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31Merit (Catholicism) — Merit (Latin meritum), in general, is understood to be that property of a good work which entitles the doer to receive a reward (prœmium, merces) from him in whose service the work is done. By antonomastic usage, the word has come to designate… …
32PLANS — People for Legal and Non Sectarian Schools (PLANS) is an organization based in California in the United States which campaigns against the public funding of Waldorf methods charter schools alleging they violate the United States Constitution s… …
33Nature and Attributes of God — The Nature and Attributes of God † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Nature and Attributes of God I. As Known Through Natural Reason A. Infinity of God B. Unity or Unicity of God C. Simplicity of God D. Divine Personality… …
34United 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… …
35HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …
36Plan de Sánchez massacre — The Plan de Sánchez massacre took place in the Guatemalan village of Plan de Sánchez, Baja Verapaz department, on 18 July 1982. Over 250 people (mostly women and children, and almost exclusively ethnic Achi Maya) were abused and murdered by… …
37Debates on the grammar school — The debate about the British Tripartite System, also known as the grammar school system, still continues years after its abolition was initiated, and has evolved into a debate about the pros and cons of selective education in general. In general …
38Telly Awards — Infobox award name = Telly Award imagesize = caption = Bronze Telly Award current awards = 29th Telly Awards description = Excellence in local, regional, cable, TV commercials, Non Broadcast Video, TV Program presenter = Telly Awards country =… …
39Justification — • A biblio ecclesiastical term; which denotes the transforming of the sinner from the state of unrighteousness to the state of holiness and sonship of God Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Justification Justification …
40Predestinarianism — • A heresy which reduces the eternal salvation of the elect as well as the eternal damnation of the reprobate to one cause alone, namely to the sovereign will of God, and thereby excludes the free co operation of man as a secondary factor in… …
