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  • 1experience — I. n. 1. Actual observation, actual trial, actual feeling, actual presentation. 2. Continued or repeated observation, long practice, thorough acquaintance with facts, knowledge gained from observation, experimental knowledge, practical wisdom. II …

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  • 2Advocates of Roman Congregations — are persons, ecclesiastical or lay, versed in canon and civil law, who plead causes before Roman Catholic ecclesiastical tribunals in the Roman Curia. Nature and functioning The learning required of these advocates is exceptional and profound.… …

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  • 3Advocates of Roman Congregations — • Persons, ecclesiastical or lay, versed in canon and civil law, who plead causes before the ecclesiastical tribunals in Rome Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Advocates of Roman Congregations     Advocates …

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  • 4William Garden Blaikie — (February 5, 1820, in Aberdeen June 11, 1899) was a Scottish divine, writer, biographer, and temperance reformer.: The following text is from the 11th edition (1911) of Encyclopaedia Britannica (now in the Public Domain). Since Blaikie died in… …

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  • 5BIBLE — THE CANON, TEXT, AND EDITIONS canon general titles the canon the significance of the canon the process of canonization contents and titles of the books the tripartite canon …

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  • 6Biblical Exegesis —     Biblical Exegesis     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Biblical Exegesis     Exegesis is the branch of theology which investigates and expresses the true sense of Sacred Scripture.     The exegete does not inquire which books constitute Sacred… …

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  • 7Giovanni Battista de Rossi —     Giovanni Battista de Rossi     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Giovanni Battista de Rossi     A distinguished Christian archaeologist, best known for his work in connection with the Roman catacombs, born at Rome, 23 February, 1822; died at Castel… …

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  • 8United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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  • 9EDUCATION, JEWISH — This entry is arranged according to the following outline. Bibliography at the end of a section is indicated by (†). in the biblical period the nature of the sources historical survey the patriarchal period and the settlement the kingdom the… …

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  • 10Judaism — /jooh dee iz euhm, day , deuh /, n. 1. the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the… …

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