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Forget about the Gulf Stream myth: Britain is kept warm in winter by the Rocky Mountains
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GENERATIONS OF schoolchildren have been raised on the belief that
the mild British winters and cool summers are due to the moderating
influence of the Gulf Stream, a warm ocean current flowing from the
Gulf of Mexico to the shores of western Europe.
Without the Gulf Stream, our teachers told us, Britain's winters
would be as cold and ice-bound as a frozen port in Newfoundland and
its summers as hot and stuffy as a Moscow August.
But the text books have got it wrong, according to scientists who
have just finished a study of what makes western Europe cool in
summer and mild in winter.
The ...
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Augustine through the Ages: An Encyclopedia
Magazine article from: Anglican Theological Review
; ...a working knowledge of early Church history and terminology: one article, which I choose at random, mentions Apollinarianism, the Council of Constantinople, Nestorius, Cyril of Alexandria and Theotokos in one sentence (p. 164B)! Some...
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Didymus the Blind and his Circle in Late-Antique Alexandria: Virtue and Narrative in Biblical Scholarship
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review
; ...sixth chapter, Layton explores Didymus' engagement with the theological hot-button topics of his day, from Apollinarianism to antiOrigenist defenses of the resurrection. Through Layton's careful analysis, the reader gradually begins...
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Theologen der christlichen Antike: Eine Einfuhrung.(Book Review)
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; ...role that his understanding of Logos and of the Incarnation played during the fifth-century struggles against Apollinarianism and Nestorianism. Returning westward, "A True Bishop" by Christoph Markschies (Ruprecht-Karls University...
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