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  • 121Vico, Giambattista — born June 23, 1668, Naples died Jan. 23, 1744, Naples Italian philosopher of cultural history and law. In his major work, New Science (1725), he attempted to combine history and the more systematic social sciences into a single science of… …

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  • 122TOBACCO: Last puff postponed — ▪ 1995       The World Health Organization (WHO), seeing smoking as the most preventable cause of ill health worldwide, edged in 1994 a little closer to its objective of a smoke free world, while it dropped the year 2000 as the target date. WHO… …

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  • 123Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …

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  • 124Hussites — • The followers of Jan Hus did not of themselves assume the name of Hussites. Like Hus, they believed their creed to be truly Catholic; in papal and conciliar documents they appear as Wycliffites, although Hus and even Jerome of Prague are also… …

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  • 125Meletius of Antioch — • Lengthy article on the career of the gentle bishop who longed for unity in the Church Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Meletius of Antioch     Meletius of Antioch    …

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  • 126Bl. John Colombini —     Blessed John Colombini     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Blessed John Colombini     Founder of the Congregation of Jesuati; b. at Siena, Upper Italy, about 1300; d. on the way to Acquapendente, 31 July, 1367. There was nothing in his early life… …

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  • 127Catholic Encyclopedia —     Catholic Encyclopedia     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Catholic Encyclopedia     Original Preface. The Catholic Encyclopedia, as its name implies, proposes to give its readers full and authoritative information on the entire cycle of… …

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  • 128Making of the Catholic Encyclopedia —     Making of the Catholic Encyclopedia     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Making of the Catholic Encyclopedia (1917)     The need of a Catholic Encyclopedia in English was manifest for many years before it was decided to publish one. Editors of… …

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