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  1. Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
    8: ...of Mary, and the centuries of Marian cult derived from the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christian chu...
    13: ... 5:2), some 80 or 90 miles (about 130 kilometers) from Nazareth; and while there they found shelter in...
    15: ...|Matt. 1:21]]), because he was to save his people from their sins. This was followed by the presentat...
    17: ...er sister Mary, and [[Mary Magdalene]], [[Salome (disciple)|Salome]] and other women (John 19:26). Mary cra...
    19: ...Acts 1:14). From this time she wholly disappears from the historical biblical accounts, although it i...
  2. Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
    6: ... of the first day of the week she, with [[Salome (disciple)|Salome]] and Mary the mother of [[James]], ([[Go...
    12: ...arly church fathers. In the fragmentary text, the disciples ask questions of the risen Savior (a designation...
    22: ...[Harvard Divinity School]], has observed, "The confrontation of Mary with Peter, a scenario also found...
    31: ...:10); although the Roman Catholic Church withdrew from this linkage at the [[Second Vatican Council]] ...
    33: ...ose critical scholars who are drawing conclusions from the canonic texts alone believe that the woman ...
  3. List of popes (77758 bytes)
    25: | <small>Disciple of [[Jesus]] from whom, according to {{bibleverse||Matthew|16:18-...
    91: | <small>[[Aquileia]], Friuli, Italy</small>
    119: | <small>[[North Africa|Northern Africa]]</small>
    165: ===From 250===
    255: | <small>Africa</small>
  4. Saint Peter (16028 bytes)
    1: ...e and pallium holding keys, was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus.]]
    2: ...|Galilean]] [[fisherman]] and one of the twelve [[disciple]]s or [[apostle]]s of [[Jesus]] whose life was pr...
    8: ... &#928;&#949;&#964;&#961;&#959;&#962; which comes from the [[Greek language]] meaning pebble or piece ...
    11: ... accounts of his life or death. Before becoming a disciple of Jesus, Simon (''i.e.'', Peter) was a fisherman...
    15: ...k crows, you will have denied me three times." Confronted after Jesus had been arrested, Peter did den...
  5. Pope Anicetus (1719 bytes)
    1: ...ing his pontificate that the aged [[Polycarp]], a disciple of Saint [[John the Divine]], visited the Roman C...
  6. Pope Damasus I (6865 bytes)
    1: ...masus I''' (''ca.'' [[305]]-[[383]]) was [[pope]] from [[366]] to [[383]]. His father was Antonius; t...
    3: ...ersonal intervention of the emperor to rescue him from this humiliation. The reputations of both Dama...
    15: ...and importance of claims of authority and primacy from the Roman bishops, claims reinforced by the for...
    20: The letters purportedly from Jerome to Damasus have sometimes been adduced a...
    21: ...an confessors who share your faith, and anchor my frail craft under the shadow of their great argosies...
  7. Pope Leo I (11553 bytes)
    1: ...eo the Great''', a Roman aristocrat, was [[Pope]] from [[440]] to [[461]]. He is the first great Pope ...
    17: ... of Rome; since [[Mark the Evangelist|Mark]], the disciple of [[Saint Peter|Peter]] and founder of the Alexa...
    19: The fact that the African province of [[Mauretania Caesariensis]] had b...
    21: ...shops of [[Sicily]] ([[447]]) for their deviation from the Roman custom as to the time of [[baptism]],...
    27: ...his successor [[Pope Hilarius|Hilary]]. An appeal from [[Celidonius of Besan篮]] gave Leo occasion to...
  8. Jan van Eyck (7234 bytes)
    7: ...and paint, and mastered the properties of colours from [[Pliny the Elder|Pliny]]. Later on, Hubert adm...
    9: ...y of 100 [[livre tournois|livres]] per annum, and from that time till his death Jan van Eyck remained ...
    11: He was frequently employed in missions of trust; and follow...
    24: ...ss firm than in Hubert's panels. Jan only differs from his brother in being less masculine and less st...
    32: From first to last Van Eyck retains his ability in p...
  9. Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
    1: [[image:copernicus.jpg|right|frame|Nicolaus Copernicus]]
    8: ...cus' father. His brother Andrew became canon in [[Frombork]]. A sister, Barbara, became a [[Benedictin...
    10: ...stronomer]]. He followed his lessons and became a disciple and assistant.
    14: ...of Warmia and Copernicus was named a canon in the Frombork [[cathedral]], but he waited in Italy for t...
    16: ...o complete his studies in Padua (with Guarico and Fracastoro) and in Ferrara (with Bianchini), where i...
  10. Culture of Italy (11004 bytes)
    23: ...ommunity. All religious faiths are provided equal freedom before the [[law]] by the [[constitution]]. ...
    27: ...ans, mostly of Berber or Arab origin, came mainly from heavily Islamic [[Morocco]], though they have b...
    31: ...es to the Modern era. Several famous artists are from Italy. Italy is also rich in [[Music]],[[cinema...
    40: ...s, Roman dramatists tended to adapt and translate from the Greek. For example, Seneca's Phaedra was ba...
    47: ...] for their own purposes, which were so different from Greek buildings as to create a new architectura...
  11. Rene Descartes (17976 bytes)
    1: ... to his writings, which have been closely studied from his time down to the present day. Descartes wa...
    4: ...mena. In his theology, he insists on the absolute freedom of God’s act of creation.
    6: ..., later advocated by [[Baruch Spinoza]] and [[Gottfried Leibniz]], and opposed by the [[empiricist]] s...
    11: ...in [[La Haye en Touraine]], [[Indre-et-Loire]], [[France]]. When he was 1 year old, his mother died of...
    14: ... whatever came my way so as to derive some profit from it. (Descartes, ''Discourse on the Method of Ri...
  12. Pierre Abelard (18114 bytes)
    2: ...rd''' ([[1079]] – [[April 21]], [[1142]]) was a French [[Scholasticism|scholastic]] [[philosopher]]....
    7: ...whether this was in early youth, when he wandered from school to school for instruction and exercise, ...
    11: ...sm prior to Abélard). First, against opposition from the metropolitan teacher, while yet only twenty...
    13: ...gne Sainte-Geneviève]], overlooking Notre-Dame. From his success in dialectic, he next turned to [[t...
    15: ... crowds - it is said thousands of students, drawn from all countries by the fame of his teaching. Enr...
  13. Confucius (21352 bytes)
    20: ...<small>(Ch: </small>&#23380;&#23376;<small>, less frequently </small>&#23380;&#22827;&#23376;<small>;
    22: |align=right| ||<small>Py: K&#466;ngz&#464;, less fr. K&#466;ngf&#363;z&#464;;
    24: ...ight| ||<small>[[Wade-Giles|WG]]: K'ung-tzu, less fr. K'ung Fu-tzu)</small>
    37: ...ame involved in teaching [[disciples of Confucius|disciples]]. His philosophy emphasized personal and govern...
    39: ...]'' is a short collection of his discussions with disciples, compiled posthumously. These contain the gist o...
  14. History of Christianity (35391 bytes)
    8: ...in the [[first century]] AD. Christianity brought from Judaism its [[scriptures]] (the [[Old Testament...
    10: ... on different interpretations of various passages from the Old Testament (or [[Tanakh]]).
    26: ...hurch]] is said to extend in an unbroken timeline from this period. This section will examine those f...
    40: *[[Polycarp]], bishop of Smyrna and disciple of [[John the Evangelist]]
    45: *[[Justin Martyr]], convert from Greek philosophy
  15. Sikhism (31029 bytes)
    2: ...u Granth Sahib]], the Sikh holy book. It departs from some of the social traditions and structure of ...
    4: ...tain ritualistic practices that distracted people from focusing on [[God]]. He wanted to go beyond wha...
    10: ...arance that it is a blend of insights originating from two very different faiths. Sikhism's coherence ...
    12: ...d matter as a veil, so that only spiritual minds, free of desire, can penetrate it by the grace of the...
    18: Political pressure from surrounding Muslim nations forced the Sikhs to ...
  16. Franz Xaver von Baader (10383 bytes)
    1: '''Franz Xaver von Baader''' ([[March 27]], [[1765]] &n...
    3: ... [[Abraham Gottlob Werner]] at [[Freiberg, Saxony|Freiberg]], travelled through several of the mining ...
    5: ...d, probably gave out more than he received. Their friendship continued till about the year 1822, when ...
    7: ...ing the last three years of his life, interdicted from lecturing on the philosophy of religion.
    9: ...ch mark the outline of his thought. Baader starts from the position that human reason by itself can ne...
  17. Mauryan (48769 bytes)
    2: ...ia|India]]''', ruled by the '''Mauryan dynasty''' from 321 to 185 BC.
    4: Originating from the kingdom of [[Magadha]] in the [[Indo-Ganget...
    10: ...[Seleucus I Nicator|Seleucus I]], a Greek general from Alexander's army. Under Chandragupta and his su...
    20: ...[Babylon]], soon after in [[323 BCE]], his empire fragmented, and local kings declared their independe...
    28: With the help of these frontier martial tribes from Central Asia, Chandragupta was able to defeat t...
  18. Yoga (18820 bytes)
    7: The word Yoga originates from the [[Sanskrit]] word "Yuj" ("to yoke") and is ...
    38: ...as the Supreme Lord, to [[Arjuna]], a warrior and friend who is loathe to go to battle that would invo...
    65: ...tricate geometric figures) and rituals that range from simple murti (statue representations of deities...
    68: ...des the shisya (student) through yogic discipline from the beginning. When doing yoga, the student is ...
    74: ...erica as early as the 1890s by the great yogi and disciple of Shri [[Ramakrishna]], [[Swami Vivekananda]], t...

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