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In Christianity, the disciples were originally the students of Jesus during his ministry, although the term can also be used to refer to anyone ...

The Gospel of Mark is an ancient koine Greek document that describes ... According to early Church tradition, c. 140 C.E., the author of the ...

The Last Supper was the final meal Jesus shared with his Twelve Apostles ... in which he says that he received Jesus' words at the supper ...

John the Apostle, also known as John the Divine and John the Son of ... According to the New Testament, John came from a family of fisherman ...

[[image:Baptism-christ.jpg|thumb|The Baptism of Christ, by Piero della ... Christians as being a prophet and forerunner of Jesus Christ. The New Testament ...

The Sermon on the Mount is believed to be a sermon given by Jesus ... that the sermon was meant as a summary of Jesus' teaching for Matthew ...

The term Bride of Christ is normally a metaphorical reference to the ... In the Roman Catholic Church, the image of the Church as Christ's ...

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 ...

The Parable of the Good Samaritan is a famous New Testament parable ... tells him. See also this section of Ministry of Jesus. This can be understood ...

The Epistle to the Philippians is a book of the New Testament in the ... salvation as resulting simply from faith in Jesus, but by sharing in Christ ...

Catherine Booth (January 17, 1829 – October 4, 1890) was the wife ... Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England, the daughter of John Mumford and Sarah Milward ...

popularity. After an eleven year ministry in a tenement area of New ... became a Baptist, attracted to their style of church organization which he ...

Hebrew: Mattay or Mattithyahu; "Gift of Yahweh"—first century ... Described as a tax collector working near the Sea of Galilee, Matthew ...

with a hierarchy that is engaged in the ministry and leadership of religious ... Members of holy orders, as leaders of their religious communities ...

Joseph (also Joseph the Betrothed, Joseph of Nazareth, and Joseph ... pregnancy but protected her and the unborn Jesus by accepting her as his wife ...

narrates an account of the life and ministry of Jesus of Nazareth. It describes ... authorship to Matthew the Evangelist, one of Jesus' twelve disciples ...

:This article is about the Christian sacrament of Baptism. For similar ... (baptízô), is a religious act of purification by water usually associated ...

ns/messiah/ministry.html The Ministry of Jesus: The Open Secret of ... quot; which posited that the ministry of Jesus has ushered in the ...

Papias (d. mid-second century) was one of the early literary figures ... The bishop of Hierapolis, Phrygia (in modern Turkey), Papias was highly ...

quot;An oath to my God") was the mother of John the Baptist and the wife ... Modern scholarship questions the historicity of Elizabeth's relationship ...

The Book of Mormon is one of the sacred texts of the Latter Day Saint ... Along with the Bible, the Book of Mormon is esteemed as part of the ...

rights activist. He was also the father of the legendary singer Aretha ... Born in rural Mississippi, Franklin was called to the ministry when ...

"Salvation is the Lord) is one of the greatest prophets of the ... seventh century B.C.E., he advised several of the kings of Judah. He warned ...

" Traditionally, the office of deacon originated in the selection ... Saint Lawrence, and Saint Francis of Assisi. Others became powerful ...

Monarchianism (also known as monarchism) refers to a heretical body ... Many theological explanations of the relationship between the Father ...

The Gospel of Mary is an ancient Christian text rediscovered by scholars ... exemplary disciple, a witness to the ministry of Jesus, a visionary of the ...

known as St. Judas or Jude Thaddeus, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus ... of one for the other during the ministry of Jesus to apostacy or death; ...

The New Testament is the name given to the second and final portion ... Each of the Gospels narrates the ministry of Jesus of Nazareth. None ...

The Harrowing of Hell is a doctrine in Christian theology, derived ... The "Harrowing of Hell" doctrine was especially popular ...

have even suggested that James the brother of Jesus (and perhaps Jesus himself ... has led to divergent interpretations of the Nazirites among Talmudic ...

) 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 ...

The Book of Zechariah is a book of the Hebrew Bible and Christian ... The eleventh of the 12 books of the minor prophets, the Book of Zechariah ...

Nazareth is the capital and largest city in the North District of ... hills that form the most southerly points of the Lebanon mountain range ...

Saint Anne (also Ann or Anna) was the mother of the Virgin Mary. Born of the ... According to the apocryphal Infancy Gospel of James, Anne and her husband ...

The Nag Hammadi library is a collection of early Christian gnostic ... Corpus Hermeticum and a partial translation of Plato's Republic. The ...

The Westminster Confession of Faith is a reformed confession of faith ... Abbey in order to provide advice on issues of worship, doctrine, government ...

Western clothing. That set the direction of his ministry, seeking to wear ... people with the life example and message of Jesus Christ. Reflecting on ...

The Book of Jeremiah, is part of the Hebrew Bible, and is also included ... Together with the books of Isaiah and Ezekiel, the Book of Jeremiah ...

Mary (מרים, Maryām, "Bitter") was the mother of Jesus ... Although she does not seem to have supported Jesus' public ministry ...

as the Lost Son, is about the inner nature of grace, and the transcendent ... These three parables address not only Jesus' reaction to the ...

26, 1827 - July 16, 1915) was co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church ... A contemporary of Mary Baker Eddy (founder of Christian Science) and ...

this direction he helped lay the foundations of modern Korea. ... Henry Appenzeller was the second of three sons born to Gideon and ...

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 ...

Absolution is the act of receiving forgiveness for one's sins ... Ancient Jewish religion involved rites of priestly sacrifice of animal ...

emphasized the serving and healing ministry of Jesus as a model for the ... today. The Social Gospel emphasizes living Jesus' teaching to "love ...

Much of the ministry of Jesus occurred in the area around the Sea ... Much of the ministry of Jesus occurred on the shores of Lake Galilee ...

The virgin birth of Jesus is a religious tenet of Christianity and ... writings to the infancy and even the ministry of Jesus may be seen as fitting ...

missionary in South America, belonging to of the Order of Friars Minor ... Born near Cordoba, Spain, he joined the Franciscans at the age of ...

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 ...

quot;my messenger") is a book of the Hebrew Bible traditionally ... Nothing is known of Malachi's personal life, or indeed if he ...

The First Epistle to Timothy is one of the three Pastoral Epistles ... While Paul is traditionally recognized as the author of 1Timothy, ...

Confession of sins is the public or spoken acknowledgment of either ... The practice of confession in the Judeo-Christian tradition goes back ...

that serve the spiritual aspirations of its adherents, and mark dispensational ... defines a sacrament as “an outward sign of an inward (invisible) grace ...

Apostolic succession refers to the Christian practice of appointing ... Due to the sacramental theology of these churches, only bishops and ...

The Gospel of John, (literally, According to John; Greek, Κατά ... Of the four gospels, John is the only one that presents a true christology ...

The Divine Principle or Exposition of the Divine Principle (in Korean ... The Divine Principle follows the format of systematic theology, basing ...

In the Hebrew Bible, the Book of Jonah is the fifth in a series of ... figure who probably lived during the reign of Jeroboam II (786-746 B.C.E ...

Peter, and Cephas—original name Simeon son of Jonah—was one of the Twelve ... Peter was a Galilean fisherman assigned a leadership role by Jesus ...

Saint Ignatius of Loyola, also known as Ignacio (Íñigo) López de ... the hierarchical Church was in dire need of reform, and some of their greatest ...

revivalist," was a major leader of the Second Great Awakening ... Finnney ignited a wave of spiritual transformation among a sector ...

Blasphemy is the defamation of the name of one or more gods. In a ... In Judaism, blasphemy is the uttering of God's name and/or speaking ...

who served as the last General-Secretary of the International Missionary ... order, that bishops, symbolizing unity of faith and practice, can gather ...

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 ...

experience with God through the baptism of the Holy Spirit, as described ... "On the day of Pentecost, seven weeks after Jesus' resurrection ...

The Jesus Seminar refers to a group of "scholars with advanced ... One of the most active groups in biblical criticism, [http://www.religioustolerance ...

The Community of Christ, formerly known as the Reorganized Church ... dedicated to justice, outreach and youth. As of 2006, the Community of Christ ...

and Israel. Ethnically, they are descendents of the inhabitants of ancient ... were despised by the Judean Jews; however, Jesus used the parable of the ...

ordinary washing, hand washing, or washing of the body. By extension, ablutions ... Ablutions of one sort or another are practiced in nearly every religious ...

century and, along with Andrews Norton, one of Unitarianism's leading ... Ralph Waldo Emerson and other proponents of Transcendentalism, like Oliver ...

The Holy Spirit refers to the third person of the Trinity in Christianity ... The Trinitarian doctrine of the Holy Spirit as a distinct "person ...

membership, known as Salvationists, of over 1 million consisting of ... The theology of the Salvation Army is derived from that of Methodism ...

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 ...

The historicity of Jesus concerns the historical authenticity of Jesus ... of biblical scholars argue that Jesus never existed as a historical ...

[[Image:Slc mormon tempel.jpg|thumb|right|345px|The Salt Lake Temple ... The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, widely known as the ...

The Book of Hosea is one of the books of the Hebrew Bible and the ... In the early chapters of the book, Hosea marries the unfaithful "woman ...

The Book of Isaiah is one of the books of the Hebrew Bible and the ... In the first 39 chapters, Isaiah prophesies doom for a sinful Kingdom ...

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are a group of mythical riders ... The vision of the Four Horsemen describes events related to the Last ...

Athanasius of Alexandria (also spelled "Athanasios") (c. 296 C.E. ... – May 2, 373 C.E.) was a Christian bishop—the Patriarch of Alexandria—in ...

or local government agencies as part of public education, are the most ... or lack thereof, prior to the establishment of public schools impacts their ...

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 ...

Christian ecstasy: Apostles receive the gift of tongues (Acts 2)]] bishops leading the Church, and the practice of ecstatic worship in which its ...

The Dome of the Rock (Arabic: مسجد قبة الصخرة, translit ... The Dome of the Rock has a striking presence in the holy city of Jerusalem ...

reformer, who dedicated more than 40 years of his life to the education of ... throughout France. A strong proponent of reading and universal education ...

The Jesus myth hypothesis, or simply Jesus myth, refers to the theory ... it carries little weight among the majority of modern historians and scholars ...

best known for his books The Meaning of Revelation (1941), Christ and ... H. Richard Niebuhr was raised in Missouri, the youngest of five children ...

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 ...

The Book of Ezekiel is a book of the Hebrew Bible named after the ... Ezekiel taught that people of Judah must not resist the Babylonian ...

It is a time of somber reflection, fasting, and spiritual preparation ... foods and festivities, and by other acts of penance. Historically, the ...

Bauer was also a pioneering figure in the development of biblical ... Thuringia in Saxe-Altenburg, the son of a painter in a porcelain factory ...

Easter, also called Pascha, commemorates the resurrection of Jesus ... Easter also refers to the season of the church year, called Eastertide ...

Standard Hebrew Yirməyáhu), was one of the "greater prophets ... The name Jeremiah means "Raised-up/Appointed of the Lord.” ...

) is a major Jewish festival, also known as Succoth, Sukkos, the Feast ... in the wilderness under the leadership of Moses. However, it may have ...

Paul of Tarsus (originally Saul of Tarsus), also known as Saint Paul ... before his conversion was a great persecutor of Christians. His experience ...

such as the Trinity, hellfire, immortality of the soul, and clergy-laity ... The name "Jehovah’s Witnesses" is derived from a number ...

Rights protesters were shot by the soldiers of the British Parachute Regiment ... that those shot at were all unarmed. Five of those wounded were shot in the back. ...

or "garland of roses" [http://books.google.com/books?id=eqkFAAAAQAAJ ... practice, which denotes both a set of prayer beads and the devotional ...

Gotama), also called Shakyamuni (“sage of the Shakyas,” in Pali "śakamuṇi ... Etymologically, the term Buddha is the past participle of the Sanskrit ...

or event that goes against the ordinary laws of physics, which are especially ... but beneficial event (such as the survival of a natural disaster), or even ...

archbishop, missionary, and confessor of the Spanish queen-regnant Isabella ... retreats. Claret founded the Congregation of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate ...

The Historic Centre of Lima is the portion of the city of Lima, Peru ... important city in the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru, established by Charles ...

Prize for Literature. He is regarded as one of the first contemporary writers ... Born into a lower middle-class Muslim family in the Gamaleyya quarter ...

The gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke are referred to as the synoptic ... to literary interdependence. The question of the precise nature of their ...

Lex Talionis (Latin for "law of retaliation") is the principle ... At the root of the non-biblical form of this principle is the belief ...

Pope Saint Caius, or Gaius, was the bishop of Rome from December 17 ... was later turned into the historic Church of Santa Susanna, which stands ...

some Christians, that claims that at the end of time when Jesus Christ returns ... millennial kingdom to take over rulership of the world for a thousand years ...

Jewish theologian to address the impact of the events of the Holocaust ... thought. He argued that the experience of the Holocaust shattered the ...

in the Hebrew Bible during the period of Jewish exile in Babylon. reasons. He is regarded as the author of much of the Biblical "Book ...

Leroy Eldridge Cleaver (August 31, 1935 – May 1, 1998) was a leader ... In his book, Soul on Fire, he renounced many of his former attitudes ...

believes that the second coming (or Advent) of Jesus Christ is imminent. Seventh ... The Seventh-day Adventists are active advocates for freedom of religion ...

Ashkenazic pronunciation), is the weekly day of rest in Judaism, some forms ... was a point of controversy in the ministry of Jesus. Although an observant ...

The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu, "S.J.," "S ... the "Black Pope" after the color of the Jesuit habit) has occasionally ...

), or Jesus in the New Testament, is considered to be a Messenger ... Muslims believe that Jesus will return to earth near the Day of Judgment ...

E. – after 39 C.E.), was a Jewish princess of the Herodian Dynasty and queen ... The granddaughter of Herod the Great, Herodias was first married to ...

Jesus Christ, also known as Jesus of Nazareth or simply Jesus, is ... As might be expected with a man of this stature, partial understandings ...

The Thirty-nine Articles of Religion, commonly called the Thirty-Nine ... Established by Convocation of the Church in 1563, under the direction ...

[[File:The Fox and the Grapes.jpg|thumb|300px|In the fable of "The ... beliefs, in order to reduce the amount of dissonance (conflict) between ...

George Fox (July 1624 – January 13, 1691), founder of the Religious ... Fox's teachings opposed the the rationalism common in religion ...

The Baptist Church is a Christian denomination—or group of denominations—that ... The focus of Baptist church services is the proclamation of the Gospel ...

Ralph Abernathy and Martin Luther King were best of friends, partners ... Church and announced his call to the ministry of Jesus Christ. ...

The Defenestrations of Prague refers to either of two incidents with ... 1618, although the term "Defenestration of Prague" is more commonly ...

Calvinist lines following his experience of working with John Calvin in ... Many of the details of Knox's early life are unclear. His place ...

The Epistle to Titus is a book of the New Testament, one of the three ... are truly by the Apostle, due to issues of style, circumstance, and references ...

Saint Clare of Assisi (also Claire of Assisi), born Chiara Offreduccio ... the order for nearly 40 years through a life of service and absolute poverty ...

Born in Haarlem, North Holland, she was one of the leaders of the Dutch resistance ... In December of 1967, Corrie ten Boom received recognition from the ...

The Book of Revelation, also called Revelation to John or Apocalypse ... Revelation is composed of two main sections. The first is a message ...

The Religious Society of Friends, whose members are known as Quakers ... with the existing denominations and sects of Christianity. Historians generally ...

Mother Teresa, in full Saint Teresa of Calcutta, (born Agnesa Gonxha ... Her supporters sometimes referred to her as the "Angel of Mercy ...

writer who is best known for his development of Christian realism. As he served ... theological ethics acknowledges the reality of human sinfulness a bit too ...

day Libya, the oldest and most important of the five Greek cities in the ... Cyrene became one of the great intellectual centers of the classical ...

Baptist minister, known as the "father of modern missions." Carey ... Among those who assisted in the task of Bible translation was Ram ...

Baptist minister. He is considered one of the most influential Christian ... work reached beyond a narrow understanding of Christianity, embracing people ...

2009) was an American scholar, a professor of philosophy and prolific author ... He was known for his academic research into a wide range of philosophical ...

7, 1573 - January 10, 1645) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1633 to 1645 ... Laud wanted the reconciliation of all Christians, hoped and prayed ...

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 ...

It is also called Aotearoa or the "Land of the Long White Cloud" ... 270,000 km², is about the same as that of Colorado and somewhat smaller ...

method and its application to the study of human nature. Thus, he supported ... Hall was the first president of the American Psychological Association ...

which male members predominate in positions of power. The term "patriarchy ... patriarchy suggests, this categorization of societal structure is developed ...

(May 2, 1772 – March 25, 1801), was one of the earliest of the German ... Low German nobility. In the different lines of his family, many important ...

North Pyeongan Province, which is now part of North Korea. He founded the ... teachings are published as the Exposition of the Divine Principle (1996). ...

clergyman generally regarded as the founder of the Catholic Apostolic Church ... Irving is sometimes referred to as a forerunner of the Charismatic ...

Protestant Reformation and is the namesake of the system of Christian theology ... John Calvin was a leader of the Swiss protestant reformation. Reformed ...

for his contribution to the phenomenology of religious consciousness and ... *The Life and Ministry of Jesus, Chicago 1908. *The Idea of the Holy ...

and author, widely recognized as the founder of Reform Judaism in the United ... United States in 1846. An early supporter of reforms such as mixed-gender ...

Saint Anthony the Great (251 - 356 C.E.), also known as Saint Anthony ... Athanasius's Vita Antonii - the source of many tales of his spirtual ...

Pacific Ocean state have a total land area of 92.7 square miles (240 sq km). National defense is the responsibility of New Zealand, in consultation ...

Ephrem the Syrian (306 – 373) was a deacon, prolific writer of hymns ... Ephrem wrote a wide variety of hymns, poems, and homilies in verse ...

and a national spokesman for the Nation of Islam. He was also founder ... As a fiery, socio-political critic of American Christianity's ...

Simon Magus, also known as Simon the Sorcerer and Simon of Gitta, ... The figure of Simon appears prominently in the accounts of several ...

painter who was born in Belarus, then part of the Russian Empire. Among the celebrated painters of the twentieth century, Chagall is ...

Christianity. Not content to be a member of the religious "flock, ... #039;s largest cities, preaching to tens of thousands and (not incidentally ...

John Wesley (June 17, 1703-March 2, 1791) was the central figure of ... life bridged the Reformation and modern eras of Christianity. His near death ...

different Christian denominations conceive of as being the true body of Christians ... despite the fact that it is composed of multiple churches or denominations ...

apologist, moral philosopher and the author of Fifteen Sermons (1726) and ... Butler defended natural and revealed religion through a doctrine of ...

al-Quds) is an ancient Middle Eastern city of key importance to the religions ... From 1948 until the Six-Day War of 1967, Jerusalem was a divided city ...

The Book of Haggai is one of the Books of the Minor Prophets in the ... Like many other texts in the prophetic corpus, little is known of ...

adversaries into friends and resolve issues of injustice and oppression. Gandhi ... Gandhi's philosophy of satyagraha also had a profound impact ...

as either the "hidden imam" of Islam or the "Gateway ... The son of a merchant from Shiraz, Iran, the Báb announced himself ...

Pio of Pietrelcina (May 25, 1887 – September 23, 1968) was a Capuchin ... Pio is renowned among Roman Catholics as one of the Church's ...

Quito, officially San Francisco de Quito, is the capital city of Ecuador ... Quito is considered to have one of the oldest and best preserved colonial ...

June 10, 1940), West Indian spokesman of black nationalism and economic ... By enlarging upon the philosophy of Booker T. Washington, Garvey became ...

in Latin as Ambrosius, was successful bishop of Milan, who was later recognized ... In the beginning of his life, Ambrose embarked upon a career in law ...

Athos comes under the direct jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate ... Though land-linked, the habitable peninsula of Mount Athos is accessible ...

penalty; or grant clemency, or the lessening of the punishment, by means of ... Public debate invariable surrounds the pardoning of a criminal, despite ...

territories, establishing the Empire of the Great Qing. The Qing Dynasty ... with Han Chinese culture, and saw the height of Imperial Chinese influence ...

Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country ... A small, landlocked country located in the heart of South America ...

(The Long Day Wanes), on the dying days of Britain's empire in the ... He wrote critical studies of Joyce, Hemingway, Shakespeare and Lawrence ...

The Dominican Order, originally known as the Order of Preachers, is ... Aquinas, Albertus Magnus, St. Catherine of Siena, and Girolamo Savonarola ...

Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, PC (March 11 ... Wilson is generally recognized as a man of profound intellect but ...

which would empower and mobilize much of the urban black population ... but has now included Biko in the pantheon of the struggle's heroes ...

any male person who has taken religious vows of poverty and celibacy in order ... There are several specific categories of monks including cenobites ...

City. Founded by the Roman Catholic Diocese of New York in 1841 as St. John ... With a long tradition of excellence in academics and theology, Fordham ...

(Narkompros) responsible for the Ministry of Education. In addition ... His brother-in-law was Alexander Bogdanov, a close associate of Vladimir ...

every prominent French intellectual of his day, including Raymond ... Kojeve's reading of Hegel was an anthropologizing one that emphasized ...

Saint Gregory of Nazianzus (329–January 25, 389 C.E.), also known ... The promulgation of his (at times contested) theological perspectives ...

KGB (transliteration of "КГБ") is the Russian-language ... intelligence (internal security) division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ...

The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican (popularly known as Vatican ... the Council impacted virtually every element of Catholic life, as they included ...

It occupies a continental surface area of 1,078,000 square miles (2 ... silver, and was based upon the legend of Sierra del Plata—a mountain ...

==Evolution of the glyph== as the number represents. The Romans tired of writing 4 as IIII, but 3 continues ...

Freedom of religion is a political principle guaranteeing freedom ... The Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations ...

Protestants, Catholics, and a small number of Orthodox Christians. Although ... The Nestorians were accepted in China because of their ability to ...

The relationship between church and state is the institutional form ... Jesus' command to "Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's ...

Alexandria, with a population of 4.1 million, is the second-largest ... Ancient Alexandria was a thriving Greco-Roman city, one of the most ...

a French journalist, the founder and editor of the radical newspaper Le Père ... Hébert's thousands of followers were known as the Hébertists ...

Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945) was Chancellor of ... imposed by France and England at the Treaty of Versailles. The economic disaster ...

quot;), officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked, mountainous ... During World War I in the western portion of Armenia, Ottoman Turkey ...

The Mennonites are a group of Christian Anabaptist denominations named ... There were about 1.5 million Mennonites worldwide as of 2006. Mennonite ...

The Protocols of the Elders of Zion ( "Протоколы сионских ... Scholars generally agree that the Okhrana, the secret police of the ...

Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island nation ... Archaeologists place the first arrival of humans on the island to ...

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in South America ... 1990, the country has been relatively free of the coups common to many of ...

David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor, OM, PC (January ... . The same year, he introduced National Insurance to cover the cost ...

the southwest, and the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Bothnia in the east. It is ... (including the Swedish-controlled areas of what is today Finland), were ...

is a landlocked territory on the west bank of the Jordan River in the Middle East. The area is regarded by many Jews as the birthplace of the Jewish ...

) refers to India's smallest state in terms of area and the fourth ... ranks the largest city. The historic city of Margao still exhibits the influence ...

The State of Israel (in Hebrew "Medinat Yisra'el," ... Israel declared its independence in 1948. With a diverse population ...

was the first and most prominent leader of a reform movement in sixteenth ... He came to this understanding over the course of a long and tortuous ...

factions within Bosnia and Herzegovina, each of which claimed to represent ... Since the war in Bosnia is a consequence of events in the wider region ...

by many as the greatest American leader of the twentieth century. His ... close to his birthday, King is only one of three Americans to have a national ...

and revolutionary. He governed the Republic of Cuba for 47 years as Prime ... and counter-revolution, including the Bay of Pigs Invasion of 1961. In response ...

15, 1810) was a noted writer and critic of British children's literature ... intent on promoting the Established Church of Britain and on teaching young ...

site in Istanbul, Turkey. The last of three church buildings to be ... Eastern Orthodox until the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453. It ...

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, commonly called Jordan, is an Arab ... A young nation, Jordan occupies an area considered one of the 15 cradle ...

born October 1, 1924) was the 39th President of the United States (1977–1981 ... As President, his major accomplishments included the consolidation ...

bend in each arm. Archaeological evidence of swastika-shaped ornaments dates ... Though once commonly used all over much of the world without stigma ...

is on the Pacific Ocean, while the east side of the country is on the Caribbean Sea. The country's name is derived from "Nicarao," the name ...

professor and theologian, a key leader of the Lutheran Reformation, and ... reformation may not have met with the level of success it enjoyed. ...

Los Angeles is the largest city in the state of California and the ... in the United States. The citizens of Los Angeles speak more than ...

to the systematic persecution and genocide of the Jews, other minority groups ... . The commonly used figure for the number of Jewish victims is six million ...

movements that are concerned with notions of cultural decline or decadence ... Fascists promote a type of national unity that is usually based on ...

de France, giving it the title "History of Systems of Thought," and ... Michel Foucault is best known for his critical studies of various ...

Homosexuality refers to sexual interaction between individuals of ... and sexual expression between individuals of the same sex. Today attitudes ...

The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a lunar ... a calendar based on the true motions of both the sun and moon, calculated ...

are usually credited with being the founders of analytic philosophy. A prolific ... Russell was born at the height of Britain's economic and political ...

reflecting the contemporary pronunciation of Japanese) ... was a Japanese samurai and retainer of Date Masamune, the daimyo of ...

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ( المملكة العربية السعودية ... The Kingdom is sometimes called "The Land of The Two Holy Mosques ...

The land within the borders of today's Portuguese Republic has ... Asia and South America, Portugal was one of the world's major economic ...

Iran (ايران, Īrān), officially the Islamic Republic of Iran ... The history of Iran covers over four thousand years. Throughout history ...

) was a parliament of the French Revolution, following the two-year ... The Convention came about in the wake of the King's Flight to ...

) is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous ... Mexico City is one of the most important cultural and financial centers ...

mines increasingly financed a long series of European and North African ... The Peace of Utrecht (1713) stripped Spain of its remaining territories ...

Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain ( Reino de España (both bordering Morocco). It is the largest of the three sovereign nations ...