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31Infallibility — • In general, exemption or immunity from liability to error or failure; in particular in theological usage, the supernatural prerogative by which the Church of Christ is, by a special Divine assistance, preserved from liability to error in her… …
32Sophists (The) — The sophists G. B. Kerferd In the fifth century BC the term sophistēs was used in Greece as a name to designate a particular profession, that of certain travelling teachers who went from city to city giving lectures and providing instruction in a …
33MAIMONIDES, MOSES — (Moses ben Maimon; known in rabbinical literature as Rambam ; from the acronym Rabbi Moses Ben Maimon; 1135–1204), rabbinic authority, codifier, philosopher, and royal physician. BIOGRAPHY The most illustrious figure in Judaism in the post… …
34Problem of evil — Part of a series on God General conceptions …
35James Stockdale — Infobox Military Person name= James Bond Stockdale born= Birth date|1923|12|23 died= Death date and age|2005|7|5|1923|12|23 placeofbirth= Abingdon, Illinois placeofdeath= placeofburial= caption=Formal portrait of Rear Adm. James B. Stockdale in… …
36Mata Amritanandamayi — Mātā Amṛtānandamayī Devī Amma. Born September 27, 1953(1953 09 27) (age 57) Parayakadavu, Alappad Panchayat, Kollam District, Kerala, India …
37biblical literature — Introduction four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha. The Old… …
38Mu'tazila — This article is part of the series …
39The Seal of Confession — The Law of the Seal of Confession † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Law of the Seal of Confession In the Decretum of the Gratian who compiled the edicts of previous councils and the principles of Church law which he published about 1151,… …
40UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, country in N. America. This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction Colonial Era, 1654–1776 Early National Period, 1776–1820 German Jewish Period, 1820–1880 East European Jewish Period,… …
