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Julian the Apostate.(Misopogon)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
; ...to the beard) is a kind of autobiography. In his youth, Julian (332-363) led a hard life: more or less cloistered, sometimes...favored the renewal of paganism, and gained the name of Apostate, gives, in his writings the feeling of a formidable freedom. As Glen W. Bowerstock's Julian the Apostate ...
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Thank you, Dame Julian, for 'the divine feminine'.(Daily Break)
; ...root out all heresy and kill all apostates. And there was war, ever present...of Divine Love written by Dame Julian (Juliana in Catholic circles) of Norwich...book consists of two accounts of Julian's divine revelations. The first...
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Anniversaries
; ...century in Antioch. Emperor Julian the Apostate had decreed that the cross...my's standard. His uncle, Count Julian, carried out the decree but...renounce their Christianity. Julian then had them both beheaded...biographers record that Count Julian was then stricken "with a disease...
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Newman's idea of a classical university (1).(Critical Essay)
; With Julian, the light went out, and now nothing remains but to let...love of light. So Gore Vidal ends his historical novel, Julian, which tells the story of the fourth-century emperor Julian the Apostate (459). At the Catholic college where I teach, when we hear...Christianity and its triumph ...
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LOST IN SOME GOOD BOOKS AUTHORS DISCUSS THE WORKS THEY'RE THUMBING THROUGH FOR INSPIRATION OR DIVERSION, FROM POETRY TO COPERNICUS
; Caroline Alexander, author of "the Bounty" "Julian the Apostate [by G. W. Bowersock]. It's an old translation of a contemporary account of the Emperor Julian from the Late Roman period when Rome was being torn between pagan and evangelical factions." Carlos Eire, author of "Waiting for...
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VIDAL DONATES PAPERS TO HARVARD UNIVERSITY
; Myra Breckinridge is coming to Harvard. So are Julian the Apostate, Abraham Lincoln, and Aaron Burr. They're all coming in the collected papers of Gore Vidal, which the novelist, essayist, screenwriter...well as screenplays, theater writing, essays and reviews - he really kept everything. If you are interested in ...
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NEWMAN'S IDEA OF A CLASSICAL UNIVERSITY1
; With Julian, the light went out, and now nothing remains but to let...love of light. So Gore Vidai ends his historical novel, Julian, which tells the story of the fourth-century emperor Julian the Apostate (459). At the Catholic college where I teach, when we hear...Christianity and its triumph ...
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The Third Temple that wasn't
; ...with merit and happiness with virtue. As a young soldier Julian subdued, against the odds, the German threat in Gaul...ground with his legionnaires, earning their respect. Julian was an excellent organizer, an honest judge, a writer and a philosopher. Brought up as a Christian, Julian rejected the ...
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Quote of the month.(Just Desserts)
; I know Bacchus, the god of wine, for he smells of nectar; but all I know of the god of beer is that he smells of the billy goat. --4th century roman Emperor (and imperial-class wine snob) Julian the apostate
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Against the Christians. The Rise of Early Anti-Christian Polemic
; ...especially Celsus, Porphyry, and Julian the Apostate. In three sections the author...which, according to the author, Julian also adopted. Their aim was...the author's discussion of Julian revolves around this important...interesting point. By the time of Julian the similarities between ...
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