...istered in the year [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_BC 8 B.C.], except in the Palestinian kingdom of Herod, where it was taken in [https://en.wikipedia.o
...be born while Joseph was away, and again, [[Bethlehem]] being not far from the City of Judah, Mary foresaw a possible pleasurable visit with her kinswoman
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...this [[change]] [[favored]] [[Christianity]] in that [[Rome]] brought into the whole [[Western world]] a new [[tolerance]] for [[strange]] [[languages]],
...died out, the field for [[religious]] [[propaganda]] was wide open. The [[Roman]] was interested in [[political]] [[administration]]; he cared little for e
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...y happened to occupy a peculiarly [[strategic]] [[geographic]] position in the world as it was at that time ruled and [[organized]] for [[trade]].
...t]]. And more than half of this caravan [[traffic]] passed through or near the little town of [[Nazareth]] in [[Galilee]].
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...of the [[Greeks]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmin Brahmans] or the more [[spiritual]] [[religions]] of several other peoples.
...rannical]] like that of the [[Hebrews]]; it consisted for the most part in the observance of mere [[forms]], [[vows]], and [[taboos]].
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...wikipedia.org/wiki/First_seven_Ecumenical_Councils Christianization of the empire] it could also be used of [[pagan]] or [[barbarian]] [[cultures]].
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* the supreme [[council]] and [[tribunal]] of the [[Jews]] during [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-exilic postexilic times
...]]") was an assembly of twenty-three [[judges]] appointed in every city in the Biblical [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_of_Israel Land of Israel].
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...[[Rome]], from [[Latin]] Pantheon, from [[Greek]] pantheion temple of all the gods, from neuter of pantheios of all gods, from pan- + theos god
*1: a [[temple]] dedicated to all the gods
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...ultimately from Late Greek kyriakon, from [[Greek]], neuter of kyriakos of the lord, from kyrios lord, master; akin to [[Sanskrit]] śūra [[hero]], [[war
*2: the clergy or officialdom of a [[religious]] body
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*an official entrusted with [[administration]] of the [[laws]]: as a : a principal official exercising [[governmental]] [[powers]
...civil law systems, a magistrate might be a [[judge]] in a superior court; the magistrate's court might have [[jurisdiction]] over civil cases and [[crimi
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===Topic: ''Faith and Its Application to the Mind''===
===Teacher: [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul of Tarsus]]===
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...ed uses) the only popular sense. The general sense of acquisition and esp. the legal sense as opposed to inheritance, is chiefly Scotch and prominent in S
*1 : the [[act]] or [[process]] of conquering
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...2:3|Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem]], an event mentioned in each of the four canonical [[Gospels]].
...was often designated by the names of these trees, as in Yew Sunday, or by the general term Branch Sunday.
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...s://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septuagint Septuagint] (ca. 250 BC) to translate the Hebrew equivalent ''Naharaim''.
...]. In the ''Anabasis'', Mesopotamia was used to designate the land east of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphrates Euphrates] in north Syria.
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...ne from his [[presence]], the emperor, referring to [[Jesus]], remarked to the aide standing on his right, " If I had that fellow's kingly bearing and [[g
...ence, the [[temple]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo Apollo], and the [[Greek]] and [[Latin]] [[libraries]].
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...ope in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages Middle Ages] remains the common model of feudal [[society]].
...hout [[obligation]] to any [[person]], they were exceptions to the rule in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages Middle Ages].
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...y went. And this new [[religious]] [[ritual]] was a great improvement over the earlier [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_cults mystery cults].
...ikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroaster Zoroaster]'s teachings. It was chiefly through the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithras#Summary_of_the_cult_myth Mithraic cu
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...by themselves. They visited everything about this polyglot [[city]] except the grove of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphne Daphne]. Gonod and Ganid vis
...n [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioch Antioch]; he seldom went about in the [[city]]. After much questioning as to why his [[teacher]] [[manifested]] s
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...[[shrine]] of their [[faith]] and held the [[Sanhedrin]] in [[respect]] as the highest [[tribunal]] on [[earth]].
...berius], and they employed this [[knowledge]] to the great disadvantage of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_governor governor] on numerous occasio
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*1: the [[act]] or [[process]] of making [[speeches]] in [[public]]
*2: the art of effective oral communication with an [[audience]]
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...ella] by the river. This was the same site, by the [[spring]], that [[John the Baptist]] had occupied with his camp several years before.
...] in [[Palestine]], and these accommodations were required to take care of the ever-increasing number of [[inquirers]], mostly [[earnest]], who came into
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