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Apostles, the
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Apostles, the, an exclusive intellectual society formed in Cambridge in 1820, for the purpose of friendship and formal discussion. During the 19th-cent. members included A.
Hallam,
Tennyson,
Milnes, and R. C.
Trench, and the 20th cent. saw a new age of brilliance, largely inspired by the influence of G. E.
Moore, with members such as
Keynes,
Strachey, B.
Russell, L.
Woolf, and E. M.
Forster. Members are elected for life.
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Apostles test Georgetown neighbors' tolerance.(METROPOLITAN)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 11/16/2006; 700+ words
; ...met with the approval of the apostles' parents and we have to assume...wringing. Neighbors say the apostles, oddly enough, often hold...Brian O'Neill Jr., the head apostle, says his religious organization...charm in the neighborhood. The apostles can go to the videotape whenever...
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2 Corinthians 4:7-18. (St. Paul the Apostle's second letter to the Corinthians contained in the Bible's New Testament)(Between Text and Sermon)
Magazine article from: Interpretation; 7/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...recalls 1 Cor 1:18-25. The apostle inverts the logic of the super-apostles. The apostle's weakness and suffering are signs...Paul's failure. Instead, the apostle reframes the super-apostles' understanding of suffering. Under...
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The Apostle.
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 1/7/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...performance as Eulliss "Sonny" Dewey in The Apostle I started to like Sonny, and I realized...wilderness. Rebaptizing himself as "the Apostle," Sonny moves to a small bayou community...aid contemporary religious music, The Apostle features congregational singing, testimonies...
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'The Apostle' takes honest look at Pentecostal religion
News Wire article from: University Wire; 3/18/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...WIRE) LINCOLN, Neb. -- Film: "The Apostle" Stars: Robert Duvall, Farrah Fawcett...mudslinging parody. Thankfully, "The Apostle" is neither. Written, directed and...Duvall, who also stars in the film, "The Apostle" is a serious and realistic look at the...
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The Cambridge Apostles, 1820-1914: Liberalism, Imagination and Friendship in British Intellectual and Professional Life
Magazine article from: Anglican and Episcopal History; 12/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Society," whose members are "Apostles," was started in 1820 by...for membership. Even today, Apostles are closemouthed about the...be eulogized by his fellow Apostle Tennyson in In Memoriam; during...and G.K. Moore all became Apostles, but it was Moore's thought...
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Pres. Hinckley designated to choose apostles
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 8/1/2004; ; 679 words
; ...church's senior apostle, President Hinckley...in the quorum. "Apostles are chosen through...procedure for naming new apostles differs from that...the church. A new apostle may be chosen from...since the Twelve Apostles are sustained as...than the senior apostle to lead the church...
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SJCCG Ordains Three New Apostles, 15 Pastors.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service; 1/26/2009; 700+ words
; ...Exchange, NSE, Apostle Hayford Alile...to assist the apostles in the onerous...consecrate three apostles and 15 pastors...innovation of Apostle Charles Mekwunye...Charging the new apostles and pastors, Apostle Alile told them...
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`Apostle': Take It on Faith
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/30/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...interpretation, Robert Duvall's "The Apostle" insists on being what it is about and...who also wrote and directed, plays the Apostle E.F., once a flamboyant Texas preacher...a scam). But this film observes the Apostle's calling without irony or question...
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FEINGOLD PICKS UP TORCH PROTECTING THE APOSTLES.(FRONT)
Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI); 8/30/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...caves and bluffs in the Apostles is also eroding away...six lighthouses in the Apostles still operate and are...said Jim Nepstad, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore...long history in the Apostles as well. By 1850...Thirty years after the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore...
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STATEMENT OF U.S. SENATOR RUSS FEINGOLD DEDICATION OF THE GAYLORD NELSON WILDERNESS AT THE APOSTLE ISLANDS NATIONAL
Transcript from: Capitol Hill Press Releases; 8/8/2005; 700+ words
; ...Wilderness within the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore...area, our magnificent Apostles, and the wilderness...betterment of the whole Apostle Islands and now the...Every time I visit the Apostles and pieces of what are...journalist wrote about the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore...
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Apostle
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
...St Francis Xavier, the Apostle of the Indies , and St Cyril and St Methodius, the Apostles of the Slavs . Apostle also denotes a member...with the figure of an Apostle or saint on the handle. Apostles' Creed is a statement...
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apostle
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
apostle [Gr.,=envoy...Christianity. The apostles of the first rank...list of the Twelve Apostles includes Matthias...always classed as an apostle, and so sometimes...Canterbury the apostle of England. For the Apostles' Creed, see creed...
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African Apostles
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
African Apostles. Two distinct independent Christian movements in central Africa, both beginning in Zimbabwe in 1932, the Masowe Apostles and the Maranke Apostles. The former derive from John Masowe (?1910–73...
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Apostle to the apostles
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Apostle to the apostles: see MARY MAGDALENE .
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Paul, the Apostle
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
Paul, the Apostle A formidable theologian—sometimes...Christianity inasmuch as it was Paul, apostle to the Gentiles, who laboured that the...information about Paul. The Acts of the Apostles, by contrast, is a secondary piece of...
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