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  • ordinary washing, hand washing, or washing of the body. By extension, ablutions ... Ablutions of one sort or another are practiced in nearly every religious ...
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  • The Second Epistle of Peter is a book of the New Testament attributed ... The dating of this epistle has proved very difficult. Commentaries ...
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  • The Apocalypse of Peter or Revelation of Peter is an example of popular ... the Revelation of Peter along with the Acts of Paul and the Shepherd of Hermas ...
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  • affirms that the Church is the Mystical Body of Christ. ... who live under the visible representative of Christ. However, there are ...
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  • , in theology, is the idea that members of a particular religious group ... The topic of antinomianism is quite complex because it involves the ...
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  • Paul of Tarsus (originally Saul of Tarsus), also known as Saint Paul ... There is also the apocryphal Acts of Paul and Thecla. However, scholars ...
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  • Woodwind instruments are a family of musical instruments within the ... a reed or a fipple. A woodwind may be made of any material, not just wood ...
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  • The Gospel of Luke (literally, according to Luke; Greek, Κατά ... stories on these themes, such as the Parable of the Prodigal Son and the Parable ...
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  • A Gentile is a non-Jew, the term being a common English translation ... who settled among the Jews. The Book of Leviticus thus commands: "The ...
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  • Didymus, meaning "Twin") was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus ... the nations. While Saints Peter and Paul were said to have brought ...
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  • writer, political philosopher and one of the Founding Fathers of the ... Throughout his adult life, Hancock gave of himself tirelessly to the cause ...
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  • The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from ... With the ratification of the Articles of Confederation in 1781, the ...
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  • 1946) is a Catholic Saint, the second person of Indian origin to be canonized ... Claims of her intervention began almost immediately upon her death ...
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  • "a time in between," a moment of undetermined period of time ... Kairos time is usually perceived as a time of crisis. With this in ...
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  • Shammai (50 B.C.E. – 30 C.E.) was a famous Jewish scholar of the ... Shammai's school became known as the House of Shammai (Beit Shammai ...
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  • 19, 1433 – October 1, 1499) was one of the most influential humanist ... Ficino introduced the concept of the immortality of the soul into ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • | name = History of Christianity | title = History of Christianity | bodyclass = hlist | state = autocollapse ...
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  • " Traditionally, the office of deacon originated in the selection ... Saint Lawrence, and Saint Francis of Assisi. Others became powerful ...
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  • 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 ...
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