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111Infallibility of the Church — The Infallibility of the Church (or, more properly, indefectibility of the Church) is the belief that the Holy Spirit will not allow the Church to err in its belief or teaching under certain circumstances. In Christianity, this belief is held… …
112Utilitarians (The early) — The early utilitarians Bentham and James Mill G.L.Williams Jeremy Bentham was born in 1748 in London; his prosperous father, a lawyer who became wealthy from property rather than the law, planned out for his son a brilliant legal career. After an …
113Biblical narratives and the Qur'an — The Qur an, the central religious text of Islam, contains references to over fifty people also found in the Bible, typically in the same or similar narratives.Western secular scholars have tended to analyze such similarities as evidence for the… …
114Criticisms of The Da Vinci Code — The Da Vinci Code , a popular suspense novel by Dan Brown, generated a great deal of criticism and controversy after its publication in 2003. Many of the complaints centered on the book s speculations and alleged misrepresentations of core… …
115History of the BattleTech universe — The following is an abridged history of events in the fictional universe of BattleTech. Originally conceived in the early 1980s as a backstory for the franchise s tabletop wargame, it has been expanded considerably by material in numerous… …
116Priest-penitent privilege in England from the Reformation to the nineteenth century — The doctrine of priest penitent privilege does not apply in the UK. Before the Reformation, England was a Roman Catholic country and the Seal of the Confessional had great authority in the English courts. However, the Reformation was followed by… …
117Religions of the Discworld — The world depicted in Terry Pratchett s Discworld series of novels has a lively and complex religious life. The Discworld had numerous gods, all of which clearly exist rather than being socio cultural inventions. There are also multiple… …
118List of cultural references in The Divine Comedy — The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri is a long allegorical poem in three parts or canticas (or cantiche ), Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise), and 100 cantos, with the Inferno having 34, Purgatorio 33, and Paradiso 33 …
119Views of the Arab–Israeli conflict — The Arab Israeli conflict is the result of numerous factors. Reasons cited for the conflict therefore vary from participant to participant and observer to observer. A powerful example of this divide can be found in opinion surveys of Palestinians …
120Unification Church of the United States — The Unification Church of the United States is a new religious movement in the United States of America. It began in the 1950s and 1960s when missionaries from Japan and South Korea were sent to the United States by the international Unification… …
