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51John McLeod Campbell — (May 4, 1800 February 27, 1872) was a nineteenth century Scottish minister who has also been called Scotland s most creative Reformed theologian of the same century. Through sustained reflection on Scripture and the pastoral questions of his… …
52Asceticism in Judaism — Asceticism is a term derived from the Greek verb ἀσκέω, meaning to practise strenuously, to exercise. Athletes were therefore said to go through ascetic training, and to be ascetics.In this usage the twofold application to the mode of living and… …
53Erklärung von Scranton — Die Erklärung von Scranton (Declaration of Scranton) ist ein Glaubensbekenntnis, das die Bischöfe der Polish National Catholic Church (PNCC) in Lancaster (NY), am 28. April 2008 einstimmig verabschiedeten. Es bekräftigt den altkatholischen… …
54Spain — /spayn/, n. a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 39,244,195; 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Cap.: Madrid. Spanish, España. * * * Spain Introduction Spain Background: Spain s powerful world empire of the 16th and… …
55Thargelia — In Greek religion, a chief Athenian festival of Apollo, celebrated on the sixth and seventh days of Thargelion (April–May). It was named after the first fruits or the first bread from the new wheat. On the first day, one or two men acting as… …
56Archdiocese of Paris — Paris † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Paris ARCHDIOCESE OF PARIS (PARIBIENSIS) Paris comprises the Department of the Seine. It was re established by the Concordat of 1802 with much narrower limits than it had prior to the Revolution,… …
57Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus — Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus The treatment of this subject is divided into two parts: I. Doctrinal Explanations; II. Historical Ideas. I. DOCTRINAL… …
58ἀποδιοπόμπησις — offering of an expiatory sacrifice fem nom sg ἀποδιοπομπήσις fem nom sg …
59CIRCUMCISION — (Heb. בְּרִית מִילָה, berit milah; covenant of circumcision ), the operation of removing part or all of the foreskin which covers the glans of the penis. Circumcision dates back to prehistoric times and together with the trepanning of the skull… …
