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Areopagus
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Areopagus (Greek for ‘Mars’ Hill'). A spur of land near the western end of the Acropolis in Athens. The name was also applied to an oligarchical council which met on the hill. It is not clear whether, when St
Paul was brought to the Areopagus to explain his teaching (Acts 17: 19), it was before the court or whether the place was merely chosen as convenient for a meeting.
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The Resureected Jesus Preached in Athens: The Areopagus Speach (Acts 17, 16-34): An Inquiry into the Reasons for the Greek Reaction to the Speech, and a Reading of the Text from the African Traditional Religious Perspective
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 4/1/1999; ; 657 words
; ...Resurrected Jesus Preached in Athens: The Areopagus Speech (Acts 17,16-34): An Inquiry...s detailed exegetical study of the Areopagus speech (pp. 53-- 104) is helpful...final chapter I. purports to read the Areopagus speech from the perspective of traditional...
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The Areopagus of Morningside Heights.(Memorials)(Richard John Neuhaus)(In memoriam)
Magazine article from: First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life; 4/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...the Apostle Paul is shown preaching to a small crowd on the Areopagus. You know the episode in the Acts of the Apostles. In Jerusalem...what they meant by "an unknown god." Neither he on the Areopagus nor Fr. Neuhaus on the Acropolis of New York preached only...
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Areopagus Coffee Phoenix, Ariz.(Southwest)
Magazine article from: Specialty Coffee Retailer; 8/1/2003; 497 words
; ...coffeehouse owner who shares the less-is-more philosophy toward marketing single-origin coffees is Kevin Johnson, owner of Areopagus Coffee of Phoenix, Ariz. Johnson has focused exclusively on single origin coffees, but instead of focusing on the country...
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A Willingness to Listen Monson man makes his case for Christianity by letting others share their views
Newspaper article from: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME; 2/8/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...their savior. Witmer, 51, founded Areopagus II America or, for short, the AIIA...ancient Greece. Unlike the original Areopagus (pronounced ar-e-OP- a-gus...interview. "Just as Paul visited the Areopagus and was given the opportunity to speak...
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Public opinion without and within the Church: fides et internetum (faith and the Internet).(The Last Apostolic Letter of JOHN PAUL II)
Magazine article from: Catholic Insight; 12/1/2005; 700+ words
; ...arrived in Athens, where he went to the Areopagus and proclaimed the Gospel in language...Acts 17:22-31). At that time the Areopagus represented the cultural centre of the...must be proclaimed .... The first Areopagus of the modern age is the world of communications...
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The birth of democracy: in ancient Athens, a leader named Pericles opened government to all citizens.(World History Play)(Play)
Magazine article from: Junior Scholastic; 10/30/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...wealthiest could sit on the Council of the Areopagus. This group of aristocrats could overturn...is Cimon, a general and member of the Areopagus. Pericles sides with the party of the...down Cimon and his rich friends in the Areopagus. Pericles: With pleasure. It is time...
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Between Text & Sermon: Acts 17:16-34
Magazine article from: Interpretation; 4/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...In the end, Paul's speech at the Areopagus may have been only modestly successful...looking at Paul's address at the Areopagus, one would have to concede that Paul...Paul's initial sermon in Acts 13, the Areopagus speech makes no reference to the history...
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Dionysios and Damaris: A note on acts 17:34
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 7/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Epicurean philosophers in the Agora, the Areopagus, and the altar of the unknown god...some emphasis, I think, since-like "Areopagus," "Agora," "Stoics," and "Epicureans...which actually met in the Agora) but the Areopagus Hill (near the Acropolis) that Luke...
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Watching kids under pressure put us in a spell
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 5/27/2003; 650 words
; ...you could see whether the youngster was getting it right. "AREOPAGUS," repeated a little girl who'd just been informed the...urged Marlene, leaning forward. "... A-G-U-S. Areopagus." "Yes!" All four of us punched the air and exhaled a...
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Paul Outside the Walls: A Study of Luke's Socio-Geographical Universalism in Acts 14:8-20
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 10/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Gentiles and an important parallel to the discourse at the Areopagus in Acts 17. B6chard's method derives from the literary...8-20) and Paul's meeting with the Athenians at the Areopagus (Acts 17:16-34). B. argues that Luke meant these two...
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Areopagus
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
Areopagus A hill in Athens where the city council met; Paul gave an address there (Acts 17) to the assembled Gentiles , using a text about an altar he had seen dedicated ‘to an unknown god’ (17: 23).
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Pericles
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...was between the status quo, with the Areopagus Council acting as a brake on democratic...radical democratic reforms, stripping the Areopagus Council of all constitutional powers...passed further legislation against the Areopagus, introduced pay for political services...
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Orestes
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
...instructed Orestes to go to Athens and present his case to the Areopagus, an ancient court of elders. During the trial that followed...told by the Greek playwright Euripides, the verdict of the Areopagus did not soothe the Furies. Apollo told Orestes that he could...
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Solon
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...The effective organ in the existing constitution was the Areopagus Council, recruited from former magistrates, who held office...new house was designed not only to break the monopoly of the Areopagus Council but also to guide the Assembly of Citizens ( Ekklesia...
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Illuminati, The
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...the Enlightenment ideas of rationalism and egalitarianism. Only those within the movement ’ s inner circle, the Areopagus, were told of its related political goals. The Illuminati members were to infiltrate the social and political institutions...
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