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- Christian symbolism is defined as the investing of outward things ... The symbol of the Cross has been revered by Christians but controversial ...18 KB (2,807 words) - 21:08, 10 December 2023
- Julian of Norwich (c. November 8, 1342 – c. 1416) is considered ... At the age of 30, suffering from a severe illness and believing she ...13 KB (2,141 words) - 20:48, 17 April 2023
- object or symbol associated with Jesus Christ. In earliest Grail literature ... The quest for the Holy Grail makes up an important segment of the ...17 KB (2,819 words) - 16:11, 25 January 2023
- Saint Teresa of the Andes, known formally as Saint Teresa of Jesus ... Sister Teresa received a premonition of her death after only a year ...8 KB (1,399 words) - 00:53, 23 December 2022
- The Veil of Veronica, known in Italian as the Volto Santo or Holy ... origins are more likely to be found in image of Jesus associated with the Eastern ...20 KB (3,228 words) - 14:45, 3 May 2023
- The Epistle to the Galatians is a book of the New Testament. It is ... The letter indicates that some of the Galatians had been influenced ...16 KB (2,432 words) - 19:12, 13 February 2024
- Protestantism encompasses forms of Christian faith and practice that ... transformed into the body and blood of Christ. However, they disagreed ...23 KB (3,274 words) - 08:17, 2 December 2022
- :This article is about the Christian sacrament of Baptism. For similar ... (baptízô), is a religious act of purification by water usually associated ...24 KB (3,694 words) - 07:45, 20 September 2023
- The original context of the term scapegoat was a Jewish purification ... The modern (almost clichéd) use of the term to describe an individual ...26 KB (4,249 words) - 02:32, 21 April 2023
- " Legend maintains that St. Thomas, one of the Twelve apostles of Christ ... The Portuguese built the shrine of Mother Mary, a small relic-filled ...9 KB (1,390 words) - 16:21, 8 February 2023
- meanings. The first describes the members of the early Christian movement ... Jewish Christians predominated in the movement of early Christianity ...32 KB (4,998 words) - 08:45, 3 April 2024
- Yom Kippur (Hebrew:יוֹם כִּפּוּר meaning Day of Atonement ... (Leviticus 23:27) and it is said to be one of the Yamim Noraim (meaning: ...20 KB (3,188 words) - 16:40, 4 June 2023
- The Peasants' Revolt, Tyler’s Rebellion, or the Great Rising ... military campaigns overseas—a continuation of the Hundred Years' War ...8 KB (1,321 words) - 07:09, 23 November 2022
- [[Image:Legend of the Jew calling the Devil from a Vessel of Blood ... to the words "This is the blood of Christ." Propaganda arguing ...24 KB (3,634 words) - 18:14, 31 October 2023
- located in Bourges, France. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Bourges. The cathedral is noted for its unique feats of architecture, impressive sculptures ...11 KB (1,625 words) - 19:58, 20 November 2023
- A Texas native, Nelson and two other well-known golfers of the time ... in 1945. He retired officially at the age of 34 to be a rancher, later becoming ...13 KB (1,951 words) - 19:11, 24 November 2023
- ordinary washing, hand washing, or washing of the body. By extension, ablutions ... remainder of the Gifts (the Body and Blood of Christ eaten during the Eucharist ...20 KB (3,118 words) - 04:49, 14 June 2023
- the founder and first General (1878-1912) of The Salvation Army. Originally ... Booth was born in Sneinton, Nottingham, England, the only son of four ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 15:41, 6 May 2023
- 6, 2002) was, for over 35 years, one of America's leading anti ... priest. In the 1960s, he found the focus of his life's work in the ...14 KB (2,125 words) - 14:50, 28 March 2023
- ], pentekostē [hēmera], "the fiftieth day") is one of ... derives from the Greek name for Shavuot, one of the three Jewish Pilgrimage ...19 KB (3,024 words) - 07:22, 23 November 2022
- such as the Trinity, hellfire, immortality of the soul, and clergy-laity ... The name "Jehovah’s Witnesses" is derived from a number ...37 KB (5,392 words) - 01:06, 9 February 2023
- Catherine Booth (January 17, 1829 – October 4, 1890) was the wife ... Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England, the daughter of John Mumford and Sarah Milward ...9 KB (1,475 words) - 16:14, 3 December 2023
- a leading scholastic theologian and bishop of the twelfth century. His philosophical ... Peter Lombard upheld the use of reason in interpreting dogma, while ...10 KB (1,536 words) - 01:35, 24 November 2022
- According to the Christian Gospels, Joseph of Arimathea is the person ... and two cruets, one holding the blood of Christ, and the other his sweat ...19 KB (3,085 words) - 05:03, 7 May 2024
- [[Image:Slc mormon tempel.jpg|thumb|right|345px|The Salt Lake Temple ... wine) in remembrance of the body and blood of Christ—is offered weekly. ...28 KB (4,522 words) - 21:59, 10 December 2023
- some Christians, that claims that at the end of time when Jesus Christ returns ... belong to premillennialism that holds that Christ will return and bring the ...32 KB (4,883 words) - 17:23, 16 April 2023
- Christian theology and has been the subject of numerous works of art, most ... revelation. In the gospels' description of the Last Supper, Jesus is depicted ...14 KB (2,247 words) - 15:39, 30 April 2023
- Pope Saint Stephen I served as bishop of Rome from May 12, 254 to ... The Christian church of Stephen's time was torn by a major schism ...11 KB (1,719 words) - 00:24, 12 April 2023
- was born at Harrowden (one mile south-east of Bedford, Bedfordshire), in ... He preferred to face and endure years of imprisonment at great sacrifice ...14 KB (2,215 words) - 04:30, 3 August 2022
- Apollonius of Tyana (Greek: Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ Τυανεύς ... was educated at Tarsus and at the Temple of Aesculapius at Aegae, where ...13 KB (2,013 words) - 15:49, 11 August 2023
- Apostolic succession refers to the Christian practice of appointing ... offering the sacrifice of the Body and Blood of Christ, the church of Rome ...31 KB (4,731 words) - 02:04, 9 January 2023
- Testament apocrypha, as a devoted disciple of Jesus. She is considered by ... Mary Magdalene's name identifies her as the "Mary of Magdala ...24 KB (3,839 words) - 16:10, 7 November 2022
- Rosslyn Chapel, properly named the Collegiate Church of St Matthew ... Built 150 years after the dissolution of the Knights Templar, the structure ...15 KB (2,311 words) - 22:26, 16 December 2022
- Margaret (1283 – 1290), usually known as the Maid of Norway, literally ... She was the daughter of King Eirik II of Norway and Margaret, daughter ...12 KB (1,837 words) - 05:29, 5 November 2022
- The Book of Revelation, also called Revelation to John or Apocalypse ... Revelation is composed of two main sections. The first is a message ...34 KB (5,503 words) - 00:39, 19 November 2023
- The Merovingians were a dynasty of Frankish kings who ruled a frequently ... Latinised as Meroveus or Merovius), leader of the Salian Franks from c. 447 ...14 KB (2,134 words) - 16:14, 9 November 2022
- Easter. It commemorates the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem in the ... used to designate the day. The difficulty of procuring palms for that day ...17 KB (2,712 words) - 06:25, 18 November 2022
- 11, 1303), born Benedetto Caetani, was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from ... He was elected in 1294 after Pope Celestine V (Peter of Morone) abdicated ...14 KB (2,378 words) - 07:22, 17 November 2023
- It is a time of somber reflection, fasting, and spiritual preparation ... vesperal service some of the Body and Blood of Christ reserved the previous ...19 KB (2,974 words) - 20:02, 25 October 2022
- [[File:Drawing of William de Marisco.jpg|right|thumb|300px|As illustrated ... penalty ordained in England for the crime of treason. It is considered by ...18 KB (2,928 words) - 19:19, 14 August 2020
- religious ethics or law, or a fallen state of being. The religious concept ... Different theories on the origin of sin have been proposed by world ...36 KB (5,730 words) - 22:21, 29 January 2023
- membership, known as Salvationists, of over 1 million consisting of ... The theology of the Salvation Army is derived from that of Methodism ...30 KB (4,473 words) - 17:27, 30 April 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
- 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 ...13 KB (2,077 words) - 09:20, 30 December 2021
- 'remains') is a venerated object of religious and/or historical ... A relic is also the term for something that has survived the passage ...12 KB (1,900 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- #039; to spread Gnostic teachings. Author of over 60 books, Samael Aun Weor ... sexual practices as the highest form of religious devotion and articulated ...39 KB (5,837 words) - 11:35, 6 September 2022
- 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) - 11:58, 7 May 2024
- Crucifixion was an ancient method of execution practiced in the Roman ... The purpose of crucifixion was to provide a gruesome public way to ...29 KB (4,573 words) - 06:30, 11 January 2024
- ) 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 ...25 KB (3,964 words) - 14:24, 29 January 2024
- and artistic movement predominant at the end of the nineteenth and beginning ... and mystical poetry and philosophy of Fyodor Tyutchev and Vladimir ...12 KB (1,846 words) - 15:49, 1 June 2023
- The Acts of John is a second century collection of Christian-based ... The Acts of John describes his journeys to Ephesus, filled with dramatic ...18 KB (3,042 words) - 05:43, 15 June 2023
- 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 ...19 KB (2,969 words) - 14:56, 12 February 2022
- Simon Magus, also known as Simon the Sorcerer and Simon of Gitta, ... The figure of Simon appears prominently in the accounts of several ...29 KB (4,732 words) - 22:09, 29 January 2023
- Native Tables from the Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2004–2005 ... , meaning "high up" or "land of the sun," are American ...20 KB (2,983 words) - 13:48, 3 May 2023
- was a famous Irish author, novelist, and one of the great spokespersons for ... he did not believe that faith in the blood of Christ was an essential part ...27 KB (4,330 words) - 19:28, 24 November 2023
- , their title and position is indicative of the pivotal role that these ... The word "cardinal" was first used in Rome at the beginning ...9 KB (1,483 words) - 19:13, 26 November 2023
- and churches claimed to possess fragments of the True Cross to legitimize ... For over a millennium, these supposed fragments of the True Cross ...22 KB (3,738 words) - 18:26, 2 May 2023
- (ca. 1400 –ca. 1473), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1454 to ... commentaries, treatises on the works of Thomas Aquinas, polemical tracts ...17 KB (2,731 words) - 06:49, 18 April 2024
- In the New Testament, Judas Iscariot (died April 29–33 C.E.) is ... Gospel narratives, Judas is still somewhat of an ambivalent figure in Christian ...31 KB (5,055 words) - 06:37, 28 February 2023
- Emperor from 244 to 249. He became a member of the Praetorian guard under ... as barbarian. This may be an early example of Culture War. There is, however ...20 KB (3,034 words) - 03:50, 24 November 2022
- in Greek) is a summary or exposition of doctrine, traditionally used ... catechisms have been valuable repositories of Christian faith over the ages ...21 KB (3,269 words) - 17:53, 30 November 2023
- 28, 1585 - May 6, 1638) was Catholic bishop of Ypres, Dutch Roman Catholic ... Duvergier de Hauranne, who had become the abbé of Saint-Cyran, won ...17 KB (2,653 words) - 03:32, 8 January 2024
- The collective unconscious refers to that part of the unconscious ... coined by Carl Jung, and refers to that part of a person's unconscious ...15 KB (2,390 words) - 22:33, 7 January 2024
- theologian, who taught that the Son of God was not eternal, and was ... He was possibly of Libyan and Berber descent. His father's name ...24 KB (3,928 words) - 02:41, 15 August 2023
- 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 ...20 KB (3,022 words) - 14:33, 8 February 2022
- " Traditionally, the office of deacon originated in the selection ... of the sacrifice into the body and blood of Christ. In this view, the deacons ...20 KB (3,190 words) - 19:56, 22 May 2020
- Ulrich Zwingli or Huldrych Zwingli (1484 –1531) was the leader of ... wine, and became instead the body and blood of Christ. Zwingli denied Christ’s ...22 KB (3,346 words) - 16:31, 11 November 2022
- 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 ...20 KB (3,103 words) - 06:50, 18 April 2024
- 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
- 19, 1881) was the twentieth President of the United States. He was a ... to be directly elected President of the United States. He was the ...23 KB (3,377 words) - 21:14, 20 March 2024
- Lúcia de Jesus Rosa Santos—"Sister Lúcia of Jesus and of ... Ordered to keep silent about the content of her revelations, at age ...15 KB (2,588 words) - 04:18, 4 November 2022
- unite his spiritual yearnings with his love of poetry, and the resulting verse ... Hopkins was born in Stratford, Essex, as the eldest of nine children ...14 KB (2,342 words) - 16:49, 21 May 2024
- 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 ...15 KB (2,392 words) - 20:38, 17 May 2023
- view that everything in existence is of an all-encompassing immanent ... have been discussed as long ago as the time of the Ancient Greek philosophers ...28 KB (4,312 words) - 06:37, 18 November 2022
- The Shroud of Turin is an ancient linen cloth which some believe is ... negative on its fibers, at or near the time of his proclaimed resurrection ...62 KB (9,799 words) - 14:29, 27 January 2023
- Jezebel was the wife of King Ahab and thus Queen of Israel in the ... Athaliah reigned for several years as queen of Judah, the only woman to rule ...16 KB (2,494 words) - 03:03, 1 August 2022
- Pio of Pietrelcina (May 25, 1887 – September 23, 1968) was a Capuchin ... Pio is renowned among Roman Catholics as one of the Church's ...40 KB (6,382 words) - 17:02, 2 October 2023
- meteorology, geography, jurisprudence, study of the Bible, mathematics, anatomy ... alike, he was burnt at the stake by order of the Geneva governing council ...19 KB (2,991 words) - 17:09, 9 November 2022
- he became known as the "Father of Advertising." He also ... his insights into the purpose and method of advertising brought incredible ...16 KB (2,476 words) - 20:00, 19 May 2023
- a World War I hero. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for leading an attack ... York kept a diary of his years just before the war and all during ...23 KB (3,581 words) - 02:36, 24 July 2023
- believes that the second coming (or Advent) of Jesus Christ is imminent. Seventh ... would be no need for atonement via the blood of Christ. By obeying the commandments ...48 KB (7,327 words) - 10:10, 26 January 2023
- quot;deceivers") were an Indian network of secret fraternities engaged ... passed into common English during the time of British Imperial rule of India ...16 KB (2,481 words) - 17:24, 18 April 2023
- quot;) refers to most important scriptures of Judaism that are the foundation ... covenant, established through the blood of Christ. Most Protestants ...24 KB (3,856 words) - 04:01, 1 May 2023
- a table or platform, for the presentation of religious offerings, for sacrifices ... historical-medieval faiths also made use of them, including the Roman, ...49 KB (7,532 words) - 23:19, 9 May 2024
- inventive. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time. including the Vitruvian Man. He conceived of ideas vastly ahead of his time ...29 KB (4,455 words) - 08:02, 6 March 2023
- Paul of Tarsus (originally Saul of Tarsus), also known as Saint Paul ... before his conversion was a great persecutor of Christians. His experience ...56 KB (9,113 words) - 00:50, 23 December 2022
- challenged the laissez faire economic policy of his time and criticized the ... be changed. His Lectures on the Principles of Political Obligation, was published ...28 KB (4,469 words) - 21:18, 30 April 2023
- A bovid is any member of almost 140 species of ungulates (hoofed mammals ... The bovids are the largest family of hoofed mammals and are native ...11 KB (1,682 words) - 01:57, 12 January 2023
- quot;the poor ones") were an early sect of Jewish followers of Jesus that ... Scholarly knowledge of the Ebionites is limited and fragmentary, deriving ...19 KB (2,894 words) - 18:00, 12 February 2024
- professor and theologian, a key leader of the Lutheran Reformation, and ... reformation may not have met with the level of success it enjoyed. ...46 KB (7,311 words) - 03:55, 24 November 2022
- Clupea harengusThe most abundant species of fish in the world. ... life, and limbs—if present—in the form of fins. Poikilothermic refers ...18 KB (2,549 words) - 06:51, 17 May 2021
- and that his story is actually a syncretism of previous myths and mystery ... it carries little weight among the majority of modern historians and scholars ...41 KB (6,172 words) - 22:02, 17 February 2023
- history, astrology, and health. Most of his work consisted of diagnosing ... he was a prophet pointing to hidden depths of, and new possibilities for ...23 KB (3,585 words) - 18:08, 12 February 2024
- The unicorn, a legendary creature usually depicted with the body of ... thumb|right|300px| Detail from The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus ...12 KB (1,900 words) - 23:41, 8 November 2023
- "Warrior Lion"), was the brother of Moses and Miriam and founder ... for his leadership during the early stages of the Exodus, and especially ...22 KB (3,503 words) - 07:12, 13 June 2023
- Baptist minister, known as the "father of modern missions." Carey ... Among those who assisted in the task of Bible translation was Ram ...25 KB (3,845 words) - 15:53, 7 May 2023
- Christianity became the official religion of Europe and so suffered from ... The dominant form of anti-Semitism from the nineteenth century until ...52 KB (8,069 words) - 12:28, 14 October 2023
- in adapting to the culture and traditions of a society in order to introduce ... gwang, who later helped shape the foundation of the Silhak movement in Korea. ...19 KB (2,924 words) - 16:54, 7 November 2022
- Satan (meaning "accuser") represents the arch enemy of God ... The concept of an anthropomorpized demonic figure (or archetype) is ...27 KB (4,237 words) - 16:57, 23 December 2022
- any person anointed by a prophet or priest of God, especially a Davidic king ... The concept of Messiah is prevalent in several world religions as ...41 KB (6,600 words) - 16:18, 9 November 2022
- as the two-hundred-and-sixty-fourth Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from ... Communism, and he is often credited as one of the forces contributing to ...28 KB (4,343 words) - 03:06, 2 May 2024
- Male Circumcision is a surgical procedure that removes some or all ... it include that circumcision is a form of ritual sacrifice or offering ...30 KB (4,501 words) - 22:23, 10 December 2023
- , transliterated Asklēpiós; Latin Aesculapius) was the god of medicine ... it is not surprising that Asclepius was one of the more popular deities in ...21 KB (3,342 words) - 03:52, 18 August 2023
- 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 ...15 KB (2,047 words) - 10:33, 11 April 2024
- Salt is a mineral, composed primarily of sodium chloride, which is ... Sodium and chlorine, the two components of salt, are necessary for ...36 KB (5,357 words) - 01:13, 21 April 2023
- painter, the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV. He was an individualistic ... From the first quarter of the seventeenth century, Velázquez's ...37 KB (5,925 words) - 14:27, 29 January 2024
- [[Image:Ouroboros_1.jpg|thumb|right|250px| Engraving of Ouroboros ... as benevolent and spiritual, representative of primal forces of nature and ...20 KB (3,239 words) - 17:31, 30 January 2024
- Arthur is a legendary British "king" of mythical proportions ... eventually developed into a mythic warrior of heroic legend, eventually evolving ...21 KB (3,215 words) - 11:02, 16 August 2023
- authors. Strindberg is known as one of the fathers of modern theater ... Born in Stockholm, Strindberg was the fourth son of Carl Oscar Strindberg ...13 KB (1,951 words) - 18:29, 21 August 2023
- Fasting refers to the act of willingly abstaining from the consumption ... Fasting for religious and spiritual reasons has been a part of human ...36 KB (5,745 words) - 00:43, 25 March 2024
- Mithraism, properly known as the Mithraic Mysteries or Mysteries of ... development that drew from the practices of a number of different cultures ...32 KB (4,834 words) - 11:13, 10 March 2023
- 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 ...21 KB (3,559 words) - 03:35, 8 January 2024
- at its capital in Constantinople. Much of this territory had first fallen ... There is no consensus on the starting date of the Byzantine period ...39 KB (5,978 words) - 19:13, 24 November 2023
- These religions account for more than half of the world's total population ... The Prophet Abraham is claimed by Jews as the ancestor of the Israelites ...30 KB (4,716 words) - 23:04, 8 April 2021
- Peter, and Cephas—original name Simeon son of Jonah—was one of the Twelve ... by Jesus, who reportedly gave him the keys of heaven and called him the ...28 KB (4,305 words) - 00:51, 23 December 2022
- Catholic Church to reform itself in the wake of the Protestant Reformation ... substantially becomes the body and blood of Christ, was upheld, along with ...22 KB (3,262 words) - 08:30, 10 January 2024
- – August 27, 1975) was de jure Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974 ... within. To the outside world, he was heir of an ancient dynasty possibly ...31 KB (5,022 words) - 16:46, 21 January 2024
- The Book of Enoch is an apocraphal and pseudopigraphal collection ... ), which describes a group of fallen angels (called "the Grigori ...29 KB (4,679 words) - 07:27, 17 November 2023
- 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
- Jesus Christ, also known as Jesus of Nazareth or simply Jesus, is ... As might be expected with a man of this stature, partial understandings ...78 KB (12,289 words) - 02:54, 1 August 2022
- different Christian denominations conceive of as being the true body of Christians ... despite the fact that it is composed of multiple churches or denominations ...73 KB (10,603 words) - 12:23, 7 May 2024
- In Islamic tradition, he was the ancestor of the prophet Muhammad and the ... In the Book of Genesis, Ishmael was the first of Abraham's household ...15 KB (2,619 words) - 03:03, 8 March 2024
- to the deity that presided over the spirits of the deceased. This dual use ... used in Christianity to refer to the abode of the dead, where the deceased ...23 KB (3,693 words) - 16:36, 21 January 2024
- science, math, and the ethnic origins of man. He experimented with pitch ... Several of Messiaen's early works are especially notable in that ...42 KB (6,502 words) - 00:25, 18 November 2022
- Hampshire), called Ælfgifu, was daughter of Richard the Fearless, Duke ... (1002-1016); and then to Canute the Great of Denmark (1017-1035). ...42 KB (6,697 words) - 18:48, 31 December 2021
- emotion that involves a subjective character of unpleasantness, aversion, harm ... to the body or to the mind. Examples of physical suffering are pain ...35 KB (5,768 words) - 21:32, 26 February 2023
- The Gospel of Thomas is an important but long lost work of the New ... biblical gospels in that the resurrection of Jesus plays no part in it, ...20 KB (3,346 words) - 04:31, 24 May 2024
- Protestant Reformation and is the namesake of the system of Christian theology ... John Calvin was a leader of the Swiss protestant reformation. Reformed ...41 KB (6,580 words) - 14:04, 7 May 2024
- The Mennonites are a group of Christian Anabaptist denominations named ... There were about 1.5 million Mennonites worldwide as of 2006. Mennonite ...44 KB (6,423 words) - 10:32, 10 March 2023
- Nicholas II of Russia (May 18, 1868 – July 17, 1918) ( ... , Nikolay II) was the last tsar of Russia, the King of Poland, and ...28 KB (4,350 words) - 23:31, 14 November 2022
- ; "Rest") was the tenth and last of the antediluvian patriarchs ... Despite portraying the death of nearly the whole of mankind as well ...17 KB (2,732 words) - 18:11, 11 November 2023
- The Book of Common Prayer is the foundational prayer book of the Church ... The Book of Common prayer is considered to have significantly contributed ...28 KB (4,558 words) - 07:25, 17 November 2023
- the salt most responsible for the salinity of the ocean and of the extracellular ... dependence on the seasonal availability of food and allowed travel over ...16 KB (2,377 words) - 15:04, 27 April 2023
- Völund is a mythical smith-god of the Nordic and Germanic peoples ... Norse Mythology is renowned for its rich tapestry of colorful stories ...16 KB (2,489 words) - 21:02, 3 May 2023
- He is commonly placed in the Baroque school, of which he was the first great ... enemies. By the next year, after a career of little more than a decade, ...56 KB (8,917 words) - 22:11, 25 November 2023
- The Old Testament (OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical ... The Old Testament consists of many distinct books by various authors ...62 KB (8,829 words) - 16:26, 30 January 2024
- a rigid adherence to what it conceives of as the fundamental principles ... to return to the "fundamentals" of Biblical faith, and who stressed ...27 KB (4,004 words) - 07:21, 15 April 2024
- The Book of Joshua (Hebrew: Sefer Y'hoshua—ספר יהושע ... In Jewish tradition, the Book of Joshua is the first of the books ...26 KB (4,240 words) - 00:19, 19 November 2023
- institution which has formed the foundation of the family throughout history ... Challenges to the institution of marriage in the twentieth century ...46 KB (7,206 words) - 14:15, 7 May 2024
- 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 ...37 KB (5,220 words) - 04:27, 24 May 2024
- 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
- to orphanages, such as children born out of wedlock or into poor families ... At the beginning of the twenty-first century more than 200 million ...19 KB (2,793 words) - 10:44, 11 March 2023
- The Bible portrays Moses as the first person to learn the true name ... Moses was one of greatest miracle-workers of all time, and his dramatic ...40 KB (6,642 words) - 20:52, 26 August 2020
- A late 19th-century artist's conception of the Ark of the Covenant, employing ... The Ark of the Covenant (Hebrew: ארון הברית,aron habrit) ...29 KB (4,905 words) - 02:49, 15 August 2023
- Church in full communion with the Bishop of Rome, currently Pope Benedict ... Church and the largest organized body of any world religion. ...80 KB (12,653 words) - 04:49, 16 December 2022
- A near-death experience (NDE) is the event of maintaining a conscious ... cardiac resuscitation techniques, the number of NDEs reported continually increases ...19 KB (2,751 words) - 16:06, 11 November 2022
- whose works, drawn from his wide range of experiences in World War I ... Hemingway's clipped prose style and unflinching treatment of ...19 KB (2,931 words) - 19:32, 13 February 2024
- Reuniting the eastern and western portions of the empire, Theodosius was ... He is also known for making Christianity the official state religion ...21 KB (3,189 words) - 18:01, 30 April 2023
- 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 ...61 KB (9,597 words) - 08:35, 10 March 2023
- historian and critic, and photographer. One of the founders of Brazilian modernism ... Andrade was the central figure in the avant-garde movement of São ...29 KB (4,379 words) - 15:58, 6 November 2022
- , is a giant amphitheater in the center of the city of Rome. Originally ... century--well after the traditional date of the fall of Rome in 476. As ...28 KB (4,452 words) - 22:40, 7 January 2024
- eras. Ruskin is also known for his advocacy of "Christian socialism. ... Ruskin was born in London, and raised in south London, the son of ...29 KB (4,497 words) - 03:58, 3 May 2024
- instrument. Most bells have the shape of a hollow cup that when struck ... been transformed into the Body and Blood of Christ (see transubstantiation ...42 KB (6,679 words) - 22:00, 26 December 2023
- describes a large body of psychophysical techniques whose primary ... been, and continue to be, integral parts of religious life. ...38 KB (5,451 words) - 00:07, 13 July 2021
- The King James Version of the Bible, or Authorized Version, first ... ==History of the Text== The New Testament of the King James Version ...44 KB (6,927 words) - 23:10, 3 March 2023
- Vinegar is a sour liquid produced from the fermentation of diluted ... the sugars are broken down in the absence of oxygen (i.e., fermented) by ...21 KB (3,152 words) - 20:25, 3 May 2023
- 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. ...21 KB (3,395 words) - 18:14, 31 October 2023
- 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
- important contributions to the construction of mechanical calculators and ... He was a mathematician of the first order. In mathematics, Pascal ...29 KB (4,620 words) - 18:12, 31 October 2023
- author from Carthage in the Roman province of Africa. He was the first Christian ... Holy Spirit was not the orthodox position of the Catholic Church. He also ...57 KB (8,333 words) - 20:17, 31 January 2024
- Christianity. Not content to be a member of the religious "flock, ... #039;s largest cities, preaching to tens of thousands and (not incidentally ...47 KB (7,375 words) - 22:05, 3 February 2022
- 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
- The Republic of Bolivia (or Bulibiya in the Quechua language; Wuliwya ... enough silver from Bolivia to build a bridge of silver from South America to ...29 KB (4,244 words) - 23:38, 20 March 2024
- Warhol made a name for himself in the world of avant-garde film, music, publishing ... is thought to result from complications of scarlet fever. Warhol suffered ...20 KB (3,013 words) - 18:00, 27 July 2023
- The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central ... The gorge is the greatest concentration of arches east of the Rocky Mountains ...39 KB (5,531 words) - 22:12, 3 March 2023
- In Norse mythology, Njord or Njordr (Old Norse Njörðr) is one of ... The mother of these two gods was, according to the Heimskringla (a ...22 KB (3,533 words) - 02:30, 16 November 2022
- 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
- perhaps the best known representative of nineteenth century child advocacy ... whose best known works were The Best Method of Disposing of Our Pauper and ...22 KB (3,445 words) - 22:20, 4 December 2023
- Apostasy is the formal renunciation of one's religion. One who ... in that the latter refers to the corruption of specific religious doctrines ...23 KB (3,595 words) - 15:51, 11 August 2023
- as a real, genuine pope. Indeed, statues of Pope Joan once stood in the ... ==The legend of Pope Joan== The legend of Pope Joan can be found in ...24 KB (4,035 words) - 00:23, 12 April 2023
- 1844 – August 25, 1900) is known as one of the main representatives of ... If a philosopher is to be a pioneer of thought, trying to open up ...52 KB (7,901 words) - 11:05, 11 April 2024
- North Pyeongan Province, which is now part of North Korea. He founded the ... teachings are published as the Exposition of the Divine Principle (1996). ...69 KB (10,533 words) - 13:50, 28 April 2023
- - December 5, 2013) was the first President of South Africa to be elected ... Through his long imprisonment, much of it spent in a cell on Robben ...40 KB (6,067 words) - 04:28, 11 March 2023
- Heinrich Luitpold Himmler (October 7, 1900 – May 23, 1945) was ... He rose to power on the foundation of his absolute loyalty to Hitler ...23 KB (3,561 words) - 16:24, 15 May 2024
- Musical theater is a form of theater combining music, songs, spoken ... Some of the best-loved musicals, such as Oklahoma!, The Sound of Music ...33 KB (5,216 words) - 19:34, 10 November 2022
- Deuteronomy is the fifth book of the Hebrew Bible. It is part of Judaism ... The language of Deuteronomy is often inspiring and poetic, portrayed ...25 KB (3,999 words) - 07:26, 17 November 2023
- The Marshall Islands, officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands ... The country consists of twenty-nine atolls and five isolated islands ...23 KB (3,267 words) - 08:34, 10 March 2023
- Sorbonne.jpg|thumb|300 px|Main buildings of the University of Paris I Panthéon ... The historic University of Paris (Université de Paris) first appeared ...30 KB (4,606 words) - 02:11, 18 April 2023
- politician who served as the President of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973 ... Bhutto was executed in 1979 for allegedly authorizing the murder of ...37 KB (5,508 words) - 06:14, 13 June 2023
- church until 2010, in which Moon and a group of former executives purchased ... One of the first broadsheets in the United States to adopt color photography ...31 KB (4,327 words) - 23:12, 3 May 2023
- a generic term referring to the continuation of existence after death, typically ... Is death the end, or is there something of people that survives after ...65 KB (10,516 words) - 06:08, 16 June 2023
- The Protocols of the Elders of Zion ( "Протоколы сионских ... Scholars generally agree that the Okhrana, the secret police of the ...66 KB (9,730 words) - 23:42, 22 October 2023
- or "lucky") is the protagonist of a classic German legend who ... The historical origin of Faust's name and persona remains unclear ...35 KB (5,273 words) - 01:42, 26 March 2024
- Viking peoples and revered as the "God of Thunder." Historical evidence ... Thor was the focus of numerous Norse folk tales and he was seen to ...24 KB (3,867 words) - 21:00, 31 October 2022
- Arabic: سليمان Sulayman) was the son of king David and the third king ... Nathan is Jedidiah, meaning "friend of God" (2 Samuel 12:25) ...29 KB (4,624 words) - 00:50, 4 February 2023
- The First Crusade (1096–1099) was the first of a series of religious ... all social classes in western Europe. Mobs of predominantly poor Christians ...80 KB (12,105 words) - 15:35, 30 March 2024
- Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia called "Vlad the Impaler" ... The very different portrayals of Vlad in various bodies of tradition ...62 KB (10,177 words) - 20:44, 3 May 2023
- The State of New Mexico is in the southwestern region of the United ... Rio Grande, is the Sangre de Cristo (Blood of Christ) Mountain range. Wheeler ...63 KB (9,067 words) - 09:27, 11 March 2023
- and endless debate as the topic of God. In the English language ... Throughout history, the vast majority of people in the world have ...102 KB (16,119 words) - 03:59, 24 May 2024
- Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country ... A small, landlocked country located in the heart of South America ...27 KB (3,892 words) - 11:24, 11 March 2023
- and a national spokesman for the Nation of Islam. He was also founder ... As a fiery, socio-political critic of American Christianity's ...49 KB (7,838 words) - 06:35, 5 November 2022
- Tacitus (c. 56 C.E. – c. 117 C.E.) was one of the important historians of ... has been most influential outside the field of history. While recognizing ...43 KB (6,444 words) - 02:48, 27 February 2023
- 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 ...40 KB (5,890 words) - 20:41, 17 March 2024
- Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia (Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova), ( ... – July 17, 1918), was the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II ...45 KB (6,796 words) - 18:51, 24 May 2024
- them). His compositions, particularly those of his later period, are notable ... world was, "partaking of the blood of Christ." ...53 KB (8,225 words) - 21:05, 16 April 2023
- Liberal Party statesman and prime minister of the United Kingdom (1868–1874 ... Gladstone was famously at odds with Queen Victoria for much of his ...29 KB (4,472 words) - 12:12, 8 May 2023
- connecting his Jewish heritage to years of Zen meditation. Themes commonly ... He was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Songwriters ...66 KB (10,062 words) - 21:06, 11 January 2024
- The Oriental Republic of Uruguay, or Uruguay, is a country located ... shaped country between the two major powers of Brazil and Argentina has long ...30 KB (4,199 words) - 13:47, 3 May 2023
- The Crusades were a series of military campaigns first inaugurated ... Few contemporary Muslim accounts exist of the crusades, which were ...33 KB (5,138 words) - 15:34, 30 April 2023
- Trance is a state of semi-consciousness in which a person is not self ... channeling, prayer, and altered states of consciousness. The person may ...33 KB (4,676 words) - 00:39, 2 May 2023
- Albigensians, or Catharism) were followers of a controversial religious sect ... as good). They also embraced the doctrine of reincarnation, which went against ...32 KB (4,952 words) - 00:09, 1 December 2023
- was a German philosopher, who ranks as one of the literary grandfathers of ... Stirner was a member of a group of German intellectuals calling themselves ...35 KB (5,494 words) - 00:59, 9 November 2022
- The Battle of Antietam (also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly ... campaign than in the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Spanish-American War ...52 KB (8,281 words) - 11:30, 20 September 2023
- The Palace of Versailles (in French: Château de Versailles, or simply ... In 1660, Louis XIV was approaching majority and the assumption of ...36 KB (5,934 words) - 06:18, 18 November 2022
- genesis%2011;&version=31; Chapter 11] of the Bible, the Tower of Babel ( ... humanity. God, observing the arrogance of humanity, resolves to confuse ...34 KB (5,579 words) - 04:46, 1 May 2023
- Freedom of religion is a political principle guaranteeing freedom ... The Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations ...36 KB (5,594 words) - 10:49, 11 April 2024
- Alberta is one of Canada's prairie provinces, joining the confederation ... the fur trade, and in the latter half of the twentieth century its bitumen ...36 KB (5,234 words) - 05:03, 17 June 2023
- Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas George Mountbatten ... Gandhi but was unable to avoid the Partition of India, although he would have ...36 KB (5,344 words) - 04:07, 4 November 2022
- 1958), reigned as the 260th Pope, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, ... Pius is one of the few popes in recent history to exercise his right ...51 KB (7,678 words) - 20:42, 9 April 2023
- Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí Domènech, Marquis of Pubol or Salvador ... in the town of Figueres, in the Empordà region close to the French ...38 KB (5,792 words) - 01:13, 21 April 2023
- Eleanor of Aquitaine, Duchess of Aquitaine and Gascony and Countess ... Her contemporaries included Hildegard of Bingen, Heloise, (Peter Abelard ...39 KB (6,271 words) - 00:13, 13 February 2024
- the people indigenous to the United States|broader uses of "Native ... Native'One race: 2.5 million Profiles of General Demographic Characteristics ...60 KB (8,901 words) - 04:20, 11 March 2023
- 21, 1926 – September 8, 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other ... In November 1947, she married Philip Mountbatten, a former prince ...84 KB (12,053 words) - 16:21, 13 February 2024
- Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest ... among different ethnic groups has been part of the country's history ...42 KB (5,904 words) - 22:53, 20 November 2023
- Radulescu was a prolific translator of foreign literature into Romanian ... Among his many accomplishments, Radulescu is considered one of the ...64 KB (9,591 words) - 18:55, 7 February 2023
- 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 ...44 KB (6,290 words) - 17:44, 4 January 2024
- Homosexuality refers to sexual interaction between individuals of ... and sexual expression between individuals of the same sex. Today attitudes ...91 KB (13,332 words) - 16:14, 25 January 2023
- Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in south ... by Greeks and Romans. It is a successor of the powerful European Bulgarian ...61 KB (8,943 words) - 18:41, 22 November 2023
- Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945) was Chancellor of ... imposed by France and England at the Treaty of Versailles. The economic disaster ...75 KB (11,428 words) - 06:03, 15 June 2023
- The Kingdom of Belgium is a country in northwest Europe bordered by ... Flanders in the north, with 58 percent of the population, and the French ...76 KB (10,944 words) - 08:52, 27 September 2023
- born October 1, 1924) was the 39th President of the United States (1977–1981 ... As President, his major accomplishments included the consolidation ...56 KB (8,252 words) - 21:54, 3 January 2024
- site in Istanbul, Turkey. The last of three church buildings to be ... Eastern Orthodox until the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453. It ...227 KB (32,955 words) - 20:31, 5 May 2024
- writer famous for his literary depictions of a libertine sexuality as well ... and blasphemy against Christianity. Many of the characters in his works ...57 KB (8,573 words) - 17:01, 30 June 2023
- 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 ...59 KB (8,536 words) - 09:43, 11 March 2023
- A family is a domestic group of people, or a number of domestic groups ... central to human society; a key indicator of a society's well-being ...66 KB (10,046 words) - 00:36, 25 March 2024
- 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 ...58 KB (9,123 words) - 17:52, 18 January 2023
- Civil War. While not necessarily a supporter of the abolition of slavery, his ... McClellan's Peninsula Campaign of 1862 ended in failure, retreating ...67 KB (10,321 words) - 07:02, 18 April 2024
- and colonizer whose daring conquest of the Aztec Empire in Mexico ... Cortés adopted methods in the conquest of Mexico like those of other ...74 KB (12,378 words) - 15:44, 25 January 2023
- and dancer. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is widely regarded ... The eighth child of the Jackson family, Michael made his professional ...200 KB (27,687 words) - 00:08, 13 March 2023
