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- The Epistle to the Galatians is a book of the New Testament. It is ... The letter indicates that some of the Galatians had been influenced ...16 KB (2,432 words) - 19:12, 13 February 2024
- The First Epistle of Peter is a book of the New Testament traditionally ... The Epistle conforms with the teachings of Paul, and blends moral ...7 KB (1,040 words) - 17:22, 28 March 2024
- The Muratorian fragment, also known as the Muratorian canon, is a ... The author notably omits the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistle of ...13 KB (2,046 words) - 18:59, 10 November 2022
- Gamaliel the Elder, or Gamaliel I, was the leading Jewish teacher ... disciples from death in a story in the Book of Acts, in which he is quoted ...9 KB (1,475 words) - 04:07, 18 April 2024
- The Apostle Peter, also known as Saint Peter, and Cephas—original ... *The Acts of Peter and Paul, based partly on a section of the Acts ...28 KB (4,305 words) - 00:51, 23 December 2022
- The Apocalypse of Peter or Revelation of Peter is an example of popular ... Written by a Christian author in Peter's name during the first ...14 KB (2,201 words) - 06:02, 11 August 2023
- The Epistle of Jude is a book in the New Testament of the Christian ... was permissible under the doctrine of Christian freedom from the ...9 KB (1,490 words) - 19:10, 13 February 2024
- The Second Epistle of Peter is a book of the New Testament attributed ... The dating of this epistle has proved very difficult. Commentaries ...14 KB (2,173 words) - 17:41, 25 January 2023
- (10 B.C.E. – 44 C.E.), was the last king of the Jews. He was the grandson ... but suffered several dramatic changes of fortune until the ascension ...11 KB (1,756 words) - 06:49, 16 June 2023
- The New Testament is the name given to the second and final portion ... Greek by various authors after c. 45 C.E. and before c. 140. Its 27 books ...25 KB (3,826 words) - 16:33, 11 November 2022
- The Acts of the Apostles is a book of the New Testament. It is commonly ... Acts tells the story of the Early Christian church, with particular ...37 KB (5,957 words) - 07:25, 17 November 2023
- In Christianity, the disciples were originally the students of Jesus ... John the Baptist also had disciples, as did some of the Old Testament ...15 KB (2,501 words) - 03:45, 31 July 2022
- Ecclesiology, in Christian theology, is the study of doctrine pertaining ... In its early history, one of the Church's earliest ecclesiological ...17 KB (2,554 words) - 18:54, 11 March 2024
- Simon Magus, also known as Simon the Sorcerer and Simon of Gitta, ... Given its primarily derogatory meaning, "Simon Magus" and ...29 KB (4,732 words) - 22:09, 29 January 2023
- Matthew the Evangelist (Standard Hebrew and Tiberian Hebrew: Mattay ... Described as a tax collector working near the Sea of Galilee, Matthew ...15 KB (2,288 words) - 00:47, 23 December 2022
- The Nag Hammadi library is a collection of early Christian gnostic ... 52 mostly gnostic gospels, apocalypses, and esoteric treatises. They also ...16 KB (2,444 words) - 23:06, 10 November 2022
- by God to spread the "good news" of the Christian message to the ... The status of the apostles in the early Church was penultimate to ...30 KB (4,741 words) - 15:51, 11 August 2023
- June 3, 1963), was elected as the 261st pope of the Roman Catholic Church and ... Church to reform by launching Vatican II and abolishing some antiquated ...21 KB (3,310 words) - 08:07, 3 August 2022
- in Madrid) was a Spanish Jesuit theologian and philosopher who devised the ... One of the most controversial thinkers in the history of Catholic ...12 KB (1,719 words) - 02:57, 5 November 2022
- Orthodox tradition, was a Christian Apostle and the younger brother of Saint ... as their patron saint including Scotland, Russia, and Romania. ...14 KB (2,176 words) - 20:47, 17 April 2023
- Resurrection is most commonly associated with the reuniting of the ... What the nature of the resurrected body is may still be an issue. ...21 KB (3,169 words) - 19:58, 8 December 2022
- The Epistle of Barnabas, also known as Pseudo-Barnabas, is a Christian ... that God's covenant with Abraham and Moses was never established ...15 KB (2,310 words) - 19:10, 13 February 2024
- :This article is about the Christian sacrament of Baptism. For similar ... (baptízô), is a religious act of purification by water usually associated ...24 KB (3,694 words) - 07:45, 20 September 2023
- affirms that the Church is the Mystical Body of Christ. ... According to the encyclical, the Church has two aspects, a visible ...10 KB (1,484 words) - 22:43, 10 November 2022
- ], pentekostē [hēmera], "the fiftieth day") is one of ... or Whit Sunday in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking areas. ...19 KB (3,024 words) - 07:22, 23 November 2022
- The Acts of John is a second century collection of Christian-based ... The Acts of John describes his journeys to Ephesus, filled with dramatic ...18 KB (3,042 words) - 05:43, 15 June 2023
- meanings. The first describes the members of the early Christian movement ... Jewish Christians predominated in the movement of early Christianity ...32 KB (4,998 words) - 08:45, 3 April 2024
- In Christian religious practice, infant baptism is the baptism of ... Most Christian denominations accept the doctrine of infant baptism ...16 KB (2,399 words) - 22:37, 5 February 2023
- The Epistle of James is a book in the Christian New Testament. The ... a later writer who was not a direct disciple of Jesus. Its date has been estimated ...13 KB (2,152 words) - 19:10, 13 February 2024
- The Third Council of Constantinople, also known as the Sixth Ecumenical ... well as posthumously restoring Pope Martin I and Saint Maximus the Confessor ...14 KB (2,156 words) - 18:35, 30 April 2023
- In Christianity, a gospel is generally one of four canonical books ... been printed in the Bible is not the order of their composition, and that ...17 KB (2,705 words) - 18:26, 26 December 2022
- In philosophy, the adjective transcendental and the noun transcendence ... which is conceived as absolute, eternal, and infinite. Negative theology ...11 KB (1,539 words) - 00:39, 2 May 2023
- The Gospel of Mary is an ancient Christian text rediscovered by scholars ... Two Greek fragments of the Gospel of Mary were discovered (Papyrus ...15 KB (2,491 words) - 18:05, 27 December 2022
- 'remains') is a venerated object of religious and/or historical ... A relic is also the term for something that has survived the passage ...12 KB (1,900 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- 1946) is a Catholic Saint, the second person of Indian origin to be canonized ... Claims of her intervention began almost immediately upon her death ...13 KB (1,913 words) - 19:04, 22 December 2022
- The term Holy Orders comes from the Latin Ordo (order) and the word ... Members of holy orders, as leaders of their religious communities ...19 KB (2,961 words) - 11:04, 2 February 2024
- The Shepherd of Hermas was a very popular Christian writing of the ... was done by the original author as a sign of the authenticity of the translation ...12 KB (1,907 words) - 14:09, 27 January 2023
- spelled Halacha) is the collective corpus of Jewish religious law, including ... changing social norms in some cases. Reform and Reconstructionist Jews believe ...19 KB (2,783 words) - 16:56, 21 January 2024
- Vatican City, officially State of the Vatican City (Latin: Status ... It was created in 1929 by the Lateran Treaty as a vestige of the much ...21 KB (3,351 words) - 22:10, 21 December 2023
- Belief is the state of mind in which an individual is convinced of ... There is a degree of belief and certainty. While faith often includes ...14 KB (2,132 words) - 08:53, 27 September 2023
- Paul of Tarsus (originally Saul of Tarsus), also known as Saint Paul ... Saul is described in the New Testament as a Hellenized Jew and Roman ...56 KB (9,113 words) - 00:50, 23 December 2022
- Pope John Paul II, born Karol Józef Wojtyła (May 18, 1920 – April ... His early reign was marked by his opposition to Communism, and he ...28 KB (4,358 words) - 07:02, 3 August 2022
- quot;the poor ones") were an early sect of Jewish followers of Jesus that ... Scholarly knowledge of the Ebionites is limited and fragmentary, deriving ...19 KB (2,894 words) - 18:00, 12 February 2024
- The Gospel of Luke (literally, according to Luke; Greek, Κατά ... with social ethics, the poor, women, and other oppressed groups.Harris ...37 KB (5,253 words) - 12:12, 24 January 2023
- , in theology, is the idea that members of a particular religious group ... The topic of antinomianism is quite complex because it involves the ...21 KB (3,237 words) - 06:34, 31 July 2023
- Didymus, meaning "Twin") was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus ... throughout the nations. While Saints Peter and Paul were said to have ...21 KB (3,427 words) - 00:53, 23 December 2022
- Limbo is a Roman Catholic theological term, referring to the concept ... The word limbo (late Latin limbus) is a word of Teutonic derivation ...12 KB (1,931 words) - 04:09, 29 October 2022
- The Gospel of Thomas is an important but long lost work of the New ... biblical gospels in that the resurrection of Jesus plays no part in it, ...20 KB (3,346 words) - 20:09, 11 September 2021
- The Veil of Veronica, known in Italian as the Volto Santo or Holy ... The story, however, is not found in the Bible and does not appear ...20 KB (3,228 words) - 14:45, 3 May 2023
- The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from ... With the ratification of the Articles of Confederation in 1781, the ...14 KB (1,925 words) - 17:39, 25 January 2023
- Religious exclusivism is the doctrine that the adherents of a particular ... it manifests in certain interpretations of the concepts of the Chosen ...15 KB (2,291 words) - 10:03, 29 July 2022
- Folk Rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and ... Folk rock had antecedents in the labor movement of the 1930s, notably ...14 KB (2,208 words) - 06:14, 1 April 2024
- Marcion of Sinope (ca. 110-160 C.E.) was a Christian theologian who ... Marcion was deemed a heretic for his rejection of the whole Hebrew ...17 KB (2,698 words) - 11:11, 9 March 2023
- Gregory of Nyssa (Latin:Gregorius Nyssenus, Greek: Άγιος Γρηγόριος ... Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Roman Catholic Christianity ...19 KB (2,913 words) - 18:10, 31 January 2023
- :This article is about the Gnostic Valentinus. For the martyr of the ... Valentinus (ca. 100–ca. 160) was the best known and, for a time ...17 KB (2,559 words) - 14:13, 3 May 2023
- by the belief that while one set of beliefs is absolutely true ... Broadly speaking, there are two schools of Inclusivist thought: ...21 KB (3,342 words) - 22:00, 4 February 2023
- together" or "council") is an assembly of 23 ... The Talmud (tractate Sanhedrin) identifies two classes of rabbinical ...18 KB (2,856 words) - 01:20, 21 April 2023
- ) is the common name of a brief early Christian treatise (c. 50–160 ... the New Testament canon with the exception of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church ...25 KB (3,964 words) - 14:24, 29 January 2024
- Leviticus is the third book of the Hebrew Bible. The English name ... those that can no longer be observed because of the destruction of the Temple ...17 KB (2,713 words) - 00:25, 19 November 2023
- Absolution is the act of receiving forgiveness for one's sins ... Ancient Jewish religion involved rites of priestly sacrifice of animal ...20 KB (3,117 words) - 06:36, 14 June 2023
- May 6, 1949) was a Belgian poet, playwright, and essayist writing in French ... In September, 1874 he was sent to the Jesuit College of Sainte-Barbe ...15 KB (2,277 words) - 16:59, 7 November 2022
- Apostolic succession refers to the Christian practice of appointing ... Due to the sacramental theology of these churches, only bishops and ...31 KB (4,731 words) - 02:04, 9 January 2023
- 1962) was a French writer, anthropologist, and philosopher, though he avoided ... The members of the College were united in their dissatisfaction with ...19 KB (2,778 words) - 02:07, 25 November 2022
- ) is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the official residence of the ... Due to the extraordinary talents of Michelangelo (1475-1564), the ...23 KB (3,674 words) - 22:35, 29 January 2023
- ) was the governor of the Roman Iudaea province from 26 -36 C.E. He ... Claudius can be found in the apocryphal Acts of Peter and Paul. ...17 KB (2,703 words) - 20:06, 9 April 2023
- The Jesus Seminar refers to a group of "scholars with advanced ... One of the most active groups in biblical criticism, [http://www.religioustolerance ...36 KB (5,268 words) - 08:35, 3 April 2024
- The historicity of Jesus concerns the historical authenticity of Jesus ... and a minority "The nonhistoricity thesis has always been controversial ...44 KB (6,589 words) - 16:59, 22 February 2023
- or event that goes against the ordinary laws of physics, which are especially ... Although many religious followers and texts confirm witnessing "miracles ...43 KB (6,326 words) - 11:08, 10 March 2023
- The Council of Trent was the 19th Ecumenical Council of the Roman ... for three periods between December 13, 1545, and December 4, 1563, as a response ...19 KB (2,903 words) - 08:28, 10 January 2024
- Maronites are members of one of the Syriac Eastern Catholic Churches ... Before the conquest of Lebanon by Arabian Muslims, which resulted ...14 KB (2,092 words) - 16:35, 27 January 2022
- The conscience refers to a person’s sense of right and wrong. Having ... ==The elements of conscience== Conscience refers to a person’s sense ...25 KB (3,722 words) - 21:26, 7 September 2023
- Category:Politicians and reformers Category:Media Professionals Category:Philosophy and religion Day, Dorothy [[Image:Dorothy Day, ...16 KB (2,524 words) - 17:27, 30 January 2024
- Saint Barbara (d. c. 306 C.E.) was a Christian saint and martyr who ... Veneration of Saint Barbara was common from the ninth century until ...12 KB (1,877 words) - 19:07, 22 December 2022
- The Occupation of the Channel Islands refers to the military occupation ... The islands were too small to serve as a launching pad for an invasion ...28 KB (4,315 words) - 10:14, 11 March 2023
- The public domain consists of all the creative work to which no exclusive ... For example, the works of William Shakespeare and Edgar Allan Poe ...28 KB (4,097 words) - 17:00, 2 January 2023
- "spiritus" ("breath") and has several interrelated meanings: ... thereof, such as the Holy Spirit. (The study of the Holy Spirit in Christian ...17 KB (2,627 words) - 21:55, 28 October 2020
- that serve the spiritual aspirations of its adherents, and mark dispensational ... defines a sacrament as “an outward sign of an inward (invisible) grace ...20 KB (3,310 words) - 20:37, 17 April 2023
- Stream of consciousness is a literary technique, used primarily in ... Modern stream of consciousness writing is closely related to, but ...20 KB (3,127 words) - 20:56, 26 February 2023
- Mary Magdalene is described, both in the canonical New Testament and ... Mary Magdalene's name identifies her as the "Mary of Magdala ...24 KB (3,839 words) - 16:10, 7 November 2022
- , Sergéj Sergéjevič Prokófjev) (Alternative transliterations of ... ) was a Russian composer who mastered numerous musical genres and ...32 KB (4,755 words) - 19:49, 21 April 2023
- an American singer, songwriter, band leader, and mandolin player, often referred ... Monroe developed his technique and the furious tempo that often characterizes ...10 KB (1,465 words) - 16:06, 31 October 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Law [[File:Drawing of William de Marisco.jpg|right|thumb|300px|As illustrated ...18 KB (2,928 words) - 19:19, 14 August 2020
- (the Dialogist) in Eastern Orthodoxy because of the Dialogues he wrote. Gregory ... A senator's son and himself the governor of Rome at 30, Gregory ...18 KB (2,721 words) - 14:47, 31 January 2023
- folk musician, notable for his clear and forceful singing, his powerful ... Lead Belly was one of the most colorful, albeit notorious figures ...14 KB (2,199 words) - 18:43, 25 October 2022
- The term Biblical canon refers to a definitive list of inspired, authoritative ... These lists of authoritative scriptures emerged through a prolonged ...22 KB (3,254 words) - 03:43, 1 October 2023
- The term Poor Man's Bible refers to various forms of Christian ... Until the invention of the Printing press in 1439, the average Christian ...33 KB (5,258 words) - 00:23, 12 April 2023
- John Duns Scotus (c. 1266 – November 8, 1308) was one of the most ... by undermining the Augustinian concept of divine illumination of the ...15 KB (2,194 words) - 04:59, 3 August 2022
- was a first-century CE Jewish-Idumean ruler of Galilee and Perea, who bore ... The son of Herod the Great, Antipas ruled as a client king of the ...19 KB (2,969 words) - 14:56, 12 February 2022
- Crucifixion was an ancient method of execution practiced in the Roman ... The purpose of crucifixion was to provide a gruesome public way to ...29 KB (4,573 words) - 06:30, 11 January 2024
- "messenger") is a supernatural and ethereal being found in many ... The belief in powerful and benevolent spiritual beings is an ancient ...37 KB (6,014 words) - 18:04, 27 July 2023
- The Manhattan Center building, built in 1906 and located in the heart ... From its first incarnation as the Manhattan Opera House, home of Oscar ...11 KB (1,594 words) - 06:48, 5 November 2022
- 23, 2005) was an American actor, comedian and writer best known for his ... enough serious commentary on current affairs and on events in the worlds of ...20 KB (3,216 words) - 19:16, 3 August 2022
- Roman Catholic Church elects a new Bishop of Rome (Pope) at a time when ... In the early centuries of Christianity, the bishop of Rome (like other ...41 KB (6,415 words) - 11:21, 11 March 2023
- , is a landmark case in United States law and the basis for the exercise ... Marbury, who had been appointed as Justice of the Peace in the District of ...23 KB (3,669 words) - 03:04, 6 November 2022
- Nonviolence is the practice of being harmless to self and others under ... Forms of nonviolence draw inspiration from both religious or ethical ...51 KB (7,370 words) - 02:40, 16 November 2022
- is believed to be a powerful, evil entity and the tempter of humankind. ... The Hebrew Bible does not assign this level of personification to ...20 KB (3,299 words) - 10:16, 29 January 2024
- yoga")Lindsay Jones (ed.), Encyclopedia of Religion, 2nd Ed. (Macmillan ... The origins of the scholarly Indian Yogācāra tradition were rooted ...17 KB (2,529 words) - 11:10, 25 May 2023
- Thomas Gage (1719 – April 2, 1787) was a British general and commander ... Gage was born in Firle, England the second son of the first Viscount ...15 KB (2,235 words) - 21:09, 30 April 2023
- to Easter (lasting, in Roman Catholicism and Anglicanism, from Ash Wednesday ... It is a time of somber reflection, fasting, and spiritual preparation ...19 KB (2,974 words) - 20:02, 25 October 2022
- revivalist," was a major leader of the Second Great Awakening ... Finnney ignited a wave of spiritual transformation among a sector ...24 KB (3,726 words) - 19:08, 4 December 2023
- instruments in the percussion family. A type of drum, they consist of a head ... Timpani evolved from military drums to become a staple of the classical ...25 KB (3,944 words) - 23:36, 30 April 2023
- died January 20, 287) was a Christian saint and martyr, who is said to have ... Though Sebastian's name is the subject of an elaborate etymology ...18 KB (2,711 words) - 20:50, 17 April 2023
- American modern dancer, dance teacher and choreographer, who founded ... determined to make a better life for herself and child. She moved numerous ...17 KB (2,746 words) - 08:42, 23 July 2023
- The gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke are referred to as the synoptic ... the three gospels in content, arrangement, and specific language is widely ...41 KB (5,932 words) - 20:32, 29 January 2024
- educator, social reformer, economist and theological writer, and Anglican ... Whately was a liberal theologian and actively supported the removal ...13 KB (2,059 words) - 01:50, 14 December 2022
- Philosophy of language is the reasoned inquiry into the nature, origins ... First, philosophers of language inquire into the nature of meaning ...51 KB (7,646 words) - 22:42, 28 March 2023
- various mystically-oriented groups and their teachings, which were ... The origins of gnosticism are not clearly known, but there is general ...36 KB (5,554 words) - 19:08, 31 December 2023
- was an English lawyer, author, statesman, and a Catholic martyr. During ... in the Catholic Church by Pope Pius XI, and was later declared the patron ...28 KB (4,440 words) - 21:23, 30 April 2023
- Free will is the power to exercise control over one’s decisions ... The principle of free will has scientific and religious implications ...51 KB (8,066 words) - 10:37, 11 April 2024
- The Final Solution of the Jewish Question (German: Die Endlösung ... Mass killings of over one million Jews occurred before the plans of ...14 KB (2,250 words) - 19:48, 26 March 2024
- are the basis for creating group solidarity and political action. It is especially ... Many contemporary advocates of identity politics take an intersectional ...40 KB (5,610 words) - 14:15, 4 February 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Economics the “Psychological School,” is a school of economic thought that advocates ...22 KB (3,203 words) - 19:14, 22 August 2023
- Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Guy Fawkes Day, Bonfire Night, and ... sermons regarding the perceived dangers of popery, while during increasingly ...26 KB (3,787 words) - 03:37, 27 July 2023
- done in order to facilitate the study and analysis of history, understanding ... To the extent that history is continuous and not generalized, all ...29 KB (4,535 words) - 16:10, 29 December 2020
- Saint Teresa of Ávila (known in religion as Teresa de Jesús, baptized ... rich nuns had private apartments, jewelry and pets, and where the nuns were ...22 KB (3,548 words) - 03:48, 30 April 2023
- 1882), was a German theologian, philosopher, and historian. Bauer was associated ... Bauer was also a pioneering figure in the development of biblical ...21 KB (3,103 words) - 04:42, 22 November 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Economics ... The Fed) is the central banking system of the United States. It was created ...32 KB (4,861 words) - 01:52, 26 March 2024
- The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the ... Members of all branches of the U.S. military are eligible to receive ...32 KB (4,854 words) - 23:23, 14 June 2023
- The Ninety-five Theses (95 Theses) or Disputation on the Power and ... is a list of propositions for an academic disputation written in 1517 ...38 KB (5,692 words) - 21:06, 29 January 2024
- The Sacred Heart is a devotional representation of Jesus' physical ... is predominantly found in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches. Additionally ...16 KB (2,644 words) - 18:34, 22 December 2022
- ) is one of the largest financial services provider in the world, ... in Germany when the Nazi party came to power and has been criticized for collaborating ...22 KB (3,101 words) - 18:30, 21 July 2023
- Crime and Punishment (Преступление и наказание ... original creation. Torn in two (the root of his name, "raskol' ...21 KB (3,343 words) - 06:23, 11 January 2024
- The Victorian era of the United Kingdom and its overseas Empire was ... The era is often characterized as a long period of peace, known as ...30 KB (4,408 words) - 20:11, 3 May 2023
- Schuman was a Christian Democrat (M.R.P.) and an independent political thinker ... Schumans's concept of supra-national democracy and his vision ...19 KB (2,911 words) - 21:29, 16 April 2023
- 1930 – July 13, 2010) was principal owner and managing partner of Major ... He was a pioneer of modern sports ownership and is remembered for ...36 KB (5,317 words) - 08:15, 23 January 2023
- Altruism is the selfless concern for the welfare of others. Altruism ... Altruism can be distinguished from a feeling of loyalty and duty. ...27 KB (4,209 words) - 08:39, 23 July 2023
- The Book of Common Prayer is the foundational prayer book of the Church ... The Book of Common prayer is considered to have significantly contributed ...28 KB (4,558 words) - 07:25, 17 November 2023
- The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States ... possibly for San Marino's Statutes of 1600, whose status as a true ...45 KB (6,615 words) - 11:55, 3 May 2023
- Optimism (from the Latin optimus, best) and pessimism (from the Latin ... But optimism and pessimism are not limited to such a psychological ...24 KB (3,705 words) - 00:57, 18 November 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Sociology Terrorism is a term used to describe violence or other harmful acts ...40 KB (5,766 words) - 14:59, 30 April 2023
- Henry VIII (June 28, 1491 – January 28, 1547) was King of England ... Several significant pieces of legislation were enacted during Henry ...40 KB (6,352 words) - 23:16, 8 February 2022
- third largest religion, following Hinduism and Islam. Abrahamic religions ... followed by arrival of Christianity around 2000 years ago. ...24 KB (3,424 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- ) was a series of protests and political events that took place in ... The protests were prompted by reports from several domestic and foreign ...52 KB (6,953 words) - 10:39, 11 March 2023
- novelist, poet, short story writer and Freemason. Known for his barbed ... As the result of a famous trial, he suffered a dramatic downfall and ...34 KB (5,298 words) - 04:37, 18 November 2022
- Italian artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta and Sicily between 1593 and 1610 ... Caravaggio was considered enigmatic, fascinating, rebellious, and ...56 KB (8,917 words) - 22:11, 25 November 2023
- Lady Jane Grey (July 1536 – February 12, 1554), a granddaughter ... Lady Jane had a reputation as one of the most learned women of her ...32 KB (5,051 words) - 22:48, 21 October 2022
- extending back to the Greco-Roman world and culminating in the Nazi Holocaust ... The dominant form of anti-Semitism from the nineteenth century until ...52 KB (8,069 words) - 12:28, 14 October 2023
- was a well-known Russian revolutionary, and one of the leading figures ... he “converted” to anarchism in 1865 and helped to formulate many of ...43 KB (6,370 words) - 17:48, 9 November 2022
- They are the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful pop ... The Beatles popularity led the "British Invasion" of United ...38 KB (5,974 words) - 15:30, 30 April 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Law national, ethnic, racial, or religious group of people either entirely or a ...35 KB (5,250 words) - 06:50, 18 April 2024
- 14, 1990) was an American composer, pianist, and conductor. He was the first ... Bernstein was one of the first classical musicians to recognize the ...27 KB (3,897 words) - 22:15, 20 December 2023
- " refers to the belief in a religious (and often political) savior figure ... The concept of Messiah is prevalent in several world religions as ...41 KB (6,600 words) - 16:18, 9 November 2022
- A dystopia (from the Greek δυσ- and τόπος, alternatively, ... which have experienced most if not all of these characteristics, the ...24 KB (3,679 words) - 17:27, 12 February 2024
- In its modern sense, as used in astronomy and navigation, the celestial ... In the Aristotelic and Ptolemaic models, the celestial sphere was ...58 KB (9,037 words) - 23:45, 3 December 2023
- The history of the missions of the Jesuits in China in the early modern ... 1552 by Saint Francis Xavier, Spanish priest and missionary and founding member ...29 KB (4,469 words) - 08:20, 3 April 2024
- philosopher who wrote widely in the areas of sociology, social psychology ... Facing the problems of the Holocaust by the Nazis and the mass murders ...41 KB (6,139 words) - 17:57, 30 April 2023
- for God (or the gods), with the purpose of delivering a divinely inspired ... the Mari tablets, discovered on the banks of the Euphrates in northern Mesopotamia ...39 KB (6,126 words) - 09:20, 28 June 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences [[Image:Rembrandt-The return of the prodigal son.jpg|thumb|300px|right ...31 KB (4,680 words) - 06:32, 1 April 2024
- | order=7th President of the United States | date1=March 4, 1829 ... | date of birth= March 15, 1767 | place of birth= Waxhaw, South Carolina ...39 KB (5,930 words) - 17:50, 27 July 2023
- Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that is skeptical ... hierarchies long before the establishment of formal states, realms, or empires ...78 KB (10,754 words) - 22:08, 30 March 2023
- The legends of Prester John (also Presbyter John), popular in Europe ... At first, Prester John was imagined to be in India, with tales of ...29 KB (4,428 words) - 22:39, 30 November 2022
- Shaivism (also spelled Śaivism) refers to a cluster of religious ... With approximately 200 million adherents, Shaivism is one of the most ...34 KB (5,141 words) - 19:47, 14 April 2020
- as the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes ... system which eventually made it the target of a zealous, impoverished French ...33 KB (5,056 words) - 23:20, 3 March 2023
- Colonialism is the extension of a nation's sovereignty over territory ... Negatively, attitudes of racial, cultural, religious and civilization ...36 KB (5,415 words) - 07:40, 14 January 2023
- , Modest Petrovič Musorgskij) (March 9, 1839 – March 16, 1881) ... Mussorgsky was born in Karevo in the province of Pskov, 400 kilometers ...18 KB (2,697 words) - 19:26, 9 November 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Sociology Counterculture is a term used to describe a group whose values and ...27 KB (4,003 words) - 08:31, 10 January 2024
- Jesus Christ, also known as Jesus of Nazareth or simply Jesus, is ... As might be expected with a man of this stature, partial understandings ...78 KB (12,289 words) - 02:54, 1 August 2022
- Luksemburg) was a Polish revolutionary of Jewish ancestry. She rose up ... political theorist, socialist philosopher, and revolutionary. She was a theorist ...25 KB (3,897 words) - 19:13, 16 December 2022
- developed to explain the relationship of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit ... the consubstantiality between the Father and Son was officially confirmed ...42 KB (6,496 words) - 17:40, 2 May 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Sociology ... Criminology is the scientific study of crime as an individual and ...34 KB (4,876 words) - 06:24, 11 January 2024
- to as Hollywood (from the place name of its birth), is the industry ... were dominated by the oral, then written, and finally printed word. Cinema ...22 KB (3,307 words) - 22:38, 4 July 2022
- Thutmose III (sometimes read as Thutmosis or Tuthmosis III and meaning ... Thutmose III was the son of Pharaoh Thutmose II and Aset (sometimes ...45 KB (7,145 words) - 14:03, 14 January 2024
- Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern region of the ... The majority of Minnesota's residents live in the Minneapolis ...43 KB (5,977 words) - 18:51, 9 November 2022
- The Industrial Revolution was a major shift of technological, socioeconomic ... The effects spread throughout Western Europe and North America during ...43 KB (6,275 words) - 12:45, 1 February 2024
- The instrument's controlling section usually consists of two ... The sound of the instrument is often associated with eerie situations ...52 KB (7,562 words) - 23:57, 12 March 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Law Category:Communication Censorship is the editing, removing, or otherwise changing speech ...26 KB (3,779 words) - 01:42, 13 January 2023
- | order=38th President of the United States | date1=August 9, 1974 ... | date of birth=July 14, 1913 | place of birth=Omaha, Nebraska ...30 KB (4,525 words) - 17:06, 28 August 2021
- Psalms (Greek: Psalmoi) is a book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian ... the "Writings" or Ketuvim, one of the three main sections into ...21 KB (3,276 words) - 00:29, 19 November 2023
- The America’s Cup is the most famous and most prestigious regatta ... During the year of the first World's Fair, American boatbuilders ...31 KB (4,811 words) - 02:52, 24 July 2023
- The Equal Protection Clause, part of the Fourteenth Amendment to ... More concretely, the Equal Protection Clause, along with the rest ...45 KB (6,808 words) - 12:57, 12 February 2022
- 1925 - November 25, 1970), a Japanese author and playwright, famous for both ... Mishima actively engaged in martial arts and tried to live a life ...26 KB (3,997 words) - 18:56, 9 November 2022
- Claudius Drusus Germanicus, was the fifth and last Roman Emperor of the ... amusements while neglecting the problems of the Roman city and empire and ...39 KB (6,311 words) - 04:33, 11 March 2023
- – July 4, 1826) was the third President of the United States (1801–1809 ... author, lawyer, inventor, violinist, and the founder of the University ...48 KB (6,926 words) - 21:19, 30 April 2023
- Intellectual property (IP) refers to the intangible creations of the ... The main purpose of intellectual property law is to encourage the ...48 KB (6,876 words) - 22:55, 5 February 2023
- Satan (meaning "accuser") represents the arch enemy of God ... The concept of an anthropomorpized demonic figure (or archetype) is ...27 KB (4,237 words) - 16:57, 23 December 2022
- a generic term referring to the continuation of existence after death, typically ... Is death the end, or is there something of people that survives after ...65 KB (10,516 words) - 06:08, 16 June 2023
- a Franco-Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic. He rose to prominence ... His work made use of frequent homages and references to film history ...63 KB (9,163 words) - 20:22, 22 September 2023
- generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development in the ... The TVA's jurisdiction covers most of Tennessee, parts of Alabama ...28 KB (4,146 words) - 03:01, 19 April 2023
- The Turkish invasion of Cyprus (Turkish: Operation Peace), launched ... Turkey invoked its role as a guarantor under the 1960 Treaty of Guarantee ...55 KB (8,362 words) - 00:23, 3 May 2023
- Church in full communion with the Bishop of Rome, currently Pope Benedict ... The Catholic Church is the largest Christian Church and the largest ...80 KB (12,653 words) - 04:49, 16 December 2022
- The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu, "S.J.," "S ... the Pope but their intellectual independence and separate leader in the order ...45 KB (6,894 words) - 21:50, 30 January 2023
- ) is a term used in a variety of different contexts. Originally, the ... refers to scriptural texts that fall outside of the Biblical canon. However ...29 KB (4,388 words) - 06:03, 11 August 2023
- Saint Thomas Aquinas, O.P. (also Thomas of Aquin, or Aquino; c. 1225 ... for those studying for the priesthood (Code of Canon Law, Can. 252, §3). ...35 KB (5,231 words) - 18:38, 30 April 2023
- ; French for "Beautiful Epoch") is a period of French and ... Age" in contrast to the horrors of the Napoleonic Wars and World ...38 KB (5,417 words) - 23:52, 28 April 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Education ... Pedagogy, literally translated, is the art or science of teaching ...26 KB (3,614 words) - 17:11, 26 March 2023
- revolutionary politician, philosopher, and writer famous for his literary ... (which he calls sodomy), child rape, crime, and blasphemy against Christianity ...57 KB (8,573 words) - 17:01, 30 June 2023
- Major-General Orde Charles Wingate, Distinguished Service Order (DSO ... Perhaps the most important aspect of Wingate's legacy is that ...43 KB (6,762 words) - 01:10, 18 November 2022
- that comprises Protestants, Catholics, and a small number of Orthodox ... The Nestorians were accepted in China because of their ability to ...58 KB (8,323 words) - 21:09, 10 December 2023
- Ferdinando Nicola Sacco (April 22, 1891 – August 23, 1927) and Bartolomeo ... with critics accusing the prosecution and presiding judge of improper ...47 KB (7,315 words) - 18:33, 22 December 2022
- The relationship between church and state is the institutional form ... unto Caesar what is Caesar's, and unto God the things that are ...41 KB (6,339 words) - 21:58, 10 December 2023
- 1844 – August 25, 1900) is known as one of the main representatives of ... If a philosopher is to be a pioneer of thought, trying to open up ...52 KB (7,901 words) - 11:05, 11 April 2024
- 13, 1925 - April 8, 2013) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 ... One of the most significant British politicians in recent political ...38 KB (5,841 words) - 04:09, 6 November 2022
- 22, 1989) was an Irish playwright, novelist and poet. Beckett's work ... Beckett is a unique figure in the history of Western literature. Born ...30 KB (4,732 words) - 01:16, 21 April 2023
- Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October ... Through Apple, Jobs was widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer ...55 KB (7,618 words) - 00:27, 26 February 2023
- The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a historic landmark which consists of ... The Walk of Fame is administered by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce ...43 KB (6,309 words) - 19:40, 23 July 2022
- Trance is a state of semi-consciousness in which a person is not self ... hypnosis, meditation, channeling, prayer, and altered states of consciousness ...33 KB (4,676 words) - 00:39, 2 May 2023
- Justin Martyr (also Justin the Martyr, Justin of Caesarea, Justin ... evidently stirred up a sufficient quantity of controversy (either through ...34 KB (5,421 words) - 21:24, 4 October 2022
- persona, emphasized during the height of the counterculture of the 1960s ... (1968), Le Mans (1971), The Getaway (1972), and Papillon (1973). In addition ...50 KB (7,471 words) - 00:44, 26 February 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... [[Image:Blacktriangle.jpg|thumb|200 px|Artist's depiction of ...29 KB (4,399 words) - 01:37, 3 May 2023
- Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music inspired by or attempting ... In the history of rock music, psychedelic rock is a bridge from early ...40 KB (6,210 words) - 08:25, 2 December 2022
- that every person is the absolute owner of their own life and should be ... or be upheld—political, social, economic, and/or governmental system is ...55 KB (8,054 words) - 11:02, 7 March 2023
- "bind, connect") denotes a set of common beliefs and practices ... In this context, religious thought and practice are aimed at delineating ...54 KB (7,792 words) - 03:38, 8 December 2022
- best known for his role as the director of the Manhattan Project, the ... United States Atomic Energy Commission and used that position to lobby ...58 KB (8,808 words) - 01:10, 8 February 2023
- Freedom is traditionally understood as independence of the arbitrary ... A slave is constantly subject to the will of another. By contrast ...28 KB (4,455 words) - 10:43, 11 April 2024
- Command"), was the sixth Fatimid caliph and 16th Ismaili imam (996-1021 ... Initially, Barjawan, his wasita (the equivalent of a vizier, as intermediary ...28 KB (4,430 words) - 04:12, 17 June 2023
- pyramís) is a structure whose outer surfaces are triangular and converge ... Civilizations in many parts of the world have built pyramids, generally ...37 KB (5,368 words) - 21:28, 9 November 2023
- The Supreme Court of the United States (or the United States Supreme ... The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme ...40 KB (6,036 words) - 23:51, 26 February 2023
- ; (July 28, 1971 – October 27, 2019) was the Iraqi-born leader ... by the Shura Council, who were representing those members of the Islamic ...67 KB (8,996 words) - 06:52, 14 June 2023
- as reed chambers, producing alternating and harmonizing notes. Each chamber ... The harmonica's first large-scale success came at the hands of ...28 KB (4,396 words) - 13:30, 24 January 2023
- Earth is the third planet in the solar system in terms of distance ... been transformed through various geological and biological processes. The ...38 KB (5,592 words) - 17:34, 12 February 2024
- 8, 1892 – July 27, 1962) was an English writer and poet. his World War I poetry, the 1929 novel Death of a Hero, and the controversy ...25 KB (3,595 words) - 20:12, 8 December 2022
- February 12, 1804) was a German philosopher and scientist (astrophysics, mathematics ... the absolute, but speculative certainties of the continental rationalism ...48 KB (7,410 words) - 18:17, 23 January 2024
- in the United States from the rejection of the social liberalism, moral ... Michael Harrington, a democratic socialist, coined the usage of neoconservative ...51 KB (7,336 words) - 04:32, 11 March 2023
- (a form of individualist anarchism) Ian Adams, Political Ideology Today ... capitalism. It advocates the elimination of the state; the provision of ...50 KB (7,105 words) - 19:00, 26 July 2023
- artist, author, multi-talented musician, and the lead guitarist and vocalist ... his family in 1919 from the Galicia region of northwest Spain to San Francisco; ...37 KB (5,901 words) - 08:01, 3 April 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Law 023.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Executions of the Third of May by Francisco Goya]] ...41 KB (6,212 words) - 21:02, 25 November 2023
- on August 19, 1946), was the 42nd President of the United States, serving ... continued to transition from the Cold War, and the United States experienced ...54 KB (7,922 words) - 11:07, 10 May 2023
- Alberta is one of Canada's prairie provinces, joining the confederation ... natural resources, initially the fur trade, and in the latter half of the ...36 KB (5,234 words) - 05:03, 17 June 2023
- is generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of ... The primary functions which distinguish money are as a medium of exchange ...51 KB (7,687 words) - 16:23, 18 June 2023
- quot; or "creating") is a form of art in which language is used ... Poetry, and discussions of it, have a long history. Early attempts ...69 KB (10,532 words) - 00:11, 5 March 2023
- military officer during World War II and the 34th President of the ... president, Eisenhower worked to bring North and South Korea to a negotiated ...38 KB (5,775 words) - 17:24, 12 February 2024
- was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme ... his law degree from Harvard Law School and spent six years in a Cleveland ...85 KB (12,298 words) - 05:39, 11 August 2023
- West as Alexander the Great or Alexander III of Macedon, in Greek ... (Megas Alexandros), King of Macedon (336–323 B.C.E.), was the most ...47 KB (7,410 words) - 20:29, 18 July 2023
- John Wesley (June 17, 1703-March 2, 1791) was the central figure of ... Wesley's long and eventful life bridged the Reformation and modern ...47 KB (7,294 words) - 08:04, 3 August 2022
- Country music, the first half of Billboard's country and western ... hillbilly music was deemed to be degrading, and the term was widely embraced ...40 KB (5,977 words) - 08:35, 10 January 2024
- Germany from 1919 to 1933. This period of German history is often known ... The phrase Weimar Republic is an invention of historians, and was not used ...56 KB (8,410 words) - 23:27, 3 May 2023
- be made flesh again") in religion and philosophy refers to the belief ... The monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam generally ...49 KB (7,494 words) - 19:39, 16 April 2023
- a single note being played. He was a pioneer of chance music, non-standard ... Cage was a long-term collaborator and romantic partner of choreographer ...40 KB (6,250 words) - 17:00, 5 April 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Sociology ... a state that are seeking either independence and statehood or the outright ...40 KB (6,411 words) - 22:53, 3 May 2023
- with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.28 million ... is Australia's largest financial center and is home to the Australian ...33 KB (4,682 words) - 01:54, 27 February 2023
- A dictatorship is a form of government which is characterized by a ... which included Bonapartism in Europe and caudillos in Latin America ...76 KB (10,337 words) - 22:00, 28 January 2023
- Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, PC (March 11 ... Wilson is generally recognized as a man of profound intellect but ...47 KB (7,170 words) - 20:22, 29 January 2022
- Canadian Rockies, the park is 80 miles west of Calgary in the province of ... years, building the Banff Springs Hotel and Chateau Lake Louise, and attracting ...34 KB (5,022 words) - 03:27, 17 September 2023
- England is the largest and most populous constituent country of the ... United Kingdom, or the same as the island of Great Britain, which consists ...103 KB (15,568 words) - 18:34, 13 February 2024
- The Scramble for Africa (or the Race for Africa) was the proliferation ... The latter half of the nineteenth century saw the transition from ...50 KB (7,409 words) - 17:29, 25 January 2023
- The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements ... Francis Smith, were ordered to capture and destroy military supplies ...65 KB (10,526 words) - 02:50, 26 September 2023
- Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain ... When Britain acquired an Empire of its own, reference to His or Her ...53 KB (8,072 words) - 04:48, 16 December 2022
- Members of the Bahá'í faith understand history as an evolving ... Fundamental to Bahá'í teachings is unity: the unity of God ...50 KB (7,571 words) - 05:42, 26 August 2023
- Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated ... Day has been associated with a tradition of courtly love. ...35 KB (5,116 words) - 14:12, 3 May 2023
- In religion, folklore, and mythology, a demon (also rendered daemon ... Most religions and cultures of the world accept the existence of demons ...32 KB (5,129 words) - 09:29, 28 January 2024
- Air pollution is the human introduction into the atmosphere of chemicals ... Air pollution causes deaths and respiratory disease.[http://www.who ...34 KB (4,855 words) - 07:00, 16 June 2023
- 3 (three) is a number, numeral, and glyph that represents the number ... that follows 2 and precedes 4. It is an integer and a cardinal number ...42 KB (5,963 words) - 06:44, 13 June 2023
- Alaska, a state of the United States of America located in the extreme ... becoming an organized territory in 1912, and the 49th state of the U.S ...74 KB (11,051 words) - 04:34, 17 June 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Psychology ... Category:Marriage and family [[File:Lesbian married couple.jpg|thumb ...91 KB (13,332 words) - 16:14, 25 January 2023
- Martin Luther (November 10, 1483 – February 18, 1546) was the first ... He came to this understanding over the course of a long and tortuous ...61 KB (9,597 words) - 08:35, 10 March 2023
- ) was a parliament of the French Revolution, following the two-year ... The Convention came about in the wake of the King's Flight to ...73 KB (10,932 words) - 21:23, 26 December 2022
- 22, 1963), was the thirty-fifth President of the United States, serving ... After Kennedy's leadership as commander of the USS PT-109 during ...53 KB (7,912 words) - 19:39, 1 May 2023
- film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took ... secure Hollywood's position as one of the world's most powerful ...78 KB (11,661 words) - 18:11, 23 February 2023
- Unit 731, short for Manshu Detachment 731, was a unit of the Imperial ... The heinous acts of torture committed by Unit 731 mirrored the inhumane ...57 KB (8,103 words) - 19:47, 9 February 2022
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