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211833 New Hampshire Baptist Confession of Faith — Part of a series on Baptists …
22western Africa, history of — Introduction history of the region from the 11th century to the present. A reasonable body of sources for the writing of western African history begins to be available about AD 1000. Three centuries earlier, the Arabs (Arab) had… …
23Dune (film) — This article is about the 1984 film. For other related films, see Dune (franchise)#Film and television adaptations. Dune Promotional film poster for Dune Directed by …
24Theonomy — The word theonomy derives from the Greek words “theos” God, and “nomos” law. DefinitionsThe term Theonomy has been used to describe various views which see the God revealed in the Bible as the sole source of human ethics. Using the word in this… …
25Sexual abstinence — is the practice of voluntarily refraining from some or all aspects of sexual activity. Common reasons to deliberately abstain from the physical expression of sexual desire include religious or philosophical reasons (e.g., chastity), material… …
26Samuel Wesley (poet) — ; in his own time he was known to many as a poet and a writer of controversial prose.FamilyThe father of Samuel Wesley was the Rev. John Westley, rector of Winterborne Whitechurch, Dorset. His mother was the daughter of Rev. John White… …
27asceticism — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Extremism in self restraint Nouns 1. asceticism, puritanism, austerity; abstinence, abstemiousness; [self ]mortification, [self ]denial, maceration, sackcloth and ashes, hair shirt, flagellation; penance,… …
28heterodoxy — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Departure from orthodoxy Nouns 1. heterodoxy, syncretism; sectarianism, nonconformity, unconformity, secularism, denominationalism, cultism; heresy, schism, error, false doctrine; schismaticism, recusancy; …
29Protestantism — /prot euh steuhn tiz euhm/, n. 1. the religion of Protestants. 2. the Protestant churches collectively. 3. adherence to Protestant principles. [1640 50; PROTESTANT + ISM] * * * One of the three major branches of Christianity, originating in the… …
30Puritan — A Puritan of 16th and 17th century England was an associate of any number of religious groups advocating for more purity of worship and doctrine, as well as personal and group piety. Puritans felt that the English Reformation had not gone far… …
