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41Confirmation — • Describes its origin from Biblical texts and how it has been handed down through the ages. The rite is briefly described, and the minister, matter, form, recipient, effects, necessity and sponsors are detailed Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin… …
42Manichaeism — Manichæism † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Manichæism Manichæism is a religion founded by the Persian Mani in the latter half of the third century. It purported to be the true synthesis of all the religious systems then known, and actually… …
43Scot McKnight — is a New Testament scholar who has written widely on the historical Jesus, Christian spirituality, and the Emerging Church. He is the Karl A. Olsson Professor in Religious Studies at North Park University. Prior to joining the NPU faculty in 1994 …
44Hildegard of Bingen bibliography and discography — This article is a list of books written on the subject of Hildegard of Bingen, the prolific Medieval artist, author, counselor, dramatist, linguist, naturalist, philosopher, physician, poet, political consultant, prophet, visionary and composer… …
45Christianity — • An account is given of Christianity as a religion, describing its origin, its relation to other religions, its essential nature and chief characteristics, but not dealing with its doctrines in detail nor its history as a visible organization… …
46Peter Rollins — (born Belfast, 1973) is the co ordinator of the experimental collective Ikon. Ikon describes itself as iconic, apocalyptic, heretical, emerging and failing and engages in what it calls theodrama and transformance art . Ikon has been widely… …
47Aquinas and the Sacraments — Aquinas and the Sacraments: The following article is a condensation of the writings of St. Thomas Aquinas in Summa Contra Gentiles and Summa Theologica. As can be seen, Aquinas relied heavily on Scriptural passages, as well as the writings of… …
48Héloïse — /el oh eez /; Fr. /ay law eez /, n. 1. 1101? 64, French abbess: pupil of and secretly married to Pierre Abélard. Cf. Abélard. 2. a female given name, French form of Eloise or Louise. * * * ▪ French nun born c. 1098 died May 15, 1164, Paraclete… …
49Holy Spirit — 1. the spirit of God. 2. the presence of God as part of a person s religious experience. 3. See Holy Ghost. [1350 1400; ME] * * * or Holy Ghost or Paraclete In Christianity, the third person of the Holy Trinity. Though references to the spirit of …
50Abelard, Peter — born 1079, Le Pallet, near Nantes, Brittany died April 21, 1142, Priory of Saint Marcel, near Chalon sur Saône, Burgundy French theologian and philosopher. The son of a knight, he abandoned his inheritance to study philosophy. He became private… …
