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- Pope Saint Gelasius I (reigned 492 - 496 C.E.) was an important pope ... One of the more prolific writers among the early popes, many of Gelasius ...12 KB (1,830 words) - 06:35, 18 April 2024
- is engaged in the ministry and leadership of religious group. Within the ... Members of holy orders, as leaders of their religious communities ...19 KB (2,961 words) - 11:04, 2 February 2024
- was a judge appearing in the biblical Book of Judges. He was the son of Joash ... Gideon was one of the more significant judges whose story is recorded ...9 KB (1,479 words) - 22:57, 28 August 2021
- The Battle of Buena Vista (February 23, 1847), also known as the Battle ... After the Battle of Monterrey in September 1846, most of Major General ...9 KB (1,403 words) - 03:51, 2 January 2022
- Sloth is the common name for any of the slow-moving, New World arboreal ... Sloths provide unique ecological functions. The fur of sloths is a ...16 KB (2,352 words) - 14:57, 27 April 2023
- , Zərubbāvel; Greek: ζοροβαβελ, Zŏrobabel) was the leader ... decades. It was he who laid the foundation of the Second Temple in Jerusalem ...14 KB (2,215 words) - 05:52, 13 June 2023
- The chicken (Gallus gallus) is one of humankind's most common ... Chickens benefit humans greatly as a source of food, both from their ...29 KB (4,637 words) - 15:23, 10 December 2023
- and religious leader, Swami Vivekananda on May 1, 1897, who in 1893, when ... he regarded Vedanta as the best expression of that truth. In a lecture delivered ...11 KB (1,632 words) - 00:33, 8 December 2022
- :This page is about the biblical person Joshua. For the book, see ... the ceremony, involving the laying on of hands, is conducted by Eleazar ...17 KB (2,859 words) - 19:56, 7 September 2022
- in an episcopal consecration by the laying on of hands.]] ordination of bishops) by the "laying on of hands" from previously ...31 KB (4,731 words) - 02:04, 9 January 2023
- Simon Magus, also known as Simon the Sorcerer and Simon of Gitta, ... the Holy Spirit through the laying on of hands: Now for some time a ...29 KB (4,732 words) - 22:09, 29 January 2023
- described by John Stuart Mill as one of the seminal minds of his age ... a landmark work that led to the emergence of the Romantic Movement in England ...13 KB (2,014 words) - 03:03, 23 December 2022
- The Massacre of Glencoe occurred in Glen Coe, Scotland early in the ... accepted the invitation to take the throne of the Kingdom of England. The ...14 KB (2,279 words) - 16:47, 7 November 2022
- that serve the spiritual aspirations of its adherents, and mark dispensational ... This sacrament involves the laying on of hands (usually performed ...20 KB (3,310 words) - 20:37, 17 April 2023
- reptiles that belong to the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae and ... sinensis in the Yangtze River, People's Republic of China. ...15 KB (2,172 words) - 18:37, 21 July 2023
- Platypus is the common name for a semi-aquatic, egg-laying mammal ... The bizarre appearance of this egg-laying, venomous, duck-billed, ...38 KB (5,579 words) - 01:53, 10 April 2023
- Mahmud of Ghazni (October 2, 971 – April 30, 1030 C.E.), also known ... In any case, in the long run, no believer will be proud of historical ...21 KB (3,127 words) - 10:54, 9 March 2023
- 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
- by modern scholars in the ruined library of Ashurbanipal at Nineveh, near ... Enûma Elish has about a thousand lines and was recorded in Akkadian ...15 KB (2,485 words) - 18:58, 13 February 2024
- Diwali, also called Deepavali, known as the "Festival of Lights ... Diwali is celebrated for five consecutive days at the end of Hindu ...17 KB (2,633 words) - 15:51, 29 January 2024
- Luksemburg) was a Polish revolutionary of Jewish ancestry. She rose up ... and revolutionary. She was a theorist of the Social Democratic Party ...25 KB (3,897 words) - 19:13, 16 December 2022
- Prayer is a form of religious practice that seeks to activate a volitional ... holding hands with others; a laying on of hands and others. Prayers ...32 KB (4,977 words) - 22:15, 30 November 2022
- Palm Sunday is a Christian feast day which falls on the Sunday before ... used to designate the day. The difficulty of procuring palms for that day ...17 KB (2,712 words) - 06:25, 18 November 2022
- fought between 1618 and 1648, principally on the territory of today's ... During the war, Germany's population was reduced by 30 percent ...41 KB (6,305 words) - 18:37, 30 April 2023
- Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (also Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam ... with Martin Luther and attacked his position on predestination; it is an irony ...25 KB (3,912 words) - 19:18, 13 February 2024
- Isabella of Castile (April 22, 1451 – November 26, 1504) was queen ... A pious Catholic, Isabella focused on converting the citizens of her ...18 KB (2,888 words) - 19:02, 7 March 2024
- author, poet, and actor. The author of several major country hits ... in other genres. Nelson also wrote a number of hits for other major stars ...49 KB (6,754 words) - 15:23, 14 May 2023
- in the late twelfth century as the Poor Men of Lyons, a band organized by ... the other members of the clergy, the laying-on of hands was the principal element; ...32 KB (4,791 words) - 23:19, 17 January 2024
- Lex Talionis (Latin for "law of retaliation") is the principle ... At the root of the non-biblical form of this principle is the belief ...29 KB (4,671 words) - 22:22, 25 October 2022
- spelled Akiba or Aqiba—was a Judean sage of the late first and early second ... Akiva set the standard of Judaism's strong yet flexible adherence ...23 KB (3,911 words) - 07:17, 16 June 2023
- Passover (Pesach, Pesakh)—also called the Festival of Unleavened ... or passing over) derives from the night of the Tenth Plague, when the ...28 KB (4,349 words) - 09:03, 18 November 2022
- Birds (class Aves) are bipedal, warm-blooded, oviparous (egg-laying ... stay aloft for days at a time, even sleeping on the wing. The fastest living ...31 KB (4,741 words) - 02:41, 8 March 2023
- thumb|200px|Unfinished portrait miniature of Oliver Cromwell by Samuel Cooper ... and politician. After leading the overthrow of the British monarchy, he ruled ...31 KB (4,911 words) - 00:22, 18 November 2022
- :This article is about the Christian sacrament of Baptism. For similar ... the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands. Church members are ...24 KB (3,694 words) - 07:45, 20 September 2023
- are perhaps the most widely recognized form of hieroglyphic writing in the ... Egyptian hieroglyphs constitute one of the oldest known writing systems ...23 KB (3,348 words) - 00:01, 13 February 2024
- which male members predominate in positions of power. The term "patriarchy ... rite the liturgical office for the laying-on of hands for the deaconess is ...28 KB (4,138 words) - 18:57, 23 March 2023
- refers to ecstatic utterances, often as part of religious practices, commonly ... Holy Spirit, and the third with the laying on of hands by Paul the Apostle ...22 KB (3,243 words) - 16:54, 17 December 2022
- On Sunday January 30, 1972, in an incident since known as Bloody Sunday ... that those shot at were all unarmed. Five of those wounded were shot in the back. ...21 KB (3,395 words) - 18:14, 31 October 2023
- movement and is regarded as the father of Irish Republicans. Tone himself ... Tone was born in Dublin, the son of a Church of Ireland, Protestant ...20 KB (3,240 words) - 17:54, 30 April 2023
- The First Council of Nicaea was the earliest ecumenical council (meaning ... church through an assembly representing all of Christendom.Richard Kieckhefer ...32 KB (4,986 words) - 17:21, 28 March 2024
- as Gando, refers to northeastern parts of the People's Republic ... Today, most of the region resides in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture ...24 KB (3,531 words) - 08:52, 3 April 2024
- Debussy is considered the most original musical mind of the turn of ... Debussy was not only one of the most influential French composers ...26 KB (3,950 words) - 10:53, 19 December 2023
- Chopsticks are a pair of small even-length tapered sticks used as ... The widespread use in Asian restaurants of disposable chopsticks made ...24 KB (3,847 words) - 17:19, 10 December 2023
- for the remission of sins; fourth, Laying on of hands for the gift of the ... of God, by prophecy, and by the laying on of hands by those who are in ...44 KB (6,932 words) - 07:39, 27 February 2023
- Moai, or mo‘ai, are monolithic human figures carved from rock on ... transport; not only would the actual carving of each statue require effort ...33 KB (5,262 words) - 12:54, 10 March 2023
- who could channel answers to questions on many spiritual topics, including ... he was a prophet pointing to hidden depths of, and new possibilities for ...23 KB (3,585 words) - 18:08, 12 February 2024
- and critical theory that were outcomes of twentieth-century French philosophy ... it can be broadly understood as a body of distinct reactions to structuralism ...25 KB (3,653 words) - 05:46, 30 November 2022
- order during the Middle Ages and much of the modern era. Formed at the end of the twelfth century in Acre, Palestine, the medieval ...34 KB (5,036 words) - 15:01, 30 April 2023
- τινούπολη) was the capital of the Byzantine Empire and, following ... The city has had many names throughout history. Depending on the background ...32 KB (5,079 words) - 17:54, 16 May 2020
- Snake is any of the numerous elongate, limbless, scaled, carnivorous ... The more than 2,900 species of snakes are spread across every continent ...54 KB (8,016 words) - 05:10, 13 October 2022
