However, the Catholic churches held all power and authority, they controled the books and the knowledge, and they enforced Catholic teaching and defended the official doctrine. ... The Catholics thought of many different ways to stop the Reformation, one thing they thought of was a prohibition on books. They prohibited all books that sided with protestant ways such as humanism. These books promoted protestant ideas such as living your life for yourself and not for god; and learning for the sake of learning, not for god. ... These schools were often tuition free to try and make more people come...

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Both religions believe in the teachings of the first five books of the Bible. The five books of Moses are Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. ... Christianity and Judaism differ in their holy books as well. The Mishna and Talmud are the two main Jewish books, other than the Torah. ... Another example of the use of prophets was God sending Moses to free his people out of Egypt. ...

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The Christian Bible consists of two books: the Old Testament and the New Testament. The Old Testament, which is the Jewish holy book called the Torah, is made up of twenty-four different books. The first five books are called the Five Books of Moses, which tells the origin of the Jewish people and the set of beliefs the Jews hold. ... He led the Hebrew people, as ordered by God, out of Egypt, freed them from slavery, and led them to the Promised Land. ... Similarly to the Old Testament, the New Testament contains twenty-seven books. ...

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The only difference is that in America they are free to worship as each of them choose. 2 An American is also free to believe in no religion. ... According to Ferrara, 3 "American women are free to show their beautiful faces to the world, as each of them choose." ... The best science, the best technology, the best products, the best books, the best music, the best food, the best athletes (Ferrara, par 11)." ... Americans are free to enjoy the luxuries that other countries have to offer and we appreciate other countries for offering them to us. ... Then those lands too will join the commu...

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Throughout Core Humanities Seminar, we have as a class, in fact, discussed books that regardless of when they were written, are still popular in the twenty second century, thus are deemed worthy of such interrogation. ... With such radically different topics, how is it that I can possibly find some kind of correlation between the two books? ... Deceiving ones subjects into thinking that the individual cares about them so that they will side with the person in times of turmoil, rendering the death penalty to all criminals so that they never have an opportunity to ...

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In Old Testament described the history, Hebrew Scriptures, and books of law. ... And South Ireland became Irish Free State with Catholics living there (World History, p. 668). ... For human beings, who possess free will, practicing Islam does not involve automatically obeying but rather freely accepting God's commandments. ...

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In Christian theology, the numerous esteemed characteristics of God are made apparent through the Holy Scriptures. Through the reading of the scriptures we are able to discern the true nature of God helping us to strengthen our relationship with Him. Although there are many characteristics of God, H...

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The court said while the parents "may be free to become martyrs themselves," "it does not follow they are free, in identical circumstances, to make martyrs of their children." ... Only 4 states have overturned these laws, and 40 states still have laws on the books that basically grant parents protection from prosecution if they chose pray over medical treatment. ... In my opinion there needs to be more steps taken by the states and the federal government to get the laws off the books that allow parents to not be tried for abuse or neglect for refusing medical treatment to their children. ...

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Heaven is interpeted as a glorious place, free from pain, disease, sexual activity, depression, where everyone will live in new spiritual bodies in the presence of Jesus Christ. ... The earliest books of the Bible described Sheol : an underground cavern where all people, good and bad, spent eternity after death, leading a thirsty, shadowy, energy-less existence isolated from God. ... Basing their beliefs on the some main biblical passages in the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures (Old and New Testaments) and the 14 books of the Apocrypha, the Roman Catholic Church teaches that most individuals ...

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The First Amendment of the Constitution states that "congress shall may no law representing the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise there of." ... "Congress shall make no law representing an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or of the right of the people to peacefully assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances." ... "Congress shall make no law---- prohibiting the free exercise (of religion) thereof" Even before September 11th's crisis in America, ...

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Take this into consideration, America is just about the most violent country in the world, and we justify our actions by saying we"re free, free to speak our minds, free to assemble and free to choose our own religious preference. Think about that, we"re free. ... I personally don't judge books by their covers; in fact I like the diversity of the world and America in modern times? ...

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(No such thing as a free lunch.) -- Hindus strive to follow Karma Yoga which is Doing one's own duty without expectation of any rewards for it. 15. ... A goal of Hindus is to achieve Moksha, to be freed from the cycle of birth and death (when the "good" and the "bad" karmas balance.) or reach Swarga, the abode of the Divine Soul or Paramatma [God] to serve at His feet. ... A large number of prophecies were made in astonishing detail by many people throughout these books. ...

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When I compare my own country to the U.S, I do not have to have read books or taken lessons to know that America is a highly religious country, and has been since its earliest days. ... The very language of the Constitution and Bill of Rights suggest that, though created with Christian morals in the back of their minds, the framers of the Constitution intended America to be a nation free from any one religious authority. ... However, to say that the colonies were free from religious persecution is far from truth. ... The very idea of the free exercise of religion was at stake "if civil rul...

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The First Missionary Journeys of Paul I. Directed by the Holy Spirit Paul and Barnabas traveled from their home base in Antioch, Syria to Seleucia, Cyprus and Pathos. A. In Pathos they found Bar Jesus (Elymas), a Jewish false prophet who claimed to be sorcerer and attempted to discredit their teach...

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Because Christ has died for us, salvation is available as a free gift to anyone who is willing to receive it. ... Sindhu - "river- "more specifically, the Indus Vedas - Veda (Sanskrit, "knowledge-), the most ancient sacred literature of Hinduism, or individual books belonging to that literature. ...

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Later on, Father Gabriel gave Rodrigo a stack of scripture books to read. There were a series of words that stuck in Rodrigo's mind as he was reading the books and they were "faith, hope, and love". ... Because of this redemption, Rodrigo knew he had the duty to help free them. ...

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At the heart of the gnostic concern was the revelation of the hidden Gnosis (Greek meaning "knowledge"), the possession of which would free one from the fragmentary and illusory (or evil) material world (bodily existence) and teach one about the origins of the spiritual world to which the gnostic belonged by nature. ... This was most notable in the 3rd and 4th century with the different parts of the world recognizing different books as gospel. ...

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Being a brilliant writer, he knows how to persuade others in such a way that they agree with him and he uses this trait in an effective manner for writing books and essays. ... In this He encourages the readers to manifest themselves as free thinker and to have a reason for everything to believe in rather than to believe just because of emotion and fear. ...

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The following quotes come from guidelines in Islam directly quoted from the Qur'an, "4:74 So when you meet in battle those who disbelieve, then smite the necks until when you have overcome them, then make prisoners, and afterwards either set them free as a favor or let them ransom until the war terminates. ... The reliability is in question because it was quoted in a article not in any holy books. ...

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The Korean Religious Heritage Korea's religious heritage has contributed to the teaching of the Unification Church. Since it first appeared on Korean soil and was nourished by the Korean philosophy of life, the new movement was naturally influenced to some extent by its environment. Just as Eastern...

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In these books they tell you many doctrines that diverge sharply from Christian Orthodox. ... Some of the main rules are to keep the rule of abstinence, stay free of alcohol, drugs and any addictions. ...

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The start of Islam is actually derived form Christianity, history books indicates that one night in the year 610, the first of many revelations came to Muhammad from God by way of the angel Gabriel (In Christianity this is the same Angel which brings the news of Jesus' birth, Jesus of course is the founder of Christianity). ... These prophets, all mortal men, were elected messengers to whom God spoke through an angel or by inspiration., identical to Christianity, an example of that was God sending Moses to free his people out of Pharaohs hands. ...

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