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111Cosmogony — • By this term is understood an account of how the universe (cosmos) came into being (gonia • gegona = I have become). It differs from cosmology, or the science of the universe, in this: that the latter aims at understanding the actual… …
112Zacharias — • The prophecy of Zacharias is one of the books admitted by both Jews and Christians into their canon of Sacred Writings, one of the Minor Prophets Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Zacharias Zacharias …
113The Oxford Movement (1833-1845) — The Oxford Movement (1833 1845) † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Oxford Movement (1833 1845) The Oxford Movement may be looked upon in two distinct lights. The conception which lay at its base, according to the Royal Commission on… …
114Curse of Kehama — The Curse of Kehama is an 1810 epic poem composed by Robert Southey. The origins of the poem can be traced to Southey s school boy days when he would suffer insomnia along with his memories of a dark and mysterious schoolmate that later formed… …
115Der Ring des Nibelungen: Composition of the music — The composition of the operatic tetralogy The Ring of the Nibelung occupied Richard Wagner for more than a quarter of a century. Conceived around 1848, the work was not finished until 1874, fewer than two years before the entire cycle was given… …
116GHAZĀLĪ, ABU ḤAMID MUḤAMMAD IBN MUḤAM-MAD AL-TŪSĪ AL-° — (1058–1111), Persian Muslim theologian, jurist, mystic, and religious reformer, who wrote mainly in Arabic. Al Ghazālī s best known work is his Iḥyā Ulūm al Dīn ( Revival of the Religious Sciences, 1096–7), in which he successfully reconciled… …
117ITALY — Jews have lived in Italy without interruption from the days of the Maccabees until the present, through a period of 21 centuries. Although they were never subjected to general expulsion, there were frequently partial ones. They often enjoyed good …
118Dimeter — Dim e*ter, a. [L. dimeter, Gr. ?; di = di s twice + ? measure.] Having two poetical measures or meters. n. A verse of two meters. [1913 Webster] …
119Stich — Stich, n. [Gr. sti chos a row, line, akin to to go, march, E. sty, v. i.] 1. A verse, of whatever measure or number of feet. [1913 Webster] 2. A line in the Scriptures; specifically (Hebrew Scriptures), one of the rhythmic lines in the poetical… …
120Andreas Capellanus — ( Capellanus meaning chaplain ) was the twelfth century author of a treatise commonly entitled De amore ( About Love ), and often known in English, somewhat misleadingly, as The Art of Courtly Love , though its realistic, somewhat cynical tone… …
