| The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (known popularly as The History) was written by English historian Edward Gibbon and published in six volumes. Volume I was published in 1776, and went through six printings. The_History_of_the_Decline_and_Fall_of_the_Roman_Empire
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| Thomas the Apostle Thomas the Apostle, also called Judas Thomas, Doubting Thomas, or Didymus, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. He is perhaps best known for disbelieving Jesus' Resurrection when first told of it, then proclaiming "My Lord and my God" on seeing Jesus. Thomas_the_Apostle
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| Universalism Universalism can be classified as a religion, theology and philosophy that generally holds all persons and creatures are related to God or the Divine and will be reconciled to God. A church or community that calls itself Universalist may emphasize the universal principles of most religions and accept other religions in an inclusive manner, believing in a universal reconciliation between humanity and the divine. Universalism
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| Vulgate The Vulgate is an early Fifth Century version of the Bible in Latin, and largely the result of the labours of Jerome, who was commissioned by Pope Damasus I in 382 to make a revision of old Latin translations. Its Old Testament is the first Latin version translated directly from the Hebrew Tanakh, rather than the Greek Septuagint. Vulgate
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| West Bromwich Albion F.C. Jeremy Peace West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C.
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| Yahweh For information about Yahweh, see God in Abrahamic religions, which provides useful links. Yahweh
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| 1346 The year 1346 (see full calendar) was a Julian calendar year in the 14th century, in the midst of a period known in European history as the Late Middle Ages. In Asia that year, the Black Plague came to the troops of the Golden Horde Khanate, a disease which also affected the Genoese Europeans they were attacking and which would spread to the rest of Europe. 1346
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| Mysticism Mysticism (from the Greek , mystikos, an initiate of a mystery religionThe Eleusinian Mysteries, or mystery religions in general, do not necessarily involve mysticism; the present meaning of the term arose, rather, via Platonism and Neoplatonism, which made reference to the Eleusinian initiation as a metaphor for the "initiation" to spiritual truths.) is the pursuit of communion with, identity with, or conscious awareness of an ultimate reality, divinity, spiritual truth, or God through direct experience, intuition, or insight. Mysticism
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| Amillar User:Amillar
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| William Tyndale Tyndale redirects here. For the English family, see Tyndall. William_Tyndale
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| Anglo-Saxons Anglo-Saxon is the term usually used to describe the invading tribes in the south and east of Great Britain from the early 5th century AD to the Norman conquest of 1066.BBC - History - Anglo-Saxons The Benedictine monk, Bede, identified them as the descendants of three Germanic tribes: English and Welsh are races apart Anglo-Saxons
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| Ante-Nicene Fathers The Ante-Nicene Fathers, subtitled "The Writings of the Fathers Down to A.D. Ante-Nicene_Fathers
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| Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers The Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers is a set of books containing translations of early Christian writings into English. It was published in 1885. Nicene_and_Post-Nicene_Fathers
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| Cyprian |feast_day=September 16 (Roman Catholic Church)September 15 (Church of England)September 13 (ECUSA) Cyprian
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| Gregory of Nyssa Gregory of Nyssa (Greek: Άγιος Γρηγόριος Νύσσης; Latin: Gregorius Nyssenus; Arabic: غريغوريوس النيصي) (c 335 – after 394) was a Christian bishop and saint. He was a younger brother of Basil the Great and a good friend of Gregory Nazianzus. Gregory_of_Nyssa
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| Theodoret Theodoret (c. 393 – c. Theodoret
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| Hebron Hebron (}} or ; }}, Standard Hebrew: , Tiberian Hebrew: ) is a city at the center of the West Bank, along the eponymous Mount Hebron. It is home to some 166,000 Arabs and 700–800 Jewish settlers. Hebron
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| Montanism Montanism was an early Christian movement of the mid-2nd century A.D. Montanism
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| Philipp Melanchthon Philipp Melanchthon (born Philipp Schwartzerd) (February 16, 1497 – April 19, 1560) was a German professor and theologian, a significant character in the Protestant Reformation, a key leader of the Lutheran Reformation, and a friend and associate of Martin Luther. Philipp_Melanchthon
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| John Bunyan | birthplace = Bedford, England1 John_Bunyan
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| Theodore Beza Theodore Beza (Théodore de Bèze or de Besze) (June 24, 1519 – October 13, 1605) was a French Protestant Christian theologian and scholar who played an important role in the early Reformation. A member of the monarchomaque movement who opposed absolute monarchy, he was a disciple of John Calvin and lived most of his life in Switzerland. Theodore_Beza
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| Pilgrims Pilgrims, or Pilgrim Fathers (or Pilgrim Mothers), is a name commonly applied to the early settlers of the Plymouth Colony in present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts. Their leadership came from a religious congregation who had fled a volatile political environment in the East Midlands of England for the relative calm of the Netherlands to preserve their religion. Pilgrims
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| Johann Eck Johann Eck (November 13, 1486 – February 13, 1543) was a 16th century theologian and defender of Catholicism during the Protestant Reformation. It was Eck who argued that the beliefs of Martin Luther and Jan Hus were similar. Johann_Eck
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| John Wesley | birth_place = Epworth, Lincolnshire, England John_Wesley
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| John of Damascus |feast_day=4 December27 March (General Roman Calendar, 1890-1969) John_of_Damascus
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| Thomas à Kempis Thomas à Kempis (orig. Thomas Haemerkken; Thomas Hammerlein; also Thomas Hemerken, Thomas Hämerken, Thomas van Kempen, Tomás de Kempis) (ca. Thomas_à_Kempis
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| Julian of Norwich |death_date=c. 1416 Julian_of_Norwich
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| Dál Riata Dál Riata (also Dalriada or Dalriata) was a Gaelic overkingdom on the western seaboard of Scotland with some territory on the northern coasts of Ireland. In the late 6th and early 7th century it encompassed roughly what is now Argyll and Bute and Lochaber in Scotland and also County Antrim in Northern Ireland. Dál_Riata
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| Socrates of Constantinople Socrates of ConstantinopleThe traditional epithet "Socrates Scholasticus" is not well-founded in any early tradition, according to his most recent editor, Theresa Urbainczyk, Socrates of Constantinople: Historian of Church and State (Ann Arbor:University of Michigan Press) 1997. ISBN 0-472-10737-2. Socrates_of_Constantinople
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| John of the Cross |feast_day=14 December24 November (General Roman Calendar, 1738-1969) John_of_the_Cross
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| Pope Leo I Pope_Leo_I
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| Tatian Tatian the Assyrian Introductory Note To Tatian the Assyrian. by J. Tatian
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| Pope Hilarius Pope Saint Hilarius (also Hilarus, Hilary) was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 461 to February 28, 468. He was canonized as a saint after his death. Pope_Hilarius
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| Dacia Dacia, in ancient geography was the land of the Dacians. It was named by the ancient Hellenes (Greeks) "Getae". Dacia
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| Omnipotence paradox The omnipotence paradox is a family of related paradoxes, having to do with the question of what an omnipotent being can do. These paradoxes pose the question whether it makes sense to attribute omnipotence to anything, usually a being of some sort, or whether such an attribution is meaningless. Omnipotence_paradox
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| Portable soup Portable soup was a kind of dehydrated food used in the 18th and 19th centuries. It was a precursor of the later meat extract and bouillon cubes, and of industrially dehydrated food. Portable_soup
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| Battle of Tours The Battle of Tours (October 10, 732),Oman, 1960, p. 167. Battle_of_Tours
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| Offa of Mercia Offa was the King of Mercia from 757 until his death in July 796. Offa was the son of Thingfrith and a descendant of Eowa, a brother of King Penda of Mercia, who had ruled over a century before. Offa_of_Mercia
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| Council of Ephesus The Council of Ephesus was held in 431 at the Church of Mary in Ephesus, Asia Minor. The council was called due to the contentious teachings of Nestorius, bishop of Constantinople. Council_of_Ephesus
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| Torture Torture, according to the United Nations Convention Against Torture, is "any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him, or a third person, information or a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing him or a third person, or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity. It does not include pain or suffering arising only from, inherent in, or incidental to, lawful sanctions. Torture
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| Joseph of Arimathea Joseph of Arimathea was, according to the Gospels, the man who donated his own prepared tomb for the burial of Jesus after Jesus' Crucifixion. A native of Arimathea, he was apparently a man of wealth, and probably a member of the Sanhedrin, which is the way bouleutēs, literally "counsellor", in and is often interpreted. Joseph_of_Arimathea
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| Berber people |region2 = Berber_people
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| Martyr The term martyr (Greek μάρτυς martys "witness") is most commonly used today to describe an individual who sacrifices their life (or personal freedom) in order to further a cause or belief for many. Long ago, it initially signified a witness in the forensic sense, a person called to bear witness in legal proceedings. Martyr
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| Second Council of Constantinople The Fifth Ecumenical Council (the Second Council of Constantinople) was a Christian Ecumenical Council that was held at Constantinople (5 May-2 June, 553), having been called by Emperor Justinian. It was attended mostly by Eastern bishops; only six Western (Carthaginian) bishops were present. Second_Council_of_Constantinople
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| Battle of the Milvian Bridge The Battle of the Milvian Bridge took place on October 28, 312, between the Roman Emperors Constantine I and Maxentius. Constantine won the battle and started on the path that led him to end the Tetrarchy and become the sole ruler of the Roman Empire. Battle_of_the_Milvian_Bridge
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| Pope Clement I Saint Clement I, also known as Pope Clement I, Saint Clement of Rome, or Clemens Romanus, was the fourth Pope and Bishop of RomePope St. Clement I, Catholic Encyclopedia. Pope_Clement_I
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| Third Council of Constantinople The Sixth Ecumenical Council met on November 7, 680 for its first session; it ended its meetings, said to have been eighteen in number, on September 16 of 681. The number of bishops present was under three hundred and the minutes of the last session have only 174 signatures attached to them. Third_Council_of_Constantinople
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| Clergy Clergy is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given religion. The term comes from Greek κλήρος - kleros, "a lot", "that which is assigned by lot" (allotment) or metaphorically, "heritage"Kleros, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, "A Greek-English Lexicon", at Perseus. Clergy
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| Perugia | province = (PG) Perugia
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| Jonathan Edwards (theologian) | birth_place = East Windsor, Connecticut Jonathan_Edwards_(theologian)
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