Apart from possession by the Holy Spirit, Christianity regards possession as the work of the devil. ... Father Karras introduces himself to Regan. ... The possessed person also displays hatred and or fear for symbols of goodness and sanctity or anything holy. ... Sprinkling holy water over Regan in a cross-like pattern causes the Regan-demon to squirm and squeal with extreme fear at the Christian artifact (the Holy Cross): "It burns!... According to the article in Newsweek, the Roman Catholic beliefs and practices about exorcism is that in the past, the church's beliefs about the natur...

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This parable; however, sheds a new light on the relationship between sinful man and a holy God. ... After this we will look at the rebellious action of the son, the ruthless anticipation of the Father, and the relentless affection of the Father. ... And this father had two sons. ... He realized that he no longer had claims on his father's goods, and morally he no longer has the right to be called a son; but if not a son then maybe a servant. ... Now here we see that the father had been watching for him because it says, "But while he was still far off, his father saw him - So we see that h...

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Man alone could never have reconciled himself to the Father for his shortcomings, he would need a mediator-and a plan. ... As He revealed more of Himself, God put more demands and responsibility on His people, requiring them to reflect His character both in worship and in behavior; as He was holy, they were to strive to be holy. ... God's covenant with Noah also regenerated the covenant made with Adam by giving man dominion over the animals and by charging him and his sons with the responsibility of repopulating the earth. ... In Abraham we find a man that was willing to hear God...

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The lama is on a quest to find the holy "River of the Arrow" which supposedly sprang from an arrow shot by Buddha. ... Kim thought that while on this holy quest, he could fulfill his own destiny. ... he sees great potential in Kim, and becomes somewhat of a father figure to him. ... By birth Kim is white, an Irish boy, whose father was a soldier in an Irish regiment. ... Kim is captured by The Reverend Bennett and Father Victor, who at first assume he is a native thief,...

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Churches referred to the household (or family) of God (Eph. 2:19-21), and spiritual building that grows into the holy temple, to which Church shall come at his return to this earth as King of kings, ruling all nations of the earth. ... After that, He continued doing His work through believers, by the baptism of Holy Spirit (Acts 1:2,8; Luke 24:49; Mark 16:15-20). ... Before His resurrection, Jesus commanded his disciples to tarry in the city of Jerusalem, until they receive the power of Holy Spirit (Luke 24:49, Acts 1:4). ... On the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit came upon these disciples (...

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The Holy Spirit had begun to work in my heart. ... God have up his only son, Jesus Christ, in order to save us from our sins, think that giving up your son for such an unworthy human race is self-explanatory and its significance is evident. ... We were all created to love and praise God, and there is nothing more important in this life to be able to come to know God and accept Jesus as your savior in order to be saved by the father. ... The holy spirit began communicating with the spirit in an amazing way. ... If you seek the power of the Holy Spirit and his presence amazing things will happe...

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A child born of a Jewish father is only a Jew if they go through conversion although some more liberal Jews consider him a Jew if he was raised Jewish. ... The father also blesses the reading of the Torah and prays for the health of his wife and new child. If a girl is born, the father names her at this time. ... Their name will often be a combination of the child's name and the father's name. ... This is the redemption of the first born son on his 31st day of life by paying five silver dollars to a Kohein, a priest that is a direct descendant of Aaron. ...

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For Luther, the Holy Eucharist of Lord's supper was really a symbolic act rather than an actual instance of transubstantiation in which the bread and wine actually become the body and blood of Christ. ... Because the principal sacrament of the Roman Catholic Church is the Holy Eucharist of Holy Communion, the fact that Luther was tampering with it could not help but be looked upon by the Roman clergy with great dismay. ... Consequently, Luther's teachings on the sacraments took away the power of the priests and the special nature of the Holy Eucharist. ...

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William II was a man after his father's image. ... With his capture of Normandy, Henry was able to reunite the Anglo-Norman legacy his father had formed 35 years earlier. ... In 1114 Matilda, at the age of 12, married Holy Roman Emperor Henry V. ... They felt that by marrying Matilda to an Anjou, Henry was giving up the Anglo-Norman legacy built by his father. ... Henry had a falling out with her father towards the end of his life. ...

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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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Among these include statements from christian writers such as church father who states that Revelation was written in the reign of the Roman emperor Domitian (81-96). ... Therefore, God has given the special revelation brought to us in the Holy Scriptures. ... This is the word of God showing us his plan for the retribution of his son Jesus Christ. ...

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His father calls from the ground for him to jump out the window and into the safe arms of his father. ... Abram means "high father.... As recorded in Genesis 11:27, Abraham's father's name was Terah. ... Not saying that God had to get rid of Terah to make His plan hatch, but merely that God demands complete obedience because He is holy. ... The Muslims claim Abraham as their father just as the Jews do. ...

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God later changed Abram's name to Abraham, which means the father of many nations. ... Isaac had twin sons - Esau and Jacob. ... Ruth, a Moabite woman, married Naomi's son. Both Naomi's sons and her husband died. ... They had a son named Obed, who was the father of Jesse, who was the father of David. ...

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Here we have our requirements for baptism as laid out by the Bible: 1) You must repent of your sins 2) You must be immersed in water 3) You must come to be baptized (not be brought) Later in Matthew 28:18-20 Jesus adds to these requirements that the believer: 4)Be baptized by another believer 5)Be baptized in the name of the Father, Son, Holy Spirit According to the scriptures "John the son of Zechariah i...

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The father Malachy is a protestant from Ulster while the mother is Roman Catholic from Limerick. ... The father, Malachy, tries to find work, but prejudice works against him. ... The father's alcoholism worsens. ... Frank, the eldest child, is sent to the bar to shame the father into coming home. ... From her viewpoint he has become his father. ...

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In "Morte Darthur", Christianity is exemplified in the search for the Holy Grail, the glass that Jesus drank from at the Last Supper. ... In the end her faith is rewarded when she returns to her homeland and is reunited with her father and husband. ... First it can be seen in the search for the Holy Grail in which all the knights set forth to find the Grail which will heal Arthur of his sickness. ... In the first battle Arthur's son is defeated and runs away but he returns to fight Arthur once again. ... When the battle is over Arthur sees his son and they run towards each other. ...

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His father, Vlad II was given the title of Dracul by King Sigismond of Hungary. ... The name was then passed down to his son Vlad Dracula (being the diminutive of Dracul "the little dragon") Dracula's father was the authority of every German city of the region and defended Transylvania from the wrath of the Turks. ... Vlad, in a cowardly attempt to save his own life, left in his place his two sons: Vlad (Dracula) and Radu. ... And so the question remains: was Dracula truly a son of demons or was he just a sadistic ruler with no belief of remorse? ... We are not obliged to take our skul...

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When, in the war between the Danes and the Frisians, both her Danish brother and her Frisian son are killed, Hildeburh is left doubly grieved. ... Yet Beowulf also demonstrates the sort of restraint proper to kings when, earlier in his life, he refrains from usurping Hygelac's throne, choosing instead to uphold the line of succession by supporting the appointment of Hygelac's son. ... "And a young prince must be prudent like that, giving freely while his father lives so that afterwards in age when fighting starts steadfast companions will stand by him and hold the line. ...

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Social Reasons: - Primogeniture- the tradition in which the oldest son of a noble family inherits all of his fathers estate. Since second or third born sons did not receive any inheritance, they decided to travel to the New World, in search of land and wealth. ... Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania was a proprietary colony started by William Penn, who had a very rich father... - Penn inherited his father possessions, among which was a debt of the king. ...

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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 period of time they are in though, isn't unusual for a girl so young to be domineered by her father to this extent, especially people of a high class like themselves the father is always the head of the house. ... This adds tension because the audience wonders if her father will ever find out. ... He is blackmailing her and she certainly couldn't say no to her father, someone with such power in society. Back in this time anyone who stood up to his or her father was in the wrong and should be punished for it. ... In the modern world no father would give a girl of 14 orders to ma...

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In Lewis' rendition of Till We Have Faces he presents the reader with a new and refreshing perspective of the ancient Greek myth of Cupid and Psyche. However, this interesting tale is much more than a myth retold. Lewis' central theme in this book is obsessive love. The sick and twisted love that Or...

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Return to Jerusalem After fifty years of exile in Babylon, a small group of devoted Jews, probably fewer than 50,000, returned to their holy city. ... King Antiochus IV became the king of Syria beginning 175 B.C after his father Antiochus III passed on the responsibilities too King Antiochus IV. ... This meant major changes as stated above, his father King Antiochus III had granted the people the rights of their ancestral worship but, the changes cause the Maccabees Revolt (66 C.E) The 65 CE Revolt (Natalies Part) Josephus was born Joseph ben Mattathia in 37 C.E. in Jerusalem of a priest...

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The History The passage of time gives rise to new ideas and movements that stem from the social, political, and economic conditions in which a people live. History has seen the formation, disintegration, and evolution of innumerable religious movements, oftentimes the response of a people to the ...

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Laws of primogeniture stated that only the eldest sons were eligible to inherit landed estates. Younger sons had to seek fortunes elsewhere; helped form joint-stock companies (forerunner of modern day corporations), which enabled a group of investors to pool their capital. 3. ...

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