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  • 11Discipline of the Secret — • A theological term used to express the custom which prevailed in the earliest ages of the Church, by which the knowledge of the more intimate mysteries of the Christian religion was carefully kept from the heathen and even from those who were… …

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  • 12December 1927 — January February March April May June July August September October 1927 November December The following events occurred in December 1927: Contents 1 December 1, 1927(Thursday) 2 December 2, 1927 (Friday) …

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  • 13France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …

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  • 14Civilization (film) — Civilization Directed by Reginald Barker Thomas H. Ince Raymond B. West Produced by …

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  • 15William Wilkerson — [ [http://www.lanaturneronline.com/biographical information%20about%20Lana.htm Biographical Information ] ] .Early lifeBorn in Nashville, Tennessee on September 29, 1890. Wilkerson originally began to study medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania… …

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  • 16Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …

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  • 17ancient Rome — ▪ ancient state, Europe, Africa, and Asia Introduction       the state centred on the city of Rome. This article discusses the period from the founding of the city and the regal period, which began in 753 BC, through the events leading to the… …

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  • 18Coptic Persecutions — • During the first two centuries the Church of Alexandria seems to have been freer from official persecution at the hands of the Roman Government than its sister churches of Rome and Antioch. . . Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Coptic… …

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