Some of the lack of clarity is shown through a comparison with the Credo of the People of God written by Pope Paul VI, which begins with: "We believe in only one God, Father, Son and Spirit, creator. " The reasons for this change, from naming the Father as creator, to speaking of the one God, Father, Son and Spirit as creator, can be found in a rather big shift in thinking in Western theology. ... This meant they could now apprehend God either directly or through his son. ... The disciples were all filled with the Holy Spirit. They vowed this even as the dramatic arrival of the third party, t...

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First and foremost, the main deities of both the mystery cult of Isis and Catholicism are based on a "trinity" consisting of father, son and spirit. In the Catholic religion, this is formed by God, his son Jesus and the spirit of the Holy Ghost. ... Another important parallel is the relationship between mother and son. ... Similarly, Isis and her son Horus were also portrayed in such a manner. ...

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After the Holy Christian League destroyed the entire Ottoman navy, they not only had enough resources to rebuilt it, but to also capture the city of Tunis is 1574 (Sivers, 540). ... Pizarro, however, took advantage of split of power between the emperors feuding sons. ... In 1529, yet another religion and power fueled clash occurred when a Christian incursion into Muslim territory triggered a response by Adal as a Muslim holy war. ... Aurangzeb out-maneuvered his sibling and betrayed his own father, placing Jahan under arrest. ... Aurangzeb was driven by his thirst for power, causing him to bet...

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The remnants of the Holy Roman Empire had divided into small semi-self-governing principalities. ... Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's was the sole-surviving son of Leopold and Maria Pertl Mozart. ... Soon, he too was being tutored by his father. ... But by December, he was asking for his father's blessings. While it's known that Leopold disapproved, what is not known is the discussion between father and son as Leopold's letters were said to be destroyed by Constanze. ...

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The members of the church claim that "God's hatred is one of his holy attributes" and that their picketing is a form of preaching to a "doomed" country unable to hear their message in any other way (Extremism) The other major group the Westboro Baptist Church targets is homosexuals. ... In fact the father of the deceased soldier could not even read the signs that the WBC members were holding because they were so far away from the funeral. The father did not read what was engraved on the signs until later that evening when he turned on the news and saw the complete cov...

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Is Esmeralda's case we see early evidence of overt attachment to her father. ... Esmeralda then goes on to disobey her mother and only feels vindicated when her father noticing the struggle takes her side by saying "Let her stay. ... Yet when her father leaves home supposedly to go be with other women she identifies with her mothers pain. ... Esmeralda begins in middle childhood to show signs of normal sexual interest with a boy only one year older who is the son of a friend of her mother's. ... For example Esmeralda is conflicted when she spends time at her Abuela's house and ...

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He was well educated in Jewish religion, secularist sciences and philosophy, most of which were taught to him by his father who was also very well educated. ... Shortly after their arrival in Fostat, Maimonides' father had passed. ... In 1204, Maimonides passed away and was mourned by Jews worldwide; his body was laid to rest in the holy city of Tiberias. ... Maimonides taught that the Messiah would come again, the 12th principle affirms this teaching and further cites that the Messiah will come into the world as a human and as a Son of David " will prevail upon Israel to walk to ...

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To begin with, I will be discussing the life of Maria Cristina Mena who as Amy Doherty states was born in Mexico City, to "a Spanish mother and Yucatan father" and had an upper class background that allowed her to later immigrate to New York City at the age of fourteen, before the Mexican Revolution. ... In one of Mena's final stories, which were published in the Household Magazine in 1931, " A Son of the Tropics", sees an enormous shift in reference to the postcolonial view. This story is really different in comparison to Mena's first work, "The Gold Vanity Set" which was publishe...

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Instead of the name of God the name of satan is invoked, together with the names of various demons, the "Our Father" is pronounced in the contrary or negative sense (our father who art in hell), invectives are hurled against Jesus Christ and the Host is profaned in various ways (utilizing it in sexual practices, trampling it repeatedly with hate). ... The newness of Christian worship "I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship" (Rom 12:1) Christian worship, the work of...

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Religions also have ways of behavior, clergy, scriptures and holy places. ... On the other hand, Rastafarians proclaim Zion in reference to Africa particularly Ethiopia, as their fathers' land, heaven on earth hence the movement embracing numerous African political and social aspirations. ... Jah is a biblical name of God, from a shortened form of Jahweh or Jehovah.6 Rastafarians are convinced that God sent his son to earth in the form of Jesus and made himself manifest as the person of Haile Selassie. ...

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These buildings in honor of the gods they worshiped were all carefully crafted and constructed in the hopes of beautifying the sacred rock of the Acropolis, also know as the "holy rock". ... Peisistratos" son, Hippias, held the Acropolis after the death of his father and murder of his brother; the Acropolis was now his stronghold over the Athenian people. ... This could easily be conceived when the Acropolis was considered a "holy" citadel raised above the city below rather than a fortress for defense. ...

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His father was fairly liberal, taking part in demonstrations for a constitution for Prussia and reading such authors as Voltaire and Kant, known for their social commentary. ... Shortly before Karl Marx was born, his father converted the family to the Evangelical Established Church, Karl being baptized at the age of six. ... Although many of the members of the Von Westphalen family were opposed to the marriage, Jenny's father favored Marx. ... He and Marx, sharing the same views, pooled their "intellectual resources" and published The Holy Family, a criticism of the Hegelian idealism o...

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When Lord Stanley of Preston became Governor General of Canada in 1888, he and his seven sons moved to Ottawa. ... The idea for the Stanley cup is believed to be one of Lord Stanley's sons both Arthur and Algy convinced their father to donate a trophy as "an outward and visible sign of the ice hockey championship"; a Captain Covill was entrusted with the task. ... Lord Stanley's third son Arthur led the way for uniformity of rules between clubs and the groundwork that led to organization of the Ontario Hockey Association a primary power behind the game to this day (Drackett 1982). ...

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The instability of theology offered Gothic Literature the confidence to query the supremacy of religion in text, for example in The Monk, where there is, according to critic David Stephens '...in effect a conflation of Roman Catholicism and blind superstition.'3 Both here and in the character of Father Jerome in Walpole's archetypical The Castle of Otranto, Gothic authors have presented religious representatives as morally injudicious, their irresolute personas open to corruption and temptation. ... Likewise, Coleridge's early life was dictated by his father's aspirati...

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It wasn't until 1880 that the "Pearl of Great Price" became common Holy Scripture and was incorporated with the "Book of Mormon". ... Because of his decision to worship Satan "not only was Cain called upon to suffer, but because of his wickedness he became the father of an inferior race"2. ... The prophet Joseph Smith and the early elders of the Church believed that the seed of Cain continued through the flood by the wife of Ham, a son of Noah4. ...

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History Coursework - World War One 1) Sources A, B and C are war recruitment posters published by various governments with the aim of influencing more people to volunteer for armed service in the war. Sources A and B are an earlier type of source, depending on the patriotic fervour that swe...

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