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Zion , Zion
Originally the name of the Jebusite fortress in Jerusalem, later applied to other sections of the city or to the whole city of jerusalem, and in… Jerusalem , The entry is arranged according to the following outline:
history
Name
Protohistory
The Bronze Age
David and First Temple Period
Second Temple Period… Knights Hospitalers , Knights Hospitalers, members of the military and religious Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, sometimes called the Knights of St. John a… Knights Of Malta , The Sovereign Military Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes, and of Malta, commonly called the Knights of Malta or Knights Hospi… Saint David , Saint David
Saint David
Saint David (c. 520-c. 601) is the patron saint of doves, poets, and Wales. One source calls him "perhaps the most celebrated… Saint , saint [O.Fr., from Latin sanctus=holy], in Christianity, a person who is recognized as worthy of veneration.
Nature of Sainthood
In the Hebrew Script…