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- and Latinist who promoted the revival of ancient Roman classics and the traditions ... Laetus tried to emulate the lives of the ancient Romans, and around ...9 KB (1,365 words) - 21:15, 4 October 2022
- Roman Empire (fifth century C.E.), ending in the dissolution of classical ... has been usurped as a result of confidence in human ingenuity inspired by ...12 KB (1,801 words) - 12:38, 5 May 2024
- Pope Saint Alexander I was the bishop of Rome for seven to ten years ... Esquiline Hill, one of the Seven hills of Rome. Nothing is known of his life ...6 KB (917 words) - 09:24, 24 November 2022
- (d. c. 67 - 80) was the second bishop of Rome, succeeding the first "pope ... Linus' dates and his position in the order of the early Roman ...11 KB (1,675 words) - 04:02, 26 November 2022
- higher human authority, yet usually remains in communion with other affiliated ... authority, although his church remains in full communion with the other ...9 KB (1,277 words) - 19:40, 22 August 2023
- Leo had been a Benedictine monk and served in the papal curia under Pope ... distinguished by his efforts to strengthen Rome's defenses and repair ...11 KB (1,773 words) - 09:41, 24 November 2022
- The menorah (Hebrew: מנורה) is a sacred candelabrum used in Jewish ... The menorah continues to play an important role in modern Judaism ...10 KB (1,529 words) - 16:09, 9 November 2022
- centuries B.C.E. The dramatic increase in the popularity of these rites ... descriptions of the Bacchanalia that abound in classical materials (such as ...10 KB (1,570 words) - 05:25, 26 August 2023
- four letters accepted as authentic (known in German scholarship as Hauptbriefe ... ) conveyed it to Rome. The precise time of its writing, however, is ...13 KB (2,049 words) - 19:12, 13 February 2024
- Saint Clement I was a bishop of Rome from 88 to 99 C.E. Also called ... Clement of Rome is considered one of the Apostolic Fathers, and the ...12 KB (1,812 words) - 09:27, 24 November 2022
- Minerva was the ancient Roman goddess of wisdom and war. Her areas ... Like Athena, Minerva came to be represented in art bearing a weapon and amour ...11 KB (1,742 words) - 18:48, 9 November 2022
- Aeneas, and therefore played a pivotal role in many Roman religious festivals ... Venus carries on a tradition of eroticized female divinities featured ...13 KB (1,985 words) - 19:28, 14 November 2022
- the spiritual leadership is not understood in the same way as the Eastern ... Church and Eastern Orthodox Church occurred in the fifth century. This separation ...11 KB (1,534 words) - 01:18, 18 November 2022
- family which ruled the Ptolemaic Empire in Egypt for nearly 300 years ... of the Hebrew Bible, important developments in mathematics and medicine and ...11 KB (1,793 words) - 23:33, 2 December 2022
- |name =University of Rome "La Sapienza" |native_name ... University of Rome La Sapienza (Italian Università degli Studi di ...13 KB (1,764 words) - 13:09, 3 May 2023
- character that means life or living. Ancient Egyptian gods are often ... The ankh appears frequently in Egyptian tomb paintings and other art ...10 KB (1,631 words) - 06:39, 28 July 2023
- In Roman mythology, Saturn (Latin: Saturnus) was a major Roman deity ... clear. While numerous authors both ancient and modern have suggested ...11 KB (1,785 words) - 17:00, 23 December 2022
- Pope Saint Fabian was bishop of Rome from January 236 to January 20 ... Fabian's episcopacy was one of substantial importance in the ...11 KB (1,652 words) - 09:39, 24 November 2022
- The concept of apathy was developed in response to a problem widely ... virtuous desires. This concept was developed in Rome and adapted by early Christians ...9 KB (1,363 words) - 05:58, 11 August 2023
- Bahram II was the fifth Sassanid King of Persia in 276–293. He was ... The survival of the Persian empire against Rome prevented one power from totally ...12 KB (1,906 words) - 01:04, 1 January 2022
- and he is the king named "Herod" in the Acts of the Apostles in ... Sent by Herod the Great to be educated in Rome, the young Agrippa ...11 KB (1,756 words) - 06:49, 16 June 2023
- Persius, in full Aulus Persius Flaccus (34 – 62 C.E.), was an ancient ... the biography coincide with events mentioned in the satires, and the biography ...9 KB (1,391 words) - 00:44, 24 November 2022
- increasingly ineffectual alliance between Rome and Constantinople. During ... leading to renewed hard feelings between Rome and the East. During his reign ...15 KB (2,341 words) - 11:39, 13 February 2022
- In the Roman Empire, the Vestal Virgins (sacerdos Vestalis), were ... bearing on the health and prosperity of Rome and the Roman Empire. The ...16 KB (2,678 words) - 18:03, 3 May 2023
- standard, or logic, among other things. In religious contexts, it can ... Similar concepts are found in non-western traditions, such as Dao ...11 KB (1,664 words) - 21:00, 3 November 2022
- Marcus Antonius Gordianus (January 20 225 – February 11, 244), known ... however, he was one of the most powerful men in the world. As such, he merits ...15 KB (2,360 words) - 02:07, 22 December 2022
- He was given the name Porphyrius (clad in purple, an allusion to the ... Most of the known details of the personal life of Porphyry are found ...10 KB (1,415 words) - 05:40, 30 November 2022
- Cybele (Greek Κυβέλη) was a Phrygian goddess originating in ... ("Mountain-Mother"), possibly in connection to the myth that ...16 KB (2,551 words) - 06:50, 12 January 2024
- Axum, or Aksum, is a city in northern Ethiopia named after the Kingdom ... The ancient African civilization of Axum flourished for over a thousand ...13 KB (2,015 words) - 07:23, 23 August 2023
- church. Also known as Saint Agnes of Rome and Saint Ines (or Santa Ynez ... during the persecution of Emperor Diocletian in the late third century C.E ...11 KB (1,796 words) - 06:46, 16 June 2023
- Marcus Julius Philippus or Philippus I Arabs (c. 204 - 249), known ... ruler, a phihellene who deeply respected Rome's traditions and heritage ...20 KB (3,034 words) - 03:50, 24 November 2022
- who became known in his capacity as a Roman citizen as Flavius Josephus, ... and recorded the Destruction of Jerusalem in 70 C.E. His works give an important ...15 KB (2,242 words) - 17:37, 28 March 2024
- martyr together with 11,000 other virgins in Cologne, Germany around 383 ... history. Literary critics theorize that an ancient tradition about the martyrdom ...11 KB (1,674 words) - 00:54, 23 December 2022
- A native of Cilicia, he was active in the Academy at Athens, under ... of the Presocratics, could be found to be in agreement with NeoPlatonism ...9 KB (1,323 words) - 22:13, 29 January 2023
- Pope Saint Stephen I served as bishop of Rome from May 12, 254 to ... Stephen became involved in a major controversy with Saint Cyprian ...11 KB (1,719 words) - 00:24, 12 April 2023
- who strongly affirmed the primacy of Rome and promulgated the doctrine ... by descent. Gelasius' own statement in one of his letters that he ...12 KB (1,830 words) - 06:35, 18 April 2024
- known for having met Attila the Hun outside Rome in 452, in an attempt to persuade ... This shows that Leo was known outside of Rome. He was also asked by the ...15 KB (2,335 words) - 20:05, 25 October 2022
- medieval ideal of union of church and state in a united Christendom" ... reign of Stephen II but it is referred to in a letter from Adrian I to Charlemagne ...12 KB (1,943 words) - 06:17, 15 June 2023
- ), the text was bound with the New Testament in the Codex Sinaiticus. Additionally ... The book was originally written in Rome, in the Greek language, but ...12 KB (1,907 words) - 14:09, 27 January 2023
- Saint Hippolytus of Rome (died 235 C.E.), sometimes called Ypolitus ... writers of the early Church. He was born in the second half of the second ...13 KB (2,034 words) - 15:50, 25 January 2023
- ownership of property, led the Commune of Rome's temporary overthrow ... Born in Italy, Arnold became an Augustinian monk and then prior of ...13 KB (2,004 words) - 03:56, 15 August 2023
- issued by the Byzantine emperor Zeno in 482 in an attempt to reconcile ... namely the followers of the monk Eutyches. In promulgating this formula of ...16 KB (2,523 words) - 18:33, 7 February 2022
- matriarchy and his work on the role of women in ancient societies. His work ... Johann Jakob Bachofen was born on December 22, 1815 in Basel, Switzerland ...10 KB (1,351 words) - 14:47, 1 August 2022
- #039;s interests as Spain's official religion, he was opposed by the liberal ... Claret was born at Sallent, Catalonia, Spain, in 1807. He worked as ...9 KB (1,350 words) - 19:06, 22 December 2022
- a subject, or applies different theories in particular cases. In philosophy and theology, eclecticism is the practice of selecting ...12 KB (1,821 words) - 18:01, 12 February 2024
- and an invisible dimension. Full membership in the Church involves those who ... The ancient Pauline concept of the Mystical Body of Christ provided ...10 KB (1,484 words) - 22:43, 10 November 2022
- Cardinals are high ranking ecclesiastical officials in the Roman Catholic ... The word "cardinal" was first used in Rome at the beginning ...9 KB (1,483 words) - 19:13, 26 November 2023
- Plotinus (Greek: Πλωτίνος)(ca. 205–270), the ancient philosopher ... was sixty-six years old when he died in 270 c.e., the second year of ...12 KB (1,813 words) - 08:05, 24 November 2022
- important documents to scholars interested in reconstructing the development ... was written about 170 C.E., probably in Greek, although some regard ...13 KB (2,046 words) - 18:59, 10 November 2022
- Council was a meeting of Christian leaders in the Roman Empire which established ... on a formula that affirmed "two natures in Christ without confusion, change ...15 KB (2,236 words) - 08:25, 10 January 2024
- 26, 121 – March 17, 180) was emperor of Rome from 161 C.E. until his death ... by Antoninus Pius, so that he would be in the direct line of succession ...16 KB (2,530 words) - 03:10, 6 November 2022
- Dacia, in ancient history and geography was the land of the Dacians ... After several confrontations between Dacia and Rome, Emperor Trajan ...22 KB (3,335 words) - 07:37, 12 January 2024
- is that which is specialized or advanced in nature, available only to a ... Esoteric is an adjective originating in Greece; it comes from the Greek ...12 KB (1,732 words) - 21:30, 20 March 2024
- the distinction between two kinds of truth in scholasticism, natural and ... St. Augustine of Hippo seems to be the first to use natural theology ...12 KB (1,729 words) - 15:21, 11 November 2022
- alone or both from the Father and the Son. In the Orthodox tradition, the ... such as the struggle for supremacy between Rome and Constantinople and the ...16 KB (2,507 words) - 19:46, 26 March 2024
- with additional, unreasonable truths added in only later by church leaders ... Tindal was born in 1653 to the Rev. John Tindal, Rector of Beer Ferrers ...9 KB (1,411 words) - 16:56, 7 November 2022
- et Bonis Artibus (Latin: "For Religion and Culture") ... |city = Rome |country = Italy, but partially extraterritorial ...17 KB (2,554 words) - 16:14, 17 January 2014
- The Epistle to the Philippians is a book of the New Testament in the ... Besides its joyful character, the letter is also unique in its attitude ...10 KB (1,691 words) - 20:40, 17 May 2023
- on North Africa's Mediterranean coast in what is now Libya, was originally ... life. Originally founded by the Phoenicians in the tenth century B.C.E., it ...13 KB (2,009 words) - 21:59, 25 October 2022
- today. His work chronicled the history of Rome from 96 to 378, although only ... as a tool to help understand the past in order to shape the present ...21 KB (3,270 words) - 07:33, 25 July 2023
- of Galilee, best known for her portrayal in the New Testament as the wife ... to her uncle Herod II, with whom she lived in Rome and Judea. While on a ...11 KB (1,741 words) - 11:05, 22 January 2024
- Tiridates I of Armenia secured Arsacid rule in Armenia. An independent line ... When Tiridates III became a Christian in Tiridates III in 301, Armenia ...18 KB (2,729 words) - 03:59, 15 August 2023
- voyage, helped enhance trade between India and Rome. Gary Keith Young ... Roman trade diaspora stopped in Southern India, establishing trading ...21 KB (3,121 words) - 04:51, 16 December 2022
- Neptune (Latin: Neptūnus) was the god of the sea in Roman mythology ... example of cross-cultural assimilation in the ancient world where a great ...9 KB (1,493 words) - 16:21, 11 November 2022
- research. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1902, for the ... Mommsen was born in Garding, Schleswig, and grew up in Bad Oldesloe ...16 KB (2,291 words) - 17:56, 30 April 2023
- 18 and 37 C.E., best known for his role in the trial of Jesus. His full ... A member of the party of the Sadducees, Caiaphas was the son-in-law ...15 KB (2,468 words) - 18:17, 25 November 2023
- again from 877 to 886. He is a major saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church. A respected teacher and bureaucrat in Constantinople, Photius was ...13 KB (1,970 words) - 00:51, 23 December 2022
- [[Image:A-Procession-in-the-Catacomb-of-Callistus.jpg|thumb|right ... galleries, the design of which originated in Ancient Rome. The word now ...16 KB (2,439 words) - 14:27, 29 November 2023
- of a walled enclave within the city of Rome. At approximately 108.7 acres ... 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
- The Eastern Catholic Churches are autonomous Churches in full communion ... The Eastern Catholic Churches were located historically in Eastern ...27 KB (4,042 words) - 02:32, 1 October 2020
- whose views were most instrumental in the development of medicine ... He is rightly regarded as the pioneer in surgery, making use of his ...12 KB (1,806 words) - 03:50, 18 April 2024
- and influential theologians and writers in the Christian Church, particularly ... the Church differ, with greater honor paid in the West to such men as Pope ...21 KB (3,112 words) - 21:58, 10 December 2023
- Pontiff") was the high priest of the Ancient Roman College of Pontiffs ... were for centuries used by the Bishop of Rome also known as the pope. After ...31 KB (4,749 words) - 00:22, 12 April 2023
- usage by linguist Max Müller (1823–1900) in order to characterize religious ... prominently as a point of discussion in academic debates about the ...15 KB (2,313 words) - 15:20, 25 January 2023
- the culture and way of life of a people of ancient Italy whom ancient Romans ... Culture that is identifiably and certainly Etruscan developed in Italy ...35 KB (5,526 words) - 04:38, 22 March 2024
- god Hermes, who carried a staff (or rod) in his various exploits. This ... The caduceus is sometimes used as a symbol for medicine, especially ...14 KB (2,126 words) - 10:15, 25 November 2023
- modern Tell Mardikh, Syria) was an ancient city about 55 km southwest ... King Ibrium and his son Ibbi-Sipish. Its religion appears to have included ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 17:22, 11 October 2020
- Alpha and Omega (Greek: Αλφα and Ω) is an appellation of God ... me there is no God." While the context in the Book of Revelation is clearly ...10 KB (1,641 words) - 08:22, 23 July 2023
- was excommunicated by the early church at Rome as a heretic; Nevertheless ... that Christianity was distinct from, and in opposition to, Judaism. Moreover ...17 KB (2,698 words) - 11:11, 9 March 2023
- was a Gnostic Christian religious teacher in Alexandria, Egypt. He taught ... with Basilides and took his teachings to Rome where he further developed ...17 KB (2,600 words) - 11:07, 20 September 2023
- led a major revolt against the Roman Empire in 132 C.E., establishing an independent ... The eventual failure of Bar Kokhba’s revolt resulted in the deaths ...14 KB (2,151 words) - 07:58, 20 September 2023
- the Donation of Constantine, often cited in support of the temporal power ... Lorenzo Valla was born in Rome, Italy, around 1406. His father, Luca ...13 KB (2,004 words) - 02:43, 4 November 2022
- to churches that Paul had established in Europe and Asia Minor. They ... The authorship of some of the epistles is in dispute. Most scholars ...24 KB (3,164 words) - 00:13, 30 January 2024
- The term polygyny (neo-Greek: poly+gyne woman) is used in related ... |right|250px|Polygyny, the marriagemarital practice in which a man ...15 KB (2,204 words) - 08:44, 24 November 2022
- quot; or "father"), the bishop of Rome, who is the leader of the ... After Christianity became the favored religion of the Roman emperors ...30 KB (4,691 words) - 14:08, 7 May 2024
- The earliest Greek philosophers in Ionia, known as the Ionians, such ... and harmony to the elements of the world. In other words, Pythagoras found ...15 KB (2,230 words) - 03:55, 7 December 2022
- Christian Church at the Council of Ephesus in 431, after some initial resistance ... a work of art, rather than a single figure in one, refers to a portrait-style ...21 KB (3,389 words) - 04:56, 5 November 2022
- held that history could not be studied in the same way as natural science ... to Tenney Frank's Economic Survey of Ancient Rome (1937). Collingwood’s ...17 KB (2,548 words) - 02:20, 16 December 2022
- Constantinople by Western Christians in 1204 during the Fourth Crusade. holds that the primacy of the Patriarch of Rome (the Pope) is one of honor ...19 KB (2,956 words) - 07:37, 4 January 2024
- Ancient Greek literature refers to literature written in the Greek ... In addition to history and philosophy, Ancient Greek literature is ...25 KB (4,056 words) - 17:49, 13 November 2021
- the Christian practice of appointing bishops in lineages of uninterrupted ... and presbyters (priests) ordained by bishops in the apostolic succession can ...31 KB (4,731 words) - 02:04, 9 January 2023
- of Demeter and Persephone based at Eleusis, in ancient Greece. Eleusis (modern ... Of all the mysteries celebrated in ancient Mediterranean world, these ...18 KB (2,798 words) - 16:07, 13 February 2024
- The term diaspora (in Ancient Greek, διασπορά – "a ... centers of Jewish diasporan culture emerged in such places as Alexandria, ...16 KB (2,452 words) - 11:56, 29 January 2024
- or Mysteries of Mithras, was a mystery religion practiced in the Roman Empire ... The term 'mysteries' does not imply that the religion was ...32 KB (4,834 words) - 11:13, 10 March 2023
- [[Image:MetCemBrunswigSphynx.jpg|thumb|300 px|Marble sphinx on tomb ... as guardians of knowledge and as speaking in riddles. Originating in Ancient ...16 KB (2,587 words) - 15:21, 27 April 2023
- Greek Stoic philosopher who lived and taught in the Greek city of Nicopolis ... Epictetus differed from the early Stoics in that he emphasized that ...11 KB (1,793 words) - 19:06, 13 February 2024
- was a Christian bishop of Smyrna (now İzmir in Turkey) in the second century ... nascent Christian community, Polycarp was martyred in Smyrna. ...21 KB (3,429 words) - 00:51, 23 December 2022
- of Jesus. His life is prominently featured in the New Testament Gospels and ... would be built. Although later failing in his discipleship at several ...28 KB (4,305 words) - 00:51, 23 December 2022
- has been described as the first true empire in world history. It was a flourishing ... but the Empire was an important bridge in the development of the culture ...13 KB (2,078 words) - 07:18, 16 June 2023
- the development of scientific humanism in Europe. He was a patron of ... from antiquities, classical studies, ancient languages, and philology ...16 KB (2,441 words) - 23:35, 14 November 2022
- A basilica, in the Catholic and Orthodox traditions, is a church building ... town (forum). Public basilicas appeared in the second century B.C.E. The ...21 KB (3,233 words) - 03:32, 1 January 2022
- his elegant presentation of advanced ideas. In 1739, he was summoned to the ... 1750), opera (Saggio sopra l'opera in musica, 1755), architecture ...8 KB (1,181 words) - 06:43, 1 April 2024
- In Ancient Egypt, Apis or Hapis (alternatively spelt Hapi-ankh) was ... popular of the three great bull cults of ancient Egypt (the others being ...21 KB (3,246 words) - 06:01, 11 August 2023
- Publius Licinius Valerianus (c. 200 - after 260), commonly known in ... was that the tide of history was running in Christianity's favor. ...18 KB (2,788 words) - 14:13, 3 May 2023
- The Acropolis of Athens is the best known acropolis in the world. ... Mycenaean city. Legend recounts that in the year 510 B.C.E. an oracle ...17 KB (2,700 words) - 05:39, 15 June 2023
- Manichaeism is an extinct dualistic religion of Iranian origin, founded ... Theologically, Manichaeism is a dualistic religion that postulated ...22 KB (3,392 words) - 11:06, 9 March 2023
- was the emperor who reconquered the city of Rome from the Ostrogoths. He is ... deep personal religious faith or whether religion served only a policing function ...22 KB (3,355 words) - 21:25, 4 October 2022
- position that Christ has only one nature, in which his divinity and humanity ... Monophysitism grew to prominence in the Eastern Roman empire, particularly ...23 KB (3,529 words) - 20:01, 9 November 2022
- Isis was a goddess in ancient Egyptian mythology, often worshiped ... of syncretism became tremendously popular in Egypt's late classical period. ...32 KB (5,200 words) - 06:08, 8 March 2024
- Ugarit (modern Ras Shamra near Latakia, Syria) was an ancient cosmopolitan ... Rediscovered in 1928, the site dates back to 6000 B.C.E., making it ...15 KB (2,267 words) - 01:27, 3 May 2023
- haNasi maintained cordial relations with Rome and was said to enjoy a personal ... Judah thus marks this transition from the era of the ancient Mishnaic ...16 KB (2,573 words) - 08:34, 12 May 2024
- from the Malabar coast (now Kerala) in South India, who follow Syriac ... such as covering their heads while in worship and holding their ritual ...27 KB (3,937 words) - 22:35, 11 January 2024
- The depth varies from 36 to 124 meters in midstream. been an objective of a number of hostilities in modern history. ...18 KB (2,647 words) - 14:59, 9 February 2022
- Divination is distinguished from fortune-telling in that divination ... with the supernatural when seeking help in their public and private lives ...16 KB (2,402 words) - 15:31, 29 January 2024
- ), known as Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (in English, Octavian), for the ... He ended a century of civil wars and gave Rome an era of peace, prosperity ...27 KB (4,377 words) - 19:08, 21 August 2023
- book by number of verses, and its shortest in regard to number of words ... will give this local leader his comeuppance. In the meantime, Gauis is asked ...7 KB (1,190 words) - 18:35, 30 April 2023
- was a Samaritan gnostic who, according to ancient Christian accounts, allegedly ... quot; also became generic terms used by ancient Christians as derogatory ...29 KB (4,732 words) - 22:09, 29 January 2023
- In Greek mythology, Atlas (Eng. /'æt ləs/ Gk. Ἄτλας) ... The Twelve Olympians, led by Zeus, overthrew the Titans in the Titanomachy ...15 KB (2,163 words) - 16:42, 23 July 2020
- son Titus, whom Paul has ordered to remain in Crete to appoint "elders ... bishops—which were not otherwise evident in Paul's day. The letter ...12 KB (1,906 words) - 19:11, 13 February 2024
- is the most complete surviving account of ancient Greek and Roman skepticism ... In his medical work, tradition maintains that Sextus belonged to the ...11 KB (1,515 words) - 10:12, 26 January 2023
- was a highly influential French painter in the Neoclassical style. In ... not an accident that this work is described in religious terms, as the Revolution ...24 KB (3,977 words) - 08:23, 18 March 2024
- to a group with a hierarchy that is engaged in the ministry and leadership ... the members of their communities of faith in the right direction, toward ...19 KB (2,961 words) - 11:04, 2 February 2024
- of freedom of conscience was not recognized in what was an age when both Church ... == Ancient origins == Two quaestores paricidii (Inquisitors of Parricide ...22 KB (3,262 words) - 22:52, 5 February 2023
- Nestorius, in Greek, Νεστόριος (c. 386 – c. 451 C.E.) was ... and deposed at the Council of Ephesus in 431. In 435 an edict by his ...12 KB (1,909 words) - 16:23, 11 November 2022
- greatest good was to seek modest pleasures in order to attain a state of ... out that over-indulgence of any kind results in pain and therefore should be ...15 KB (2,240 words) - 19:06, 13 February 2024
- In historiography the phrase the Dark Ages (or Dark Age) is most commonly ... history and material cultural achievements in general. Popular culture has ...17 KB (2,782 words) - 22:19, 25 January 2024
- other philosophers; he developed arguments in favor of views that had never ... Ancient writers referred to Carneades as the founder of the “third” ...11 KB (1,736 words) - 00:29, 29 November 2023
- Tiridates I was King of Armenia beginning in 53 C.E. and the founder ... In addition to being a king, Tiridates was also a Zoroastrian priest ...29 KB (4,494 words) - 03:48, 1 May 2023
- Hindus and Confucianists. However, in the modern West, particularly ... In attempting to combat the current permissive climate, social conservatives ...13 KB (1,988 words) - 00:44, 5 December 2023
- He then hosted a feast with his colleagues in Jesus' honor and immediately ... Modern scholarship now doubts that he was in fact the writer of this work. ...15 KB (2,288 words) - 00:47, 23 December 2022
- from the morpheme "-isma" in the Greek language. apprehended the nature of divine being(s) in terms of humans characteristics ...17 KB (2,392 words) - 06:18, 31 July 2023
- 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
- Rabbi Shimeon bar Yochai.), was a famous ancient rabbi and one of the greatest ... Yochai is said to have spent 13 years living in a cave with his son to escape ...16 KB (2,585 words) - 14:13, 27 January 2023
- refers to those deliberately castrated in order to perform specific social ... Servants or slaves were usually castrated in order to make them safer servants ...18 KB (2,792 words) - 18:55, 11 September 2023
- Anubis is the Greek name for the ancient jackal-headed god of the ... ==Anubis in an Egyptian Context== Anubis|i-n:p-w-E16|align=right|era=egypt ...19 KB (3,124 words) - 05:49, 11 August 2023
- one of the holiest of all Christian sites in the Catholic tradition and ... One of four major basilicas of Rome—(St. John Lateran, St. Peter ...25 KB (3,946 words) - 18:31, 14 October 2022
- many, and theos, god) refers to belief in, or worship of, multiple gods ... needed if we are to avoid misunderstandings. In particular, some beliefs that ...32 KB (4,963 words) - 08:48, 24 November 2022
- attributed the moral irresponsibility in Rome to the doctrine of divine ... of books criticizing Pelagian ideas and in reaction developed his own ...24 KB (3,917 words) - 07:13, 23 November 2022
- of the True Cross were a prominent feature in the devotional practice of ... Today, Santo Toribio de Liébana in Spain is also said to hold the ...22 KB (3,738 words) - 18:26, 2 May 2023
- Jesus alive, Thomas professed his faith in Jesus, exclaiming "My ... to have brought the gospel to Greece and Rome, Thomas was said to have taken ...21 KB (3,427 words) - 00:53, 23 December 2022
- the Elder, was a politician and statesman in the late Roman Republic and ... stubbornness and tenacity, especially in his lengthy opposition to Gaius ...19 KB (3,055 words) - 03:51, 6 November 2022
- The phrase Son of God is a title that was applied to different figures ... Many figures in the ancient world used the phrase "Son of God ...22 KB (3,158 words) - 15:11, 27 April 2023
- empire of Christianity while bringing back ancient Roman religion.Modern Neo ... had been for more than a century. However, in choosing to resurrect the old ...29 KB (4,353 words) - 09:46, 12 May 2024
- ) was one of the most important religious sites in ancient Greece ... Today, Delphi is both an archaeological site and a modern town in Greece. ...21 KB (3,318 words) - 09:23, 28 January 2024
- In Christian eschatology, the Antichrist or Anti-Christ is a powerful ... Antichrist is translated from the combination of two ancient Greek ...17 KB (2,693 words) - 06:20, 31 July 2023
- or Axum), was an important trading nation in northeastern Africa, growing ... Ethiopian culture today has its roots in this civilization. The decline ...22 KB (3,389 words) - 07:18, 16 June 2023
- The Pandyan kingdom was an ancient Tamil state in South India of unknown ... The dynasty revived under Kadungon in the early sixth century. They ...21 KB (3,154 words) - 06:36, 18 November 2022
- ; also known as a nimbus, glory, or gloriole) is a ring of light used ... The use of halos in art has been found in diverse religious traditions ...19 KB (3,001 words) - 23:21, 3 August 2023
- philosophy, founded approximately 385 B.C.E. in Akademeia, then a northern ... listed the founders of the Old Academy, in order, as Democritus, Anaxagoras ...15 KB (2,305 words) - 08:02, 24 November 2022
- of the sixth century who was instrumental in transmitting classical Greek ... Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius was born in Rome around 480 C.E ...11 KB (1,637 words) - 06:07, 28 July 2023
- iii) and Phocion (Phocion xxxvii), which in many details anticipate Christian ... In Buddhism, relics of the Buddha and various saints were (and still ...12 KB (1,900 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- It includes a number of traditions, both ancient and modern. Liturgical music ... character of liturgical music are rooted in the music's conception ...20 KB (3,074 words) - 20:52, 3 November 2022
- Alexandria when the city was at its height in influence and power within ... Cyril's fame as a saint resulted from his leadership in the Christological ...19 KB (2,930 words) - 07:26, 12 January 2024
- and brutal tale of revenge is relayed in the Völundarkviða, a poem ... heroic sacrifice, and epic battles. In the history of northern Europe ...16 KB (2,489 words) - 21:02, 3 May 2023
- of the Norse pantheon. She is best known in two unrelated roles: as the ... one of the more exhilarating moments in Norse mythology—one which ...15 KB (2,466 words) - 15:58, 12 February 2024
- Edom (אֱדוֹם, ʾĔḏôm, "red") was a nation in the ... In the Hebrew Bible, Edom is a name given to Esau in the as well as ...18 KB (2,821 words) - 21:09, 8 August 2023
- by periods of foreign domination, perhaps in part due to the island's ... modern state of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Its ...33 KB (4,988 words) - 11:46, 1 February 2024
- allegedly reigned for less than two years in the 850s C.E. under the name ... she apparently hid her female identity in order to be accepted as a man ...24 KB (4,035 words) - 00:23, 12 April 2023
- some bisexuals are and remain fairly stable in their level of attraction throughout ... While it appears that throughout history people have commonly indulged ...20 KB (2,817 words) - 17:59, 31 October 2023
- In some scholarly accounts, parallels have been drawn between Heimdall ... ==Heimdall in a Norse Context== As a Norse deity, Heimdall belonged ...18 KB (2,781 words) - 22:43, 3 February 2022
- ) (also known as Ujain, Ujjayini, Avanti, Avantikapuri), an ancient ... Ujjain has served as a center of science and culture in northern India ...17 KB (2,475 words) - 01:27, 3 May 2023
- Nubia is a region in Southern Egypt along the Nile River and in what ... as well as written records from Egypt and Rome. In antiquity, Nubia was a ...24 KB (3,779 words) - 10:09, 11 March 2023
- from the first to the fifth century C.E. in and around the Land of Israel ... before and after the fall of Jerusalem in 70 C.E., and they have been ...19 KB (2,894 words) - 18:00, 12 February 2024
- third day after his crucifixion some time in the period between 27 to 33 ... Easter is not a fixed holiday in relation to the civil calendar. It ...23 KB (3,508 words) - 17:05, 10 October 2020
- Freedom of religion is a political principle guaranteeing freedom ... on December 10, 1948, defines freedom of religion and belief as follows: ...36 KB (5,594 words) - 10:49, 11 April 2024
- Ancient Jewish religion involved rites of priestly sacrifice of animal ... absolution, especially for monks and nuns. In Hinduism an act or rite of ...20 KB (3,117 words) - 06:36, 14 June 2023
- describe any elaborate papal document issued in the form of a decree or privilege ... Papal bulls have been in use since at least the sixth century CE, ...15 KB (2,289 words) - 07:29, 18 November 2022
- "rest"; Shabbos or Shabbes in Ashkenazic pronunciation), ... For Muslims, Friday is a type of Sabbath in which normal noon-time ...24 KB (3,695 words) - 18:30, 22 December 2022
- Teotihuacán was the largest pre-Columbian city in the Americas in ... The city reached its apex between 150 and 450 C.E.. Districts in the ...14 KB (2,091 words) - 03:47, 30 April 2023
- taken a variety of forms historically and in the modern world from the state ... separate rival Church and State institutions in Christendom. This rivalry between ...41 KB (6,339 words) - 21:58, 10 December 2023
- the Middle Ages, centered at its capital in Constantinople. Much of this ... over paganism, or, following his death in 395, with the division of the ...39 KB (5,978 words) - 19:13, 24 November 2023
- The term Carthage refers both to an ancient city in North Africa—located ... to a series of wars known as the Punic Wars, in which a series of losses led ...45 KB (7,001 words) - 00:42, 29 November 2023
- major works deal with the sociology of religion and government, but he also ... While the twentieth century in many ways proved him correct, stronger ...28 KB (4,212 words) - 01:03, 9 November 2022
- Many of Cicero’s original works are still in existence. intervals when he was unable to participate in public life, and with the intent ...34 KB (5,558 words) - 22:01, 10 December 2023
- In Greek mythology, Demeter (Greek: "mother-earth" or possibly ... epithets reveal the span of her functions in Greek life. Demeter and Kore ...20 KB (3,054 words) - 09:24, 28 January 2024
- In sociology and biology, infanticide is the practice of intentionally ... In sociology and biology, infanticide is the practice of intentionally ...20 KB (2,994 words) - 22:37, 5 February 2023
- a Christian monk, theologian, and scholar. In his early life, he was a civil ... to Saint Sophronius, who instructed him in the theological teachings of ...20 KB (3,077 words) - 01:06, 9 November 2022
- ) is a major river in the Indian subcontinent flowing east through ... In his book Discovery of India, Jawaharlal Nehru says: "… The ...23 KB (3,460 words) - 04:25, 18 April 2024
- The Cynics were an influential school of ancient Greek and Roman philosophers ... the value of physical activity and hard work in attaining it. Important Cynics ...9 KB (1,393 words) - 06:54, 12 January 2024
- is one who practices oratory or speaks in public. Many undergo extensive ... The term Orator is recorded in English since around 1374, meaning ...27 KB (4,174 words) - 10:41, 11 March 2023
- is the god of mischief, lies, and trickery in Norse mythology. He is the ... the amount of time that he spends among them in Asgard (as opposed to among ...15 KB (2,416 words) - 21:01, 3 November 2022
- He is also known for making Christianity the official state religion ... Born in Cauca, in Hispania (modern Coca, Spain), to a senior military ...21 KB (3,189 words) - 18:01, 30 April 2023
- felt that the deepest meaning of life lay in the apprehension of material beauty. the six major Romantic English poets, which in addition to Shelly included ...14 KB (2,196 words) - 06:06, 3 August 2022
- and mystery religions that were prevalent in the ancient world. According ... by historian and theologian Bruno Bauer in the nineteenth century and ...41 KB (6,172 words) - 22:02, 17 February 2023
- of great cultural change and achievement in Europe that spanned the period ... The word renaissance in French, (rinascimento in Italian) literally ...32 KB (4,821 words) - 22:45, 22 September 2022
- The Epistle to the Hebrews is one of the books in the New Testament ... need to be made yearly and are ineffective in any case. Only through faith ...18 KB (2,863 words) - 19:12, 13 February 2024
- Knossos, also spelled Knossus, Cnossus, Gnossus (in traditional Greek ... Knossos was discovered in 1878 by Minos Kalokairinos, a Cretan merchant ...13 KB (2,102 words) - 03:56, 4 March 2023
- Christianity stands as India's third largest religion, following ... Vasco da Gama, seeking preexisting Christian nations in India, discovered ...24 KB (3,424 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- Assisi is a small city in the Perugia province of the Umbria region ... Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows was also born in Assisi, in 1838. ...13 KB (1,967 words) - 05:01, 18 August 2023
- triumphs he established a place for himself in the ranks of Roman nobility ... Pompey fought on the side of the Optimates, the conservative faction ...48 KB (7,762 words) - 08:50, 24 November 2022
- Its original texts were written in Koine Greek by various authors ... The term New Testament came into use in the second century during ...25 KB (3,826 words) - 16:33, 11 November 2022
- the Lesser Genesis (Leptogenesis), is an ancient Jewish religious work that ... world" as secretly revealed to Moses (in addition to the Torah or "Law ...13 KB (2,033 words) - 20:40, 4 October 2022
- Egyptian hieroglyphs are a formal writing system used by the ancient ... one of the oldest known writing systems in the world. Developed from pictures ...23 KB (3,348 words) - 00:01, 13 February 2024
- Enki was a major deity in Sumerian mythology, later known as Ea in ... beneficent toward humankind and is portrayed in several myths as risking the ...18 KB (3,043 words) - 08:34, 5 February 2022
- and general Renaissance polymath. In Italy, his first name is usually ... Alberti was employed by Pope Nicholas V in the restoration of the ...24 KB (3,831 words) - 20:08, 25 October 2022
- In Greek and Roman mythology, Apollo (Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων ... the Olympian deities and the patron of the ancient Oracle at Delphi, Apollo ...31 KB (4,788 words) - 06:03, 11 August 2023
- Crucifixion was an ancient method of execution practiced in the Roman ... would be dissuaded from breaking the law. In the Roman Empire, crucifixions ...29 KB (4,573 words) - 06:30, 11 January 2024
- throughout the Western monastic tradition in the Middle Ages. After spending his childhood in Rome and then devoting himself to ...20 KB (3,232 words) - 09:12, 27 September 2023
- constraints bring them greater freedom in various areas of their lives ... The term "ascetic" derives from the ancient Greek word askēsis ...22 KB (3,334 words) - 03:51, 18 August 2023
- Active in politics during a tumultuous era that saw popes leading ... life. Machiavelli was born on May 3, 1469, in Florence, Italy, the second ...29 KB (4,511 words) - 23:28, 14 November 2022
- law. From 1584 until his death in 1600, Hooker served as a clergyman ... should be a broad, tolerant, inclusive body, in which as many as possible could ...12 KB (1,851 words) - 21:41, 8 December 2022
- The Pharisees were a religious and political movement of ancient Israel ... After the Jewish Revolt against Rome resulted in the destruction ...22 KB (3,391 words) - 02:55, 24 November 2022
- the office of deacon originated in the selection of seven Hellenistic ... Among the more prominent deacons in history are Saint Stephen, Philip ...20 KB (3,190 words) - 19:56, 22 May 2020
- Dionysus or Dionysos (from the Ancient Greek Διώνυσος or Διόνυσος ... Dionysus was an important figure in the religious imagination of the ...32 KB (5,115 words) - 15:25, 29 January 2024
- and his disciple, Timothy, to the church in Colossae. It is particularly ... Colossians represents an example of "high Christology," ...10 KB (1,524 words) - 22:41, 7 January 2024
- The first mention of the city is found in the ancient Egyptian Tell el ... due to numerous financial institutions based in Beirut. The city attracted ...27 KB (4,043 words) - 18:41, 11 January 2023
- or because the subject is incapacitated in some way such as intoxication ... #039;s being, violating their very purpose in the deepest way. Until all ...32 KB (4,983 words) - 17:22, 16 April 2023
- c. 1500 – c. 500 B.C.E.) is the period in the history of India during ... organization, its profound interest in human origins, in the question ...25 KB (3,858 words) - 14:44, 3 May 2023
- sea monster, a mythical creature referred to in sections of the Old Testament ... meant the word "dragon." However, in English the original Hebrew ...15 KB (2,465 words) - 22:16, 25 October 2022
- [[Image:Louvre at night centered.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The Louvre ... have a long history, dating back to Ancient Greece. Many early museums ...27 KB (4,097 words) - 02:36, 11 March 2023
- Semitic goddess who was also worshiped in ancient Egypt. In Ugaritic ... Anat's name is remembered in Hebrew tradition in relation to ...17 KB (2,817 words) - 19:01, 26 July 2023
- In Norse mythology, Brunhild or Brynhildr is one of the Valkyries ... married to the Merovingian king Sigebert I in 567. Whether this identification ...18 KB (2,858 words) - 16:28, 30 April 2020
- of a religious ritual. It has been practiced in many cultures throughout much ... animal sacrifice and of religious sacrifice in general, human victims were ...36 KB (5,474 words) - 22:07, 16 August 2022
- Gibbon's objectivity and accuracy in the use of reference material ... before 180 to 1453 and beyond, concluding in 1590, and attempted to explain ...36 KB (5,457 words) - 18:23, 12 February 2024
- Flag of the Sac and Fox of the Mississippi in Oklahoma [[Image:Flag ... Flag of the Sac and Fox of the Mississippi in Iowa |poptime=3,500 ...12 KB (1,846 words) - 06:39, 1 April 2024
- In Norse mythology, Frigg or Frigga was said to be "foremost ... these domains). Frigg's primary roles in Norse mythology celebrate her ...17 KB (2,558 words) - 07:03, 15 April 2024
- works of the fourteenth century. Crafted in response to the excommunication ... Marsilius was born at Padua, Italy in 1270. He served for a time in ...12 KB (1,929 words) - 16:16, 6 November 2022
- The Gospel of Mark is an ancient koine Greek document that describes ... geography by describing a traveling route in MK. 7:31, "Then he returned ...15 KB (2,392 words) - 20:38, 17 May 2023
- 250px|Billboards and street advertising in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, 2005]] of computers, advertising has been common in most societies. In fact, those ...19 KB (2,738 words) - 06:22, 15 June 2023
- a traditionalist, writing poetry strictly in meter and rhyme to the end ... In addition to poetry, Graves also wrote a number of novels and works ...16 KB (2,484 words) - 05:05, 15 December 2022
- Druid denotes the priestly class in ancient Celtic societies, which ... to the kings. They were suppressed in Gaul and Britain after the ...19 KB (2,969 words) - 09:43, 15 January 2023
- both from their meat and their eggs. People in many cultures have admired ... Male chickens are known as roosters in the United States, Canada, ...29 KB (4,637 words) - 15:23, 10 December 2023
- right|250 px|Tokyo, the largest metropolis in the world.]] ... and businesses, benefiting all parties in the process. Historically, ...41 KB (6,075 words) - 22:26, 10 December 2023
- Angkor Wat (meaning: "Capital Temple") is an ancient temple ... Built for king Suryavarman II in the early twelfth century as his ...24 KB (3,829 words) - 01:44, 9 January 2023
- through theological tradition. Most scholars in the fields of biblical studies ... and other Early Christian writings. In particular, the four canonical ...44 KB (6,589 words) - 16:59, 22 February 2023
- an important theoretical pillar of monarchy in Europe, supported by the Holy ... Mouchet. His parents decided on a career in the church for their fifth ...26 KB (4,115 words) - 12:30, 6 November 2021
- A biography of Isidore supposedly written in the thirteenth century ... Isidore received his elementary education in the Cathedral school ...18 KB (2,717 words) - 06:05, 8 March 2024
- Four Emperors. After Galba and Otho perished in quick succession, Vitellius ... of which was the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E. The surrounding cities ...53 KB (7,893 words) - 19:45, 12 July 2023
- The word Magi refers to a class of ancient Zoroastrian astrologer ... have expressed ability, which is also seen in Attic Greek mekhos (cf. mechanics ...20 KB (3,254 words) - 04:59, 5 November 2022
- and influential set of monastic regulations in the western Christian world ... been one of the most important written works in the shaping of Western society ...25 KB (3,878 words) - 09:13, 27 September 2023
- From c. 6000 B.C.E., rock drawings in Africa have included representations ... determine the function of a particular work. In many tribes, the artist had ...17 KB (2,544 words) - 06:05, 16 June 2023
- of the eighteenth- and nineteenth-centuries in northern Europe. his adult life labeled a madman, locked up in prisons or asylums; but it ...18 KB (2,976 words) - 04:39, 1 May 2023
- Gandhāra is the name of an ancient, extinct kingdom once located ... After it was conquered by Mahmud of Ghazni in 1021 C.E., the name Gandhara ...23 KB (3,513 words) - 18:46, 4 December 2023
- Jewish Christians predominated in the movement of early Christianity ... Christian theology. As Jews who believed in Jesus' promise of the ...32 KB (4,998 words) - 08:45, 3 April 2024
- saint. Born to a pagan family and trained in the philosophical traditions ... Though imperial sanctions against Christianity were not yet unilateral ...34 KB (5,421 words) - 21:24, 4 October 2022
- Epicurus (Epikouros or Ἐπίκουρος in Greek) (341 B.C.E. – ... on the seventh day of the month Gamelion in the third year of the 109th ...19 KB (3,054 words) - 19:07, 13 February 2024
- first used as its title by Irenaeus of Lyon in the late second century. of the book. The early chapters, set in Jerusalem, discuss Jesus' ...37 KB (5,957 words) - 07:25, 17 November 2023
- ), was an ancient Iranian prophet and the founder of Zoroastrianism ... authentic historical figure, but the period in which he lived remains unclear ...25 KB (3,791 words) - 06:11, 13 June 2023
- where the form consists of verse (writing in lines) based on rhythmic meter ... verse novel) are examples of works written in prose. Developments in twentieth ...35 KB (5,051 words) - 18:29, 28 February 2023
- brothers born in Thessaloniki in the ninth century, who became missionaries ... The two brothers, Cyril and Methodius were born in Thessaloniki in ...33 KB (4,701 words) - 20:51, 17 April 2023
- Serpent (from Latin: serpens, serpentis) is a word used in mythological ... most widespread mythological figures found in various cultures. It was recognized ...23 KB (3,735 words) - 10:04, 26 January 2023
- Phoenicia was an ancient civilization centered in the north of ancient ... famous dye Tyrian purple. The dye was used in ancient textile trade, and ...30 KB (4,504 words) - 04:20, 24 November 2022
- history. His 1835, Minute on Education in India, where he was a senior ... freedom and fair-play they had encountered in English literature. Macauley ...19 KB (3,053 words) - 18:39, 30 April 2023
- εὐαγγέλιον (euangelion) used in the New Testament. In Christianity, a gospel is generally one of four canonical books ...17 KB (2,705 words) - 18:26, 26 December 2022
- and stained glass) that were used primarily in churches and cathedrals to ... Until the invention of the Printing press in 1439, the average Christian ...33 KB (5,258 words) - 00:23, 12 April 2023
- their teachings, which were most prominent in the first few centuries of ... of the teachings must have arisen somewhere in what is today known as the ...36 KB (5,554 words) - 19:08, 31 December 2023
- during the Meiji and Taishō periods in Japan. Born the son of a samurai ... He was critical of the increasing militarism in Japan during the early 1930s ...16 KB (2,449 words) - 01:35, 16 November 2022
- oldest forms of body adornment, the most ancient example found being the ... (to show membership), or for protection (in the form of amulets and magical ...33 KB (4,967 words) - 20:02, 13 September 2023
- As a soldier in the Roman army, Martin shared his cloak with a freezing ... Revolution. Its location was unearthed in the twentieth century, and ...18 KB (2,840 words) - 15:54, 7 November 2022
- East Asia was one of the last areas to receive Christianity, beginning ... ==Early religion in Korea== [[Image:Dangun as Mountain Spirit 1.jpg ...28 KB (4,148 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
