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T.D. Jakes
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Pastoral Epistles
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pastoral
pastoral literary work in which the shepherd's life is presented in a conventionalized manner. In this convention the purity and simplicity of shepherd life is contrasted with the corruption and artificiality of the court or the city. The pastoral is found in poetry, drama, and fiction, and many... Read more |
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Shirley Caesar
Shirley Caesar 1938– Gospel vocalist, evangelist Satisfied with Her Life Choice A Life Devoted to Ministry Ministry Led to Public Office Never Pursued Fame and Fortune Selected discography Sources Often called the first lady of gospel music, award-winning Shirley Caesar has inspired many... Read more |
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Saybrook Platform
SAYBROOK PLATFORM SAYBROOK PLATFORM, a revision of the ecclesiastical polity of the colony of Connecticut, drawn up by a synod meeting at the call of the legislature in Saybrook, 9 September 1708. Those in conservative circles, fearing that the Cambridge Platform (1648) did not furnish adequate... Read more |
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ministry
ministry in religion, term used to designate the clergy of Protestant churches, particularly those who repudiate the claims of apostolic succession . The ceremony by which the candidate receives the office of a minister is called ordination. Protestant ordination, unlike holy orders in the Roman... Read more |
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Helmut Richard Niebuhr
Helmut Richard Niebuhr 1894-1962, American theologian, b. Wright City, Mo., grad. Elmhurst College (Ill.), 1912, and Eden Theological Seminary, 1915, M.A. Washington Univ., 1917, B.D. Yale Divinity School, 1923, Ph.D. Yale, 1924. He was the younger brother of Reinhold Niebuhr . He was ordained... Read more |
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Tony Scott
Scott, Tony 1944- (Anthony Scott)PERSONALFull name, Anthony D. L. Scott; born June 21, 1944, in North Shields, Northumberland (some sources cite Newcastle-upon-Tyne or Stockton-on-Tees), England; son of Elizabeth Jean Scott; father, a dock worker; brother of Ridley Scott (a film director and studio... Read more |
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Owen Lovejoy
Owen Lovejoy 1811-64, American abolitionist, b. Albion, Maine, educated at Bowdoin College. He witnessed the killing of his brother Elijah P. Lovejoy, under whom he had studied for the ministry. Taking up Elijah's cause, he became the recognized leader of Illinois abolitionists, persuading them to... Read more |
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William Wentworth Fitzwilliam 2d Earl Fitzwilliam
William Wentworth Fitzwilliam Fitzwilliam, 2d Earl 1748-1833, British administrator. Sent to Ireland as lord lieutenant in 1795, he expressed sympathy for the cause of Catholic Emancipation and was almost immediately recalled by William Pitt's ministry for allegedly exceeding his instructions.... Read more |
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