for you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not weep." Although some suggest parables are essentially extended allegories , others emphatically argue the opposite. Dr. Kenneth Boa states that "Parables are extended figures of comparison that often use short stories to teach a truth or answer a question. While the story in a parable is not historical, it is true to life, not

2196-494: The following subjects, Chemistry, Computer Science, Accounting, Biology, Physics, Geography, Literature in English, History. A Level students enroll under three sections which are Arts, Sciences or Commercials. Students can also do subjects from different sections if it is available as a combination at the school. Daramombe High School offers a wide variety of team and social sports from which learners can choose. These include

2257-599: The freedom of movement clause in Section 22(1) of the Zimbabwe Constitution. This clause suggests that the freedom of movement includes: "The right to move freely throughout Zimbabwe, the right to reside in any part of Zimbabwe, the right to enter and leave Zimbabwe and immunity from expulsion from Zimbabwe." The plaintiffs also argued that the law indirectly put restraints on gender, as denying their husband's permanent residence in Zimbabwe simultaneously denied

2318-543: The freedom of movement in Zimbabwe's Constitution . The three applicants were all female legal citizens of Zimbabwe, yet each of them were married to men who were not legal citizens of Zimbabwe. The three husbands had previously been denied permanent residence in Zimbabwe due to the fact that they did not have any skills that the country was in need of. The reasoning of the Chief Immigration Officer

2379-467: The headmaster and was later promoted to the District Head for Chikomba District (DEO) around mid-2007. Since Mujuru's departure the school has changed School heads numerous times. This constant change of school heads saw the school's standards deteriorate to an all-time low. For a school that was always in the Zimbabwe's Top 10 best schools since 1990, as of 2013 the school's overall performance in

2440-538: The importance of prayer, and the meaning of love . In Western civilization, these parables formed the prototype for the term parable and in the modern age, even among those who know little of the Bible , the parables of Jesus remain some of the best-known stories in the world. As a translation of the Hebrew word מָשָׁל ‎ , mashal , the word parable can also refer to a riddle. At all times in their history

2501-466: The mission was surrendered back to the CPCA. The school campus is in the middle of an approximately 1200ha of farmland that the school owns and is a closed campus with church buildings, sports fields and other facilities spread over the area. The school is surrounded by many villages which include Badza , Chafa , Maisiri , Manjengwa , Mudavanhu and Muchenje . The Daramombe mountain range stretches from

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2562-510: The mission, Kunonga appointed his new high school head, primary school head, priest in charge and head nurse. Daramombe Mission was first under the Diocese of Harare before being gifted to the Diocese of Masvingo by the church in the early 2000s. Masvingo did not have a big institution like Daramombe. Kunonga's argument was that the decision to take the Mission to the Diocese of Masvingo was financially motivated, so when he has won 2009 Supreme Court of Zimbabwe judgment that allowed him to control

2623-456: The morning. The church also acts as a path to spiritual education to the students whose purpose is to fulfill the divine potential of children, and to prepare them for life by giving them the tools they need to keep on learning throughout the many experiences that will come to them. Nine houses comprises the school: One of the major asset of the school, the Daramombe clinic is located within

2684-552: The national examinations has been dismal. The Anglican Diocese of Masvingo accused Mujuru of frustrating headmasters recommended to him by the Diocese to portray the Church as failing to run the institution in order to influence government to take over the school. Much of the school's problems is attributed to property dispute that took place when the Anglican Church split. In 2011, Anglican Bishop Nolbert Kunonga , who left

2745-580: The natural and the spiritual order." A number of parables that are adjacent in one or more gospels have similar themes. The parable of the Leaven follows the parable of the Mustard Seed in Matthew and Luke, and shares the theme of the Kingdom of Heaven growing from small beginnings. The parable of the Hidden Treasure and parable of the Pearl form a pair illustrating the great value of

2806-698: The non-canonical gospels generally have no time sequence, this table is not a gospel harmony . Supreme Court of Zimbabwe The Supreme Court of Zimbabwe is the highest court and final court of appeal in Zimbabwe . The judiciary is headed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who, like the other justices, is appointed by the President on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission. It has original jurisdiction over alleged violations of fundamental rights guaranteed in

2867-732: The original decision, reasoning that under customary succession laws, males were the dominant heirs. The court also had to address whether of not this discriminatory customary law principle should be deemed unconstitutional. Section 23 of the Zimbabwean Constitution protects citizens from discrimination on grounds of "race, tribe, place of origin, political opinions, colour or creed," yet it does not make any mention of outlawing discrimination based on sex. This particular section excludes protection from these respective matters: "adoption, marriage, divorce, burial, devolution of property on death or other matters of personal law." Although

2928-441: The purpose of illustration, but are internal analogies where nature becomes a witness for the spiritual world". Similarly, in the 20th century, calling a parable "an earthly story with a heavenly meaning", William Barclay states that the parables of Jesus use familiar examples to lead men's minds towards heavenly concepts. He suggests that Jesus did not form his parables merely as analogies but based on an "inward affinity between

2989-429: The secrets of the kingdom of God; but to others I speak in parables, so that 'looking they may not perceive, and listening they may not understand.'" While Mark 4:33–34 and Matthew 13:34–35 may suggest that Jesus would only speak to the "crowds" in parables, while in private explaining everything to his disciples, some modern scholars do not support the private explanations argument and surmise that Jesus used parables as

3050-529: The standard sports such as netball , tennis , cross country , athletics , football, rugby and basketball. Beyond these sports, Daramombe High School offers competitive chess . Parables of Jesus The parables of Jesus are found in the Synoptic Gospels and some of the non-canonical gospels . They form approximately one third of his recorded teachings. Christians place great emphasis on these parables , which they generally regard as

3111-551: The table below. For the sake of consistency, this table is automatically sub-selected from the main harmony table in the Gospel harmony article, based on the list of key episodes in the Canonical Gospels . Usually, no parables are associated with the Gospel of John , just allegories. A number of parables have parallels in non-canonical gospels, the Didache , and the letters of Apostolic Fathers . However, given that

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3172-526: The tender Shepherd's care. Similarly, "My Hope Is Built" ( Edward Mote , c.  1834 ) is inspired by the parable of the Wise and the Foolish Builders , and "How Kind the Good Samaritan" ( John Newton , c.  1779 ) is inspired by the parable of the Good Samaritan . A sample gospel harmony for the parables based on the list of key episodes in the Canonical Gospels is presented in

3233-766: The thirty or so parables in the canonical Gospels, four were shown in medieval art almost to the exclusion of the others, but not mixed in with the narrative scenes of the Life of Christ . These were: the Ten Virgins , the Rich man and Lazarus , the Prodigal Son and the Good Samaritan . Artists famous for depicting parables include Martin Schongauer, Pieter the Elder Bruegal and Albrecht Dürer. The Workers in

3294-515: The very beginnings of Christianity . Parables are one of the many literary forms in the Bible, but are especially seen in the gospels of the New Testament. Parables are generally considered to be short stories such as the Good Samaritan , and are differentiated from metaphorical statements such as, "You are the salt of the earth." A true parable may be regarded as an extended simile. Adolf Jülicher viewed parables as extended metaphors with

3355-428: The words of Jesus . Jesus's parables are seemingly simple and memorable stories, often with imagery, and all teach a lesson in daily life. Scholars have commented that although these parables seem simple, the messages they convey are deep, and central to the teachings of Jesus. Christian authors view them not as mere similitudes that serve the purpose of illustration, but as internal analogies in which nature becomes

3416-409: Was in man" better than we know, He would not have taught by Parables, if He had not felt that this was the kind of teaching best suited to our wants. In the 19th century, Lisco and Fairbairn stated that in the parables of Jesus, "the image borrowed from the visible world is accompanied by a truth from the invisible (spiritual) world" and that the parables of Jesus are not "mere similitudes which serve

3477-613: Was raised to 99.6 percent during his time. In 1994, under the Mujuru era, the school was electrified and science labs were established among other major developments. In 2000, the A level was introduced. The school has been known to qualify in top-twenty schools in both A level and O Level. Daramombe was the first public school to introduce computer studies in Zimbabwe in 1995. Students sat for both University of Cambridge International Examinations and Pitman exams in their final year of ordinary level. In December 2006, Mujuru left his post as

3538-406: Was still an all-boys school only offering places to male students. In 1955, the school later added a teachers college portfolio within which meant to serve students who wanted pursue teaching as a career. During this period the school increased its enrollment from 120 students to about 200%. However, unfortunately much of the progress that the school had made was destroyed by the liberation struggle in

3599-439: Was that although the marriages may have been genuine, government policy stated that the principal applicant for a permanent residence should be the husband, unless the wife was deemed a high qualified professional. Further, a residence permit could only be given to foreign males if they possess a scarce skill and met the threshold for their finances. The applicants made the argument that the refusal of permanent residence violated

3660-599: Was that the coup was caused by discontent with the government's mismanagement of the economy as well as anger over Zimbabwe's involvement in a war raging in the Democratic Republic of the Congo . When arrested, the two journalists from The Standard were charged with publishing a "false statement likely to cause fear, alarm or despondency" under section 50(2)(a) of the Law and Order Act. After being released on bail by

3721-406: Was used. The walls throughout were built with local bricks and stone with a rough face, both inside and out. This brick demands a simple treatment for the dressings so that most of the windows are plain but those around the apse include some effective tracery. The church is open to both the students and the general public and the students do have their church services on weekends separately early in

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