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Miracles
MIRACLES. Miracles, miracle workers, and their stories are found in the life and literature of all ancient societies and are not limited to religious texts. In ancient Greece figures like Epimenides, Pythagoras, and Apollonius of Tyana were all renowned for working miracles. To this day, healing... Read more |
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miracle
miracle preternatural occurrence that is viewed as the expression of a divine will. Its awe and wonder lie in the fact that the cause is hidden. The idea of the miracle occurs especially with the evolution of those highly developed religions that distinguish between natural law and divine will.... Read more |
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Cana
Cana , ancient town of Galilee. According to the Gospel of St. John it was here that Jesus performed his first miracle by turning water into wine at a wedding.... Read more |
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Foundation for A Course in Miracles
Foundation for A Course in Miracles The Foundation for A Course in Miracles is a study and re-treat center established in 1982 by cofounders Kenneth Wapnick and his wife, Gloria Wapnick. Wapnick, a clinical psycholo-gist, was a close friend and associate of Helen Schucman and William Tetford, ... Read more |
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Ludus Coventriae
Ludus Coventriae , one of four extant cycles of English miracle plays. In the 17th cent. it was mistakenly designated as originating in the town of Coventry. Because of its stylistic distinction from other Coventry plays, the Ludus Coventriae is presently believed to have been produced by a... Read more |
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Epimenides
Epimenides , fl. 6th cent.? BC, Cretan prophet and miracle worker. According to one story, he was called to Athens to purify the city after the murder of Cylon on the Acropolis. Many poems, oracles, and sayings were attributed to him (Titus 1.12 is supposed to contain one of these).... Read more |
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Towneley Plays
Towneley Plays a cycle of 32 plays preserved in a manuscript of c.1460 by the Towneleys, a Lancashire family. Intended for production by the guilds of Wakefield, they are sometimes called the Wakefield Plays. The well-known Second Shepherds' Play is one of this collection. See miracle play .... Read more |
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Miracle plays
miracle play or mystery play, form of medieval drama that came from dramatization of the liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church. It developed from the 10th to the 16th cent., reaching its height in the 15th cent. The simple lyric character of the early texts, as shown in the Quem Quœritis,... Read more |
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William Gibson
William Gibson An author of plays, poetry, fiction, and criticism, Gibson (born 1914) is best known for his drama The Miracle Worker (1959). Praised for its honest, unsentimental treatment of the relationship between Helen Keller, a woman born deaf, blind and mute who grew up to became a... Read more |
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morality play
morality play form of medieval drama that developed in the late 14th cent. and flourished through the 16th cent. The characters in the morality were personifications of good and evil usually involved in a struggle for a man's soul. The form was generally static, but it contributed significantly to... Read more |
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JUST DO IT!
...championship season of the "Miracle Mets of 1969" will be...McAndrew, Tug McGraw, Bob Pfeil, Joe Pignatano, Art Shamsky...Brant Avenue to the first traffic light and turn left onto...Avenue. Follow for four traffic lights (Westfield Avenue... |
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A star-studded stack of albums will be released in November. (Originated from...
...Kenny G celebrates ``Miracles'' (Arista) and...Nails and Green Day to Bob Dylan and Traffic wandered home to...school colors are Joe Cocker; Aerosmith...Yoakam, Iris Dement, Joe Ely, John Doe, Dave...Chick Corea and Joe ... |
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OC insider
Miracle on 17th Street; OC Stars...Edwards, John Kerry and Joe Lieberman visited OC within the past few weeks, Bob Graham is due next month...teens operate an air-traffic tower, art museum and...solar cube and hiring Joe Adams, a former ... |
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Disabled jet ditches into NY river; all rescued
...Patterson pronounced it "a miracle on the Hudson." Flight...for the National Air Traffic Controllers Union. Dave...guide the plane down. Bob Read, a television producer...and it quits," said Joe Mazzone, a retired Delta...Lines pilot. He said air ... |
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BETHLEHEM TRUCKER AVOIDS SERIOUS INJURY IN ROLLOVER.(CAPITAL REGION)
Byline: JOE MAHONEY Staff writer...investigator called a miracle, atractor-trailer...It's really a miracle that he received...owners Joan Bohl and Bob Meringolo said they...Road. Both said a traffic light should be installed...with heavy truck ... |
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TIME JUST WON'T ALLOW BOMBERS TO WIN FOREVER
BOB KLAPISCH The Record...TO WIN FOREVERBy BOB KLAPISCH Date: 06...thick pedestrian traffic on Yawkey Way, the...Bobby Doerr, and Joe Cronin along the...everywhere. Change, as Joe Torre has been reminding...of a full-blown ... |
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Profile: How pitchmen sell their wares at state fairs
...state fairs Host: BOB EDWARDS Time: 11...choppers, graters, miracle mops and the lint...talking about more traffic flow by a booth than...and his assistant, Joe Mead(ph), say...and hit the stage. Joe Mead. Mr. JOE MEAD: This ... |
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WHY BRUNELL? GUESS RAMSEY MAKES SKINS, GIBBS NERVOUS.(SPORTS)
Byline: Bob Molinaro Bottom line...on the story; for Joe Gibbs to go so hard...Ramsey. My mistake: "Miracle" is a movie about...of undefeated St. Joe's is the only pick...someone driving through traffic in the HOV lane...during games. Reach ... |
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KUP'S COLUMN
...of the season. And Miracle Michael Jordan and...on April 30. . . . Bob Novak, syndicated...Ted Turner.) . . . Joe Gentile, the "Baron...and efforts to avoid traffic tickets, but the...Diahann Carroll, Bob Saget, Sugar Ray...anniversary ... |
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ONCE MORE, FANS DARE TO DREAM OF SUBWAY SERIES
BOB KLAPISCH The Record...DREAM OF SUBWAY SERIESBy BOB KLAPISCH Date: 03...submitted to massive traffic jams on the Grand Central...one more year for their miracle World Series, and ever...three, Bombers manager Joe Torre said, "The Mets... |