The competitors were eager to excel, to thrust themselves forward, to display to all Greece their personal superiority. ... " The omniscient sacred truce of peace provided by the Olympics gave the kings and leaders from all over Greece an opportunity to meet unarmed (in2greece). ... When Zeus seized the thrown he became the supreme ruler of all the gods and thus was regarded as the "Father of all gods and the father of all men (greekmythology).... This event had the ability to completely stop all war. ... " The judges were all high members of the government, so politics greatl...

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By the middle of the 12th century almost all of these bodies had adopted the Rule of St Augustine. ... The dissolution of the monasteries in England by Henry VIII included all those belonging to the Austin Friars. ... As early as 1354 the order had provided 24 popes, 200 cardinals, 7,000 archbishops, 15,000 bishops, 1,560 canonized saints, and 5,000 holy people worthy of canonization, a number since increased to 40,000, and it had included 20 emperors, 10 empresses, 47 kings, 50 queens, and many other royal and noble people. ... The Reformation left not more than 5,000, but this number has sin...

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