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  • Thumbnail for Mormonism and polygamy
    Polygamy (called plural marriage by Latter-day Saints in the 19th century or the Principle by modern fundamentalist practitioners of polygamy) was practiced...
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    West is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets...
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  • The Catholic Church in the Bahamas is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. Columbus landed on one...
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    Morkulangara Devi Temple is a famous Hindu temple in the Kottayam District of Kerala state in India. The presiding deity is Bhagavathy. The prime feature...
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  • Georges Henri Tavard, AA (February 6, 1922 – August 13, 2007) was an ordained member of the Augustinians of the Assumption. He lectured extensively in...
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  • Funerary texts or funerary literature feature in many belief systems. Its purpose is usually to provide guidance to the newly deceased or the soon-to-be-deceased...
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  • The Sisters of the Cenacle (full title: Congregation of Our Lady of the Retreat in the Cenacle) is a Roman Catholic Congregation founded in 1826 in the...
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  • Alan Kreider (November 1941 - 8 May 2017) was an American Mennonite historian. He was the American Professor Emeritus of Church History and Mission at...
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  • Virgil Horace Barber (May 9, 1782, in Claremont, New Hampshire – March 25, 1847, in Georgetown, D.C.) was an American Jesuit. Virgil Barber was born May...
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    Chongsheng Temple, (simplified Chinese: 崇圣寺; traditional Chinese: 崇聖寺; pinyin: Chóngshèng Sì, also known as SanTa Si or Tianlong Si[citation needed]),...
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  • Bhumchu (Bhum is a pot, Chum is water) is a Buddhist festival, which on the Tibetan lunar calendar is held on the 14th and 15th day of the first month...
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  • The realm known as Nekudim/Olam HaNekudim (World of "Points/Spotted") is one of the many spiritual worlds (Olamot) described by Kabbalah, as part of the...
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  • Buddha is a 2004 historical nonfiction book by Karen Armstrong. It is an examination of the life, times, and lasting influence of Siddhartha Gautama, with...
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  • George Riashi (Qaa el Reem, near Zahlé, Lebanon on November 25, 1933 – October 28, 2012) was the Greek Melkite Catholic bishop of Melkite Greek Catholic...
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    Arnaud de Via (died 24 November 1335) was a French cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church. Arnaud's brother Jacques was also a cardinal and their mother...
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    The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin and St Anthony of Padua is a parish church in Milejów, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland. Efforts to church...
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  • Law and Gospel: The Hallmark of Classical Lutheranism Rev. Dr. Carl E. Braaten A Reformed Account of the Law-Gospel Distinction Rev. Dr. Michael S. Horton...
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  • Kaviyoor is a village located in Thiruvalla Sub-District & Taluk In Pathanamthitta district of Kerala State,India, situated on the western bank of the...
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