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- Cardinals are high ranking ecclesiastical officials in the Roman Catholic ... Cardinals also run the Church's archdioceses as well as the Roman ...9 KB (1,483 words) - 19:13, 26 November 2023
- He obtained a scholarship to the College of the Holy Cross and was named an ... a scholarship offer from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts ...19 KB (2,900 words) - 05:45, 16 November 2023
- flourished as a church musician during the often stormy sixteenth century ... that he was born around 1505, toward the close of the reign of Henry ...6 KB (933 words) - 22:55, 30 April 2023
- born Australian Catholic priest, Archbishop of Melbourne for 46 years, and ... In 1895 he was appointed to the chair of Moral theology, and in 1903 ...12 KB (1,842 words) - 18:15, 24 January 2024
- The filioque clause is a heavily disputed part of Christian trinitarian ... Underlying the theological question were issues such as the struggle ...16 KB (2,507 words) - 19:46, 26 March 2024
- generally in undergraduate studies. Although the genesis for what is known ... as educated adults. Originally designed for the elite of society, the thinkers ...23 KB (3,427 words) - 11:01, 7 March 2023
- :For Saint Bridgid of Sweden, see Bridget of Sweden. {{Infobox Saint ... Saint Brigid of Kildare or Brigid of Ireland (also: Brigit, Bridget ...15 KB (2,296 words) - 23:07, 20 November 2023
- Saint Photius, or Saint Photius the Great (Greek: Φώτιος, Phōtios ... in Constantinople, Photius was appointed to the patriarchate in the midst ...13 KB (1,970 words) - 00:51, 23 December 2022
- role as a fast-talking newspaper reporter in the Howard Hawks screwball comedy ... Russell epitomized the highest qualities aspired of every performer ...12 KB (1,728 words) - 19:15, 16 December 2022
- Saint Benedict of Nursia (c. 480 – c. 547) was a major Christian ... Benedict founded 12 monastic communities, the best known being Monte Cassino ...20 KB (3,232 words) - 09:12, 27 September 2023
- Among Jews and Christians, the burning bush is a biblical representation ... As a powerful religious symbol, the burning bush represents many things ...11 KB (1,770 words) - 06:58, 21 April 2023
- A papal conclave is the process by which the Roman Catholic Church ... In the early centuries of Christianity, the bishop of Rome (like other ...41 KB (6,415 words) - 11:21, 11 March 2023
- Christian doctrine, which claims that during the Eucharistic meal, the sacramental ... The doctrine of Transubstantiation was criticized or misinterpreted ...30 KB (4,681 words) - 02:14, 2 May 2023
- Mary Magdalene is described, both in the canonical New Testament and ... Mary Magdalene's name identifies her as the "Mary of Magdala ...24 KB (3,839 words) - 16:10, 7 November 2022
- Saint Bridget or Bridgid of Sweden (1303 – July 23, 1373), born ... From a young age she kept records of what came to be known as her ...16 KB (2,415 words) - 23:04, 20 November 2023
- an American sportscaster known primarily as the long-time play-by-play announcer ... high school at Marmion Academy and college at Bradley University. He ...11 KB (1,717 words) - 21:00, 9 December 2023
- The Rhodes Scholarship is an international award for study at the ... In the context of what has been called the Scramble for Africa, Rhodes ...17 KB (2,434 words) - 20:03, 8 December 2022
- The Honorable Robert Boyle (January 25, 1627 – December 30, 1691 ... At the same time, Boyle was convinced of the existence of God and ...20 KB (3,111 words) - 21:10, 16 April 2023
- The Salvation Army is a Christian church and international charitable ... The theology of the Salvation Army is derived from that of Methodism ...30 KB (4,473 words) - 17:27, 30 April 2023
- revivalist," was a major leader of the Second Great Awakening ... Finnney ignited a wave of spiritual transformation among a sector ...24 KB (3,726 words) - 19:08, 4 December 2023
- a powerful English statesman and a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. ... Wolsey became involved in furthering the political ambitions of Henry ...31 KB (4,953 words) - 20:23, 31 October 2022
- Folke Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg (January 2, 1895 – September ... After achieving a truce a truce in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War he began ...32 KB (4,734 words) - 22:38, 5 May 2020
- The Order of the Knights of Columbus is the world's largest Roman ... and dedicated to the principles of Charity, Unity, Fraternity, and ...33 KB (5,125 words) - 23:21, 3 March 2023
- Catholic Christian missionary and co-founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuit ... In 1529, while attending the University of Paris, Xavier became acquainted ...15 KB (2,402 words) - 04:52, 9 April 2024
- Negative theology (also known as Apophatic theology) is a method of ... based on two common presuppositions: Given the vast magnitude of divinity ...18 KB (2,832 words) - 16:09, 11 November 2022
- The Battle of Lepanto took place on October 7, 1571 when a galley ... fought solely between rowing vessels was one of history's most decisive ...28 KB (4,326 words) - 10:04, 22 September 2023
- Saint Ignatius of Loyola, also known as Ignacio (Íñigo) López de ... Ignatius and the early Jesuits recognized that the hierarchical Church ...26 KB (4,095 words) - 19:47, 22 December 2022
- The Dominican Order, originally known as the Order of Preachers, is ... Established to preach the Gospel and to combat heresy, the order is ...21 KB (3,178 words) - 17:16, 30 January 2024
- 11, 1303), born Benedetto Caetani, was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from ... other Pope's were also related. By the time he became Pope, he had ...14 KB (2,378 words) - 07:22, 17 November 2023
- Antwerp, a city and municipality in Belgium, lies on the River Scheldt ... Antwerp has long been an important city in the nations of the Benelux ...22 KB (3,301 words) - 05:47, 11 August 2023
- from 1926 until his death in 1977. One of the first multi-media stars ... Crosby's recording of Irving Berlin's "White Christmas ...19 KB (2,966 words) - 17:48, 31 October 2023
- and guru. He was instrumental in bringing the teachings of meditation and ... He brought a more spiritual, as opposed to dogmatic, understanding ...22 KB (3,146 words) - 07:48, 18 November 2022
- a Franciscan theologian, philospher, general of the Franciscan Friars Minor ... He rejected Aristotle’s concept of the eternity of the world, ...20 KB (3,032 words) - 07:21, 17 November 2023
- English composer. He was a student at the Royal College of Music and ... He was a musical patriot who believed strongly in the importance of ...18 KB (2,733 words) - 00:30, 8 December 2022
- The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu, "S.J.," "S ... Jesuits are required to pledge allegiance to the Pope but their intellectual ...45 KB (6,894 words) - 21:50, 30 January 2023
- and university educator. He was a pioneer in the field of secular religious ... Smart became widely known outside the academy, at least in Britain ...21 KB (3,067 words) - 09:56, 11 March 2023
- (May 18, 1920 – April 2, 2005), reigned as the two-hundred-and-sixty-fourth ... Communism, and he is often credited as one of the forces contributing to ...28 KB (4,343 words) - 03:06, 2 May 2024
- Christmas Eve is the evening or day before Christmas Day, the widely ... Christmas Eve is celebrated in different ways around the world, varying ...27 KB (4,071 words) - 21:38, 10 December 2023
- activist who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid ... He was generally credited with coining the term "Rainbow Nation ...30 KB (4,335 words) - 09:58, 29 January 2024
- May Day occurs on May 1 and refers to any of several public holidays ... Today, May Day is celebrated in several European nations and the United ...20 KB (3,175 words) - 09:20, 10 March 2023
- church that traditionally contained the seat of a bishop. The great ... a visual Axis Mundi for connecting with the Divine. Furthermore, they ...26 KB (4,257 words) - 00:10, 1 December 2023
- American sculptor. She was a master of naturalistic animal sculpture ... Huntington is recognized as one of America's finest animaliers ...28 KB (4,145 words) - 06:44, 28 July 2023
- name=Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg| native_name=Albert-Ludwigs ... Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg (German Albert-Ludwigs-Universität ...21 KB (2,957 words) - 05:02, 17 June 2023
- Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090 - August 21, 1153) was a French abbot ... Devoted to the veneration of the Virgin Mary, Bernard is credited ...26 KB (4,066 words) - 16:03, 29 September 2023
- also an important courtier and politician at the court of Louis XIV. Bossuet was a staunch advocate of the theory of political absolutism; ...26 KB (4,115 words) - 12:30, 6 November 2021
- The term monastery (from Greek: μοναστήριον (monastērion ... governed by community rules that stipulate the gender of the inhabitants ...53 KB (8,288 words) - 19:55, 9 November 2022
- Malta, officially Republic of Malta, is a small and densely populated ... a long and turbulent history. Situated in the middle of the Mediterranean ...35 KB (5,045 words) - 06:40, 5 November 2022
- A sauna session is usually a social affair in which the participants ... The word sauna is also used metaphorically to describe an unusually ...15 KB (2,539 words) - 17:06, 23 December 2022
- came to public notice when he vindicated the defeat and murder of Charles ... Kitchener was born in Ballylongford, County Kerry, in Ireland, son ...25 KB (3,907 words) - 14:28, 9 February 2022
- writer who is best known for his development of Christian realism. As he served ... #039;s theological ethics acknowledges the reality of human sinfulness ...32 KB (4,798 words) - 03:06, 8 December 2022
