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  • 121Homosexuality and Bahá'í Faith — The Bahá í Faith teaches that the only acceptable form of sexual expression is within marriage, and Bahá í marriage is defined in the religion s texts as exclusively between one man and one woman. Bahá í law restricts permissible sexual… …

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  • 122Jeremias — • Name of several Old Testament figures Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Jeremias     ♦ Jeremias      …

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  • 123State or Way — • Stages in the spiritual life Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. State or Way     State or Way (Purgative, Illuminative, Unitive)      …

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  • 124State or Way (Purgative, Illuminative, Unitive) —     State or Way (Purgative, Illuminative, Unitive)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► State or Way (Purgative, Illuminative, Unitive)     The word state is used in various senses by theologians and spiritual writers. It may be taken to signify a… …

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  • 125Maimonides — For other uses, see Maimonides (disambiguation). Moses ben Maimon ( Maimonides ) 18 century portrait of Maimonides, from the Thesaurus antiquitatum sacrarum by Blaisio Ugolino Full name Moses ben Maimon ( Maimonides ) Born 1135 …

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  • 126Nikolai Leskov — Portrait of Leskov by Valentin Serov, 1894 Born February 16, 1831(1831 02 16) Oryol, Russia Died March 5, 1 …

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  • 127Sokei-an — Infobox Buddhist biography name = Sokei an Sasaki img size = img capt = landscape = birth name = Yeita Sasaki other names = dharma name = birth date = 1882 birth place = Japan death date = May 17 1945 (age 63) death place = nationality =… …

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  • 128JOSEPH — (Heb. יְהוֹסֵף, יוֹסֵף), son of jacob and Rachel. He was born in Paddan Aram after his mother had been barren for seven years (Gen. 29:20, 30; 30:22–24, 25; 31:41). Nothing is related of his childhood. Joseph and His Brothers At the age of 17… …

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