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101Chejarla —   village   Coordinates Country India State Andhra Pradesh …
102Spinoza, Benedict de — Hebrew Baruch Spinoza born Nov. 24, 1632, Amsterdam died Feb. 21, 1677, The Hague Dutch Jewish philosopher, a major exponent of 17th century rationalism. His father and grandfather had fled persecution by the Inquisition in Portugal. His early… …
103Brahminism — • Religion and social system which grew out of the polytheistic nature worship of the ancient Aryan conquerors of northern India Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Brahminism Brahminism …
104Jansenius and Jansenism — • The subject of this article lived three quarters of a century later than his namesake. He was born 28 October, 1585, of a Catholic family, in the village of Accoi, near Leerdam, Holland; died at Ypres, 6 May, 1638 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin… …
105Lorenzo Ricci — Lorenzo Ricci † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Lorenzo Ricci General of the Society of Jesus b. at Florence, 2 Aug., 1703; d. at the Castle of Sant Angelo, Rome, 24 Nov., 1775. He belonged to one of the most ancient, and illustrious families …
106Balthild, St. — (d. 680) Wife of King Clovis II (639 657) and regent of Chlotar III (657 683), Balthild was an important figure in the Merovingian kingdom of the second half of the seventh century. A saint, whose feast is celebrated on January 30, Balthild… …
107CHRISTIANITY — CHRISTIANITY, a general term denoting the historic community deriving from the original followers of Jesus of Nazareth; the institutions, social and cultural patterns, and the beliefs and doctrines evolved by this community; and – in the widest …
108LESSONS — singularity of the holocaust jewish faith after the holocaust impact of the holocaust Singularity of the Holocaust Look about and see Is there any agony like mine Which was dealt out to me When the Lord afflicted me (Lamentations 1:12) The… …
109KINGS, BOOK OF — KINGS, BOOK OF, biblical book divided into two roughly equal parts, beginning with an account of the end of david s reign, Solomon s succession and reign, and the disruption of the kingdom at his death, and continuing with the parallel histories… …
110SHTETL — (pl. shtetlakh; Russ. mestechko; Pol. miasteczko; Heb. צֲיָרָה), Yiddish diminutive for shtot meaning town or city, to imply a relatively small community; in Eastern Europe a unique socio cultural communal pattern. The real criteria for the size… …
