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  • 3Oates's Plot — • A Popish Plot which, during the reign of Charles II of England, Titus Oates pretended to have discovered. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Oates s Plot     Oates s Plot   …

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  • 4Al-Mu'awwidhatayn — Also see: Al Falaq, Al Nas The al Mu awwidhitayn (Arabic المعوذتين), sometimes translated as Verses of refuge , is an Arabic term referring to the last two suras (chapters) of the Qur an viz. al Falaq and an Nas which are two consecutive short… …

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  • 5Covenanters — • The name given to the subscribers (practically the whole Scottish nation) of the two Covenants, the National Covenant of 1638 and the Solemn League and Covenant of 1643 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Covenanters     Covena …

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  • 6Jack Sheppard — (4 March 1702 – 16 November 1724) was a notorious English robber, burglar and thief of early 18th century London. Born into a poor family, he was apprenticed as a carpenter but took to theft and burglary in 1723, with little more than a year of… …

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  • 7Theodore of Mopsuestia — Theodore the Interpreter (ca. 350 428), was bishop of Mopsuestia, a city in what is now Turkey which has since declined into a village which is now known as Yakapinar, from 392 to 428. He is also known as Theodore of Antioch, from the place of… …

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  • 8John Penington — Sir John Penington, (1584?–1646), was an English admiral who served under Charles II of England, BiographyJohn Pennington was the second cousin of Sir Isaac Penington or Pennington, and the son of Robert Penington of Henham in Essex, described as …

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  • 9The Sacrament of Penance —     The Sacrament of Penance     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Sacrament of Penance     Penance is a sacrament of the New Law instituted by Christ in which forgiveness of sins committed after baptism is granted through the priest s absolution to… …

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  • 10ethics — /eth iks/, n.pl. 1. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) a system of moral principles: the ethics of a culture. 2. the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.: medical ethics;… …

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