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61Catholicism and Freemasonry — The Roman Catholic Church has long been an outspoken critic of Freemasonry, and has continually prohibited members from being Freemasons since In Eminenti Specula in 1739. Since the early 1700s, the Vatican has issued several papal bulls… …
62Baianism — is a term applied to the theology of Catholic theologian Michael Baius (1513 1589).[citation needed] It claims thorough Augustinianism over the scholasticism which held sway over most Catholic theologians at the time.[citation needed] It is the… …
63Tat Tvam Asi — (Sanskrit: तत् त्वम् असि or तत्त्वमसि), a Sanskrit sentence, translating variously to Thou art that, That thou art, or You are that, is one of the Mahāvākyas (Grand Pronouncements) in Vedantic Hinduism. It originally occurs in the Chandogya… …
64Mary Ann Glendon — Mary Ann Glendon. U.S. State Dep t photo Mary Ann Glendon (born October 7, 1938 Pittsfield, Massachusetts) J.D., LL.M., was the United States Ambassador to the Holy See and is the Learned Hand Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. She teaches… …
65Iran naming dispute — Iran has been the subject of a naming dispute in common Western usage. The two possible names for this country are Iran and Persia; their adjectives being Iranian and Persian, respectively.Etymology of PersiaThe Greeks (who tended earlier to use… …
66Church of Scientology — Scientology build …
67Diocletianic Persecution — The Christian Martyrs Last Prayer, by Jean Léon Gérôme (1883) The Diocletianic Persecution (or Great Persecution) was the last and most severe persecution of Christians in the Roman empire.[1] In 303, Emperor …
68Resolution of the Dreyfus Affair — Trial of Esterhazy for forgeryOn the same day as this arrest the examining magistrate Bertulus, disregarding the threats and entreaties directed at him, on his own initiative (as an official note put it) sent Major Esterhazy and his mistress,… …
69Slavery at common law — in former colonies of the British Empire, developed slowly over centuries, characterised by inconsistent decisions and varying rationales for the treatment of slavery, the slave trade, and the rights of slaves and slave owners. Until 1807 there… …
70Priest-penitent privilege in pre-Reformation England — The doctrine of priest penitent privilege does not apply in the UK. However, before the Reformation, England was a Roman Catholic country and the Seal of the Confessional had great authority in the English courts.Anglo Saxon EnglandIn Anglo Saxon …
