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Matthew Tindal
Matthew Tindal , c.1655-1733, English deist. For a short time in the reign of James II he was a Roman Catholic, but in 1688 he returned to the Church of England. The first of his published writings to excite attention was The Rights of the Christian Church Asserted (1706), a defense of... Read more |
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Clement of Alexandria
Clement of Alexandria (Titus Flavius Clemens), d. c.215, Greek theologian. Born in Athens, he traveled widely and was converted to Christianity. He studied and taught at the catechetical school in Alexandria until the persecution of 202. Origen was his pupil there. He probably died in Caesarea,... Read more |
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Latent
LATENT Latent dream thoughts (latent content) are the meanings psychoanalytic interpretation discovers in the manifest dream (the narrative the dreamer constructs of his dream). Freud introduced the contrast between manifest and latent in The Interpretation of Dreams (1900a), and he never... Read more |
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Holy Spirit
Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost [ ghost, i.e., spirit, a translation of Gr. pneuma =breath, air], in Christian doctrine, the third person of the Trinity . The Holy Spirit is sometimes defined as the aspect of God immanent in this world, in human beings, and in the church. Jesus' promise to his... Read more |
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Palestine
Palestine , historic region on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, at various times comprising parts of modern Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, Jordan, and Egypt; also known as the Holy Land. The name is derived from a word meaning "land of the Philistines." This article discusses mainly... Read more |
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infallibility
infallibility , in Christian thought, exemption from the possibility of error, bestowed on the church as a teaching authority, as a gift of the Holy Spirit. It has been believed since the earliest times to be guaranteed in such scriptural passages as John 14.16,17. The analogous attribute of the... Read more |
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Saint Albertus Magnus
Saint Albertus Magnus , or Saint Albert the Great, b. 1193 or 1206, d. 1280, scholastic philosopher, Doctor of the Church, called the Universal Doctor. A nobleman of Bollstädt in Swabia, he joined (1223) the Dominicans and taught at Hildesheim, Freiburg, Regensburg, Strasbourg, and Cologne... Read more |
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Hierapolis
Hierapolis , ancient city of Phrygia, W Asia Minor, 7 mi (11.3 km) N of Laodicea and on a plateau 500 ft (152 m) above the Lycus valley (in present-day Turkey). Devoted to the worship of Leto in ancient times, it became an early seat of Christianity (Colossians 4.13). The Romans greatly enlarged and... Read more |
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Seven deadly sins
S EVEND EADLYS INS Pride, Envy, Avarice, Wrath, Lust, Gluttony, and Sloth are the seven deadly sins that popes, saints, preachers, artists, writers, dramatists, and musicians have urged Christian believers to avoid at all costs. Life can be placed at risk... Read more |
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Edward Young
Edward Young 1683-1765, English poet and dramatist. After a disappointing political life he took holy orders about 1724, serving for a time as the royal chaplain before becoming rector of Welwyn in 1730. He achieved great renown in his own time, both in England and on the Continent, for his long... Read more |
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The Land Called Holy: Palestine in Christian History and Thought.
...commonplace that Palestine is sacred...The Land Called Holy encompasses two interwoven histories. One is...idea: how Palestine became a...minds of Christians. The other...the rise of land-based devotion...from many lands. Wilken...as early Christian ... |
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The Land Called Holy: Palestine in Christian History and Thought.(Brief Article)
...while teaching a course on Christian spirituality. It was a valuable...desert ascetics as aberrant Christians at best and fanatical un-Christians at worst. Burton-Christie...which I think is crucial for Christian spirituality, to wit, that...Ebeling's assertion that the history of ... |
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BAYLOR HONORS COLLEGE WELCOMES DR. ROBERT LOUIS WILKEN FOR COLLOQUIUM.
...Professor of History of Christianity...medieval Christian history and thought, Byzantine...interpretation, early Christian ethics...including "The Land Called Holy: Palestine in Christian History and...The Christians as the Romans... |
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HARDCOVERS IN BRIEF
NONFICTION The Land Called Holy: Palestine in Christian History & Thought , by Robert L. Wilken...the very idea of a holy land. It is consequently a work...decision in Ginzburg, later called it the worst of his career... |
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going places; Q & A; MIDDLE EAST; Tourism a casualty of war.(TRAVEL)
...Writer If history is a guide...East for Christian pilgrims...shared her thoughts on traveling...travel to the Holy Land. I've...exclusively Christian pilgrimage...Holy Land, Palestine - however...religious site called the Haram...Jews and ... |
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Our home and native land: Palestine.
...property and history Israel stole...natives of the land that was called Palestine for the last...clear why Palestine has always...so cruelly called upon an oppressed...Muslims and Christians, to give...anyone have thought to support...homes, our holy places... |
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American Christians and Islam: Evangelical Culture and Muslims from the...
...Christian thought. Bernard...to conquer Christian Europe...American Christians and Islam...professor of History at Baylor...Mather to the Christian Zionists...conservative Christians' views of...Qur'an, called Mohammad...home in the Holy Land. ... |
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Readings on peace, power and action: books explore history of nonviolence,...
...PEACE: A HISTORY OF MOVEMENTS...has been called "the greatest...A chapter called "Responsibility...become a Christian?' I give...I am a Christian because my...for Western Christians who hadn't thought about the...Christianity in Palestine." She laments...happening to ... |
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Why we'll never stop looking for the Holy Grail
...years the Holy Grail has...Jerusalem by Christian knights...fascinated Christians, but the...search for the Holy Grail so...the Holy Land or returning...disappear from Palestine, apparently...crusaders are thought to have taken...in grail history. Set up...the ... |
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The Easter message that eludes thewarring tribes of the Holy Land
...Sunday, and our thoughts turn to what...for non-Christians, taking pleasure...the biblical Holy Land that saw the...in Israel and Palestine this weekend...throughout its history it has fought...resolution once again called on Sharon and... |
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