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  • History of the Orthodox Church

    The Eastern Orthodox Churches trace their roots back to the Apostles and Jesus Christ. Apostolic succession established the seats of Patriarchy (for example see the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem).
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  • Timeline of Christianity

    The purpose of this timeline is to give a detailed account of Christianity from the beginning of the current era (AD) to the present. Question marks on dates indicate approximate dates.The year one is the first year in the "Christian calendar" (there is no year zero), which is the calendar presently used (in unison with the Gregorian calendar) almost everywhere in the world.
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  • Joseph Priestley

    Joseph Priestley, FRS (– 6 February 1804) was an 18th-century English theologian, Dissenting clergym, natural philosopher, chemist, educator, and political theorist who published over 150 works. He is usually credited with the discovery of oxygen, having isolated it in its gaseo state, although Carl Wilhelm Scheele and Antoine Lavoisier also have a claim to the discovery.
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  • Henry Garnet

    Henry Garnet (July 1555 – 3 May 1606), sometimes Henry Garnett, was an English Jesuit priest executed for his complicity in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Born in Heanor, Derbyshire, he was educated in Nottingham and later at Winchester College, before moving to London in 1571 to work for a publisher.
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  • And did those feet in ancient time

    "And did those feet in ancient time" is a short poem by William Blake from the preface to his epic "Milton a Poem", one of a collection of writings known as the Prophetic Books. The date of 1804 on the title page is probably when the plates were begun, but the poem was printed c.
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  • Thermidor (play)

    "Thermidor" is a four-act 1891 dramatic play by the 19th-century French playwright Victorien Sardou.The play is set during the French Revolution, almost exactly 100 years prior, and is one of seven Sardou plays set in that period. The plot follows a young actor, Labussière (based on a historical person), who infiltrates the revolutionary Committee of Public Safety and saves its potential victims
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  • John of Ruysbroeck

    The Blessed John of Ruysbroeck (; 1293 or 1294 – 2 December 1381) was one of the Flemish mystics. Some of his main literary works include "The Kingdom of the Divine Lovers, The Twelve Beguines, The Spiritual Espousals, A Mirror of Eternal Blessedness, The Little Book of Enlightenment and The Sparkling Stone".
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  • Salvator Attanasio

    Salvator Attanasio (died 3 June 1993) was an American literary translator, who translated over 200 works of literature, history and philosophy.Attanasio translated the autobiographies of Marlene Dietrich and Alexandra Kollantai, biographies of Dante and Goethe, philosophical works by Etienne Gilson, and work by a variety of Roman Catholic writers, including Hans Küng and Joseph Ratzinger.
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  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau

    Jean-Jacques Rousseau (; 28 June 17122 July 1778) was a Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer of the 18th-century. His political philosophy influenced the French Revolution as well as the overall development of modern political, sociological, and educational thought.Rousseau's novel ' is a treatise on the education of the whole person for citizenship.
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  • Ghent Altarpiece

    The Ghent Altarpiece (also called the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb or The Lamb of God, Dutch: Het Lam Gods) is a very large and complex early 15th century Early Flemish polyptych panel painting. It comprises an altarpiece of 12 panels, eight of which are hinged shutters.
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