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Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Joseph Cardinal Bernardin
Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Joseph Cardinal Bernardin (1928-1996) was a major leader in the U.S.-based Catholic Church during the modern progressive era. Joseph Cardinal Bernardin became the symbol, even if unknowingly, of the U.S. Catholic Church's struggle with modernity. A quiet, devout... Read more
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CULTS CULTS. Scholars and religious leaders, as well as the public, often have debated the defining characteristics of religious groups known as cults. Many Christian leaders, disturbed by the increase in such groups, label almost all variations from mainstream religion as cults, contending that... Read more
Hussite Wars 1419-1436 Hussite Wars 1419-1436
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Eastern Orthodoxy Eastern Orthodoxy
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Free Church of Scotland Free Church of Scotland
Free Church of Scotland the secessionist Presbyterian church established as a result of the great disruption of 1843 in the Church of Scotland. The cause of the separation lay in the demand of the laity for a voice in matters of patronage. Previously abolished, patronage had been restored in 1712;... Read more
Young England Young England
Young England was a small Tory parliamentary group of the 1840s, which included Lord John Manners, George Smythe, Baillie-Cochrane, and Disraeli. They were greatly concerned with the ‘condition of the people’ question and their vague solution was a restoration of the trust and... Read more
Ebenezer Erskine Ebenezer Erskine
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Mahmoud Abbas Mahmoud Abbas
Mahmoud AbbasMarch 26, 1935 • Safed, British Mandate of PalestinePresident of Palestinian National AuthoritySince the 1970s Mahmoud Abbas has been a key player in Middle East politics, but until the early 2000s he primarily worked in the shadow of Palestinian leader Yassar Arafat (1929–2004).... Read more
Philip van Marnix Philip van Marnix
Philip van Marnix , 1540-98, Flemish patriot, lord of Sainte-Aldegonde. He became a Calvinist in his youth and was the chief author of the Compromise of Breda (1566; see Gueux ). A leader in the Dutch and Flemish struggle for independence from Spain, he actively supported William the Silent. He... Read more
Leonard Bacon Leonard Bacon
Leonard Bacon 1802-81, American Congregational minister, b. Detroit, Mich. He served for 41 years as pastor of the First Church of New Haven, one of the leading Congregational churches in the country. Bacon was a noted antislavery leader, although not an abolitionist. His Slavery Discussed in... Read more

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