Search results for "College of the Holy Cross" - New World Encyclopedia
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- a powerful English statesman and a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. ... Wolsey became involved in furthering the political ambitions of Henry ...31 KB (4,953 words) - 20:23, 31 October 2022
- Folke Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg (January 2, 1895 – September ... After achieving a truce a truce in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War he began ...32 KB (4,734 words) - 22:38, 5 May 2020
- The Order of the Knights of Columbus is the world's largest Roman ... and dedicated to the principles of Charity, Unity, Fraternity, and ...33 KB (5,125 words) - 23:21, 3 March 2023
- Catholic Christian missionary and co-founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuit ... In 1529, while attending the University of Paris, Xavier became acquainted ...15 KB (2,402 words) - 04:52, 9 April 2024
- Negative theology (also known as Apophatic theology) is a method of ... based on two common presuppositions: Given the vast magnitude of divinity ...18 KB (2,832 words) - 16:09, 11 November 2022
- The Battle of Lepanto took place on October 7, 1571 when a galley ... fought solely between rowing vessels was one of history's most decisive ...28 KB (4,326 words) - 10:04, 22 September 2023
- Saint Ignatius of Loyola, also known as Ignacio (Íñigo) López de ... Ignatius and the early Jesuits recognized that the hierarchical Church ...26 KB (4,095 words) - 19:47, 22 December 2022
- The Dominican Order, originally known as the Order of Preachers, is ... Established to preach the Gospel and to combat heresy, the order is ...21 KB (3,178 words) - 17:16, 30 January 2024
- 11, 1303), born Benedetto Caetani, was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from ... other Pope's were also related. By the time he became Pope, he had ...14 KB (2,378 words) - 07:22, 17 November 2023
- Antwerp, a city and municipality in Belgium, lies on the River Scheldt ... Antwerp has long been an important city in the nations of the Benelux ...22 KB (3,301 words) - 05:47, 11 August 2023
- from 1926 until his death in 1977. One of the first multi-media stars ... Crosby's recording of Irving Berlin's "White Christmas ...19 KB (2,966 words) - 17:48, 31 October 2023
- and guru. He was instrumental in bringing the teachings of meditation and ... He brought a more spiritual, as opposed to dogmatic, understanding ...22 KB (3,146 words) - 07:48, 18 November 2022
- a Franciscan theologian, philospher, general of the Franciscan Friars Minor ... He rejected Aristotle’s concept of the eternity of the world, ...20 KB (3,032 words) - 07:21, 17 November 2023
- English composer. He was a student at the Royal College of Music and ... He was a musical patriot who believed strongly in the importance of ...18 KB (2,733 words) - 00:30, 8 December 2022
- The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu, "S.J.," "S ... Jesuits are required to pledge allegiance to the Pope but their intellectual ...45 KB (6,894 words) - 21:50, 30 January 2023
- and university educator. He was a pioneer in the field of secular religious ... Smart became widely known outside the academy, at least in Britain ...21 KB (3,067 words) - 09:56, 11 March 2023
- (May 18, 1920 – April 2, 2005), reigned as the two-hundred-and-sixty-fourth ... Communism, and he is often credited as one of the forces contributing to ...28 KB (4,343 words) - 03:06, 2 May 2024
- Christmas Eve is the evening or day before Christmas Day, the widely ... Christmas Eve is celebrated in different ways around the world, varying ...27 KB (4,071 words) - 21:38, 10 December 2023
- activist who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid ... He was generally credited with coining the term "Rainbow Nation ...30 KB (4,335 words) - 09:58, 29 January 2024
- May Day occurs on May 1 and refers to any of several public holidays ... Today, May Day is celebrated in several European nations and the United ...20 KB (3,175 words) - 09:20, 10 March 2023
