A scholarly discussion of faith, both theological and psychological, is found in Hasting's Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics: Every art of religious faith shows two sides or aspects -- a cognitive and a volitional. ... In the meantime we can be thankful that the word faith, like the word soul, is used cautiously and sparingly by our new practitioners of the mental healing art. ... As a work of critical reason in the light of faith, theology presupposes and requires in all its research a reason formed and educated to concept and argument" (97). ... Through the use of different forms o...

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The other asset is the satisfaction gained through art. ... The art forms a feeling of identification, and provides an occasion for sharing these emotional experiences. ... In the end all good is rewarded and all evil punished, in the form of life, or life after death. ...

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The long-lived Roman Empire was a majestic power of its time; contributing to the many spheres of influences such as poetry, art, architecture and law. ... Thus it is of no surprise that any foreign form of faith or worship was shunned by the Romans. ...

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Besides it is divided into 133 cantos (including the prologue and epilogue), and in contrast to its constant and regulated metrical form, it deals with different subjects such as: profound spiritual experiences, nostalgic reminscence, philosophical speculation, Romantic fantasizing and even occasional verse. ... First of all, it is necessary to introduce the Victorian four elements in the total situation of a work of art: the artistic product itself, the universe representing nature, the audience and the artist. ...

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When there was enough solid earth, he let go of the chain and landed on the newly formed land that became know as the holy city of Ile-Ife. ... A family is formed of initiates who share the same padrino (godfather) or madrina (godmother). ...

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He thus refers to the Letter to the Hebrews: "By faith we understand that the worlds were formed by the Word of God, so that what is seen was not made of things which appear...... He wrote: "Should one say that Knowledge is founded on demonstration by a process of reasoning, let him hear that first principles are incapable of demonstration; for they are neither by art nor sagacity. ...

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