| Watchman Nee Watchman Nee (倪柝聲 pinyin: Ní Tuòshēng;, 1903–1972) was a Chinese Christian author and church leader during the early 20th Century. He spent the last 20 years of his life in prison and was severely persecuted by the Communists in ChinaChan, Kim-Kwong, and Alan Hunter. Watchman_Nee
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| Douay-Rheims Bible The Douay-Rheims Bible, also known as the Rheims-Douai Bible or Douai Bible and abbreviated as D-R, is a translation of the Bible from the Latin Vulgate into English. The New Testament was published in one volume with extensive commentary and notes in 1582. Douay-Rheims_Bible
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| William Ralph Inge William Ralph Inge ( "ing";Inge - Definitions from Dictionary.com June 6 1860 – February 26 1954) was an English author, Anglican priest, and professor of divinity at Cambridge. William_Ralph_Inge
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| Epistle to the Hebrews Talk:Epistle_to_the_Hebrews
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| Cana In the Christian New Testament, the Gospel of John refers a number of times to a town called Cana of Galilee. Cana
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| The City of God The City of God (Latin: De Civitate Dei, also known as De Civitate Dei contra Paganos, "The City of God against the Pagans") is a book written in Latin by Augustine of Hippo in the early 5th century, dealing with issues concerning God, martyrdom, Jews, and other Christian philosophies. The_City_of_God
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| Theudas Theudas (thyū'dăs) (died c. 46 AD) was a Jewish rebel who probably claimed to be the Messiah. Theudas
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| Roman calendar Talk:Roman_calendar
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| Christian angelic hierarchy According to medieval Christian theologians, the Angels are organized into several orders, or Angelic Choirs. Christian_angelic_hierarchy
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| Peter the Iberian Peter the Iberian, or Peter of Iberia, () (A.D. Peter_the_Iberian
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| Washing and anointing In the Latter Day Saint movement, washing and anointing (also called the initiatory) is an ordinance (sacrament) practiced by certain denominations of the movement in temples as part of the Endowment ceremony. The ordinance consists of a ritual purification by water and an anointing by oil to prepare the participant to become "kings and priests" or "queens and priestesses" in the afterlife. Washing_and_anointing
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| Aelia Eudoxia | place of death = Aelia_Eudoxia
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| A Mighty Fortress Is Our God "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" (German, Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott) is the best known of Martin Luther's hymns. Luther wrote the words and composed the melody sometime between 1527-1529. A_Mighty_Fortress_Is_Our_God
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| B. T. Roberts Benjamin Titus Roberts (1823–1893), first trained as an attorney, then entered the ministry in the Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church of New York State. His ministerial studies were done at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. B._T._Roberts
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| Saint Patrick Talk:Saint_Patrick
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| Desposyni The Desposyni (plural from Greek (desposynos) "of or belonging to the master or lord"Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, as in Gr. (despotes) "Lord, Master") is a contemporary term used to refer to alleged blood relatives of Jesus mentioned in and . Desposyni
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| Edward Hayes Plumptre Edward Hayes Plumptre (August 6, 1821 - February 1, 1891) was an English divine and scholar, and was born in London. Edward_Hayes_Plumptre
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| Daemon (mythology) The words daemon, dæmon, are Latinized spellings of the Greek δαίμων (daimôn),Daimons were the souls of men of the golden age acting as guardian deities. Entry δαίμων at Liddell & Scott). Daemon_(mythology)
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| Evelyn Underhill | birthplace = Wolverhampton, England Evelyn_Underhill
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| Antipodes The antipodes refer to lands and peoples located on the opposite side of the world compared to the speaker.Oxford English Dictionary, antipodes This has a general, linguistic meaning and a technical, geographical meaning. Antipodes
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| Pauline epistles The Pauline epistles, Epistles of Paul, or Letters of Paul, are the thirteen New Testament books which have the name Paul (Παῦλος) as the first word, hence claiming authorship by Paul the Apostle. Among these letters are some of the earliest extant Christian documents. Pauline_epistles
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| Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai | Type = Cultural Saint_Catherine's_Monastery,_Mount_Sinai
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| Charles Hodge Charles Hodge (1797 – 1878) was the principal of Princeton Theological Seminary between 1851 and 1878. He was one of the greatest exponents and defenders of historical Calvinism in America during the 19th century. Charles_Hodge
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| Boyle Lectures The Boyle Lectures were named after Robert Boyle, a prominent Irish Natural Philosopher in the 17th Century. Boyle endowed a series of lectures in his will, which were designed as a forum where prominent academics could discuss the existence of God. Boyle_Lectures
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| Chad of Mercia Saint Chad of Mercia (Anglo-Saxon Ceadda) (died March 2, 672) was a 7th century Anglo-Saxon churchman, who became abbot of several monasteries, Bishop of the Northumbrians and later Bishop of the Mercians and Lindsey People. Chad_of_Mercia
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| John Ball (Puritan) John Ball (October 1585 – 20 October 1640) was an English puritan divine, born in Cassington, Oxfordshire. John_Ball_(Puritan)
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| Avitus of Vienne |feast_day= Avitus_of_Vienne
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| Nephilim Nephilim are beings who appear in the Hebrew Bible, specifically in the Book of Genesis, and are also mentioned in other Biblical texts and in some non-canonical Jewish writings. Genesis Chapter 6, verses 1 through 4 describe the origin of the Nephilim: Nephilim
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| Philipp Melanchthon Talk:Philipp_Melanchthon
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| Euhemerus Euhemerus (Εὐήμερος) (working late fourth century B.C. Euhemerus
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| Pope Theophilus of Alexandria Theophilus of Alexandria, (died 412) was Patriarch of Alexandria, Egypt from 385 to 412. He is regarded as a saint by the Coptic Orthodox Church. Pope_Theophilus_of_Alexandria
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| But to bring a sword Matthew 10:34 - "I come not to bring peace, but to bring a sword" is one of the controversial statements reported of Jesus in the Bible. The saying has been interpreted in several ways, by Christians and non-Christians, to support several mutually-incompatible conclusions. But_to_bring_a_sword
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| Jesus and the woman taken in adultery The Pericope Adulterae ( in anglicised Latin) Jesus_and_the_woman_taken_in_adultery
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| Infancy Gospel of Thomas The Infancy Gospel of Thomas is a non-canonical text that was part of a popular genre, aretalogy, of the 2nd and 3rd centuries— a miracle literature of Infancy gospels that was both entertaining and inspirational, written to satisfy a hunger for more miraculous and anecdotal stories of the childhood of Jesus than the Gospel of Luke provided. Later references by Hippolytus of Rome and Origen of Alexandria to a Gospel of Thomas are more likely to be referring to this Infancy Gospel than to the wholly different Gospel of Thomas with which it is sometimes confused. Infancy_Gospel_of_Thomas
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| Apocalyptic literature Apocalyptic literature was a new genre of prophetical writing that developed in post-Exilic Jewish culture and was popular among millennialist early Christians. Apocalyptic_literature
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| John Knox Talk:John_Knox
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| Guinea Pig Club The Guinea Pig Club was formed of patients of Archibald McIndoe at Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, Sussex who underwent reconstructive plastic surgery during the World War II generally after receiving burn injuries in aircraft. Guinea_Pig_Club
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| Nazirite A nazirite or nazarite, (in Hebrew: נזיר, nazir), refers to a Jew who took the ascetic vow described in . The term "nazirite" comes from the Hebrew word nazir meaning "consecrated" or "separated". Nazirite
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| Crypto-Calvinism Crypto-Calvinism is a term for Calvinist influence in the Lutheran Church during the decades just after the death of Martin Luther (1546). It denotes what was seen as a hidden ("crypto" from "kryptein", Greek for "to hide") Crypto-Calvinism
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| Agapius Saint Agapius was a Christian martyr killed at Caesarea in AD 306. He is recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church. Agapius
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| East-West Schism The East-West Schism, or the Great Schism, divided medieval Christendom into Eastern (Greek) and Western (Latin) branches, which later became known as the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church, respectively. Relations between East and West had long been embittered by political and ecclesiastical differences and theological disputes. East-West_Schism
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| Apostolic Fathers The Apostolic Fathers are a small collection of Early Christian authors who lived and wrote in the second half of the 1st century and the first half of the 2nd century. These authors are acknowledged as leaders in the early church, but their writings were not included in the New Testament Biblical canon. Apostolic_Fathers
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| Christian angelic hierarchy Talk:Christian_angelic_hierarchy
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| Proculus Proculus (d. c. Proculus
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| William Law William Law (1686 – April 9, 1761), English divine, was born at Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire. William_Law
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| John of Nepomuk |feast_day= May 16 John_of_Nepomuk
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| Theodore of Mopsuestia Theodore the Interpreter (ca. 350 - 428), was bishop of Mopsuestia, a city in what is now Turkey which has since declined into a village which is now known as Yakapinar, from 392 to 428. Theodore_of_Mopsuestia
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| Hallelujah Hallelujah, Halleluyah, or Alleluia, is a transliteration of the Hebrew word (Standard Halləluya, Tiberian Halləlûyāh) meaning "praise () Yah ()." It is found mainly in the book of Psalms and has a similar pronunciation in many, but not all, languages. Hallelujah
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| Caroline Myss Caroline Myss Horoscope Caroline_Myss
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| Quartodecimanism Quartodecimanism (derived from the Vulgate Latin: quarta decima Leviticus 23:5: "Mense primo, quarta decima die mensis, ad vesperum Pascha Domini est.", meaning fourteen) refers to the custom of Christians celebrating Passover on the 14th day of Nisan (14 of Abib in the Old Testament's Hebrew Calendar) (). Quartodecimanism
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