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The Coming of Messiah in Glory and Majesty

By: Juan Josafat Ben Ezra

...................325 THE FUTURE ESTATE OF THE JEWS, AS IT IS ORDINARILY FOUND SET FORTH IN THE CHRISTIAN DOCTORS........................................ ... -1- DEDICATION. To the C HURCH OF C HRIST of all denominations who Worship God in the English tongue, and believe that Jesus Christ, who ca... ...believe that Jesus Christ, who came heretofore in suffering flesh, shall come hereafter in glory. DEARLY BELOVED IN THE LORD. My soul is greatl... ...om. And therefore they will need government, both civil and ecclesiastical, a law and a religion, or rather a law in a religion; that is, the same l... ... And how can it be said to have broken then while the whole operation of the Christian religion has been to support the authority of the powers tha... ...g the imminent peril of infidelity, may, I think, open the eyes of those who dream that religion is making great and mighty progress upon the earth. ... ...ys of Ahaz, when the revolted and insurrectionary kingdom of Israel, and the kingdom of Syria, confederated against the word of the Lord, “to set up ... ...uch instant use did he intend it, that he confirmed it by two great signs; the one that Syria and Samaria should be divested of both their kings, be... ...se the evil and choose the good: the other that the rulers of Damascus and the spoil of Syria should be carried away by the king of Assyria, before ...

...ALL that I have to say to thee, my venerable friend Christophilus, reduces itself to the serious and formal examination of one single point; which, in the present constitution or system of the church and the world, appears to me of the highest importance; viz. Whether the ideas which we entertain concerning the coming of Messiah, that essential and fundamental article of...

...OMENON IV...305 THE END OF ANTICHRIST...305 PHENOMENON V....325 THE JEWS...325 THE FUTURE ESTATE OF THE JEWS, AS IT IS ORDINARILY FOUND SET FORTH IN THE CHRISTIAN DOCTORS...328 ARTICLE I....333 ARTICLE II.....350 ARTICLE III....357 ARTICLE IV....377 CONSULTING INDEX OF VOLUME I....383...

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Links and Factoids

By: Sam Vaknin

... All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovs... ...elovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-review.org/authorarchi... ...Crisis The love affair of Edward, Prince of Wales (Edward VIII) and Wallis Simpson in 1936 is the stuff of romantic dramas. Alas, reality was a lot... ... to settle near yet another city, Harran, on the current border between Turkey and Syria. He spent the next 60 years of his life there. Harran is 1... ...ture. The survivors - less than 300,000 - were subjected to additional slaughter in Syria. People were beaten with blunt instruments, burnt alive or... ...few months - until Faisal II of Iraq was deposed and killed in a military coup. Syria and Egypt proclaimed in a federation in February 1958. It ... ... ecclesia were happy to pursue this profitable vocation. http://dmoz.org/Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Christianity/Churc h_History/Inquisitio...

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On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church

By: Martin Luther

...rimary importance of this treatise for the present-day reader of Luther lies in its courageous interpretation of the sacraments. But it is important ... ...us interpretation of the sacraments. But it is important also for its place in Luther’s progressive assault upon the total position of the Romans. I... ...bility 1 Luther demolished the three walls behind which Rome sat entrenched in her spiritual- temporal power. Now in The Babylonian Captivity of the ... ...ne promise, causes them not the slightest qualms of conscience. O worthless religion of this age of ours, the most godless and thankless of all ages... ... through Isaiah he offered to Ahaz a sign that he would conquer the king of Syria and Samaria, to confirm in him his faith in the promise [Isa. 7:10–... ...od of souls; sons are devoured by their parents. Ephraim devours Judah, and Syria Israel, with an open mouth, as Isaiah [9:20–21] says. To these ev... ...marriage. Nor would I agree to that impediment which they call “disparity of religion,” which forbids one to marry an unbaptized person, either simpl... ...sius, the Areopagite, was the pseudonym of the unknown author (circa 500. in Syria?) of the neoplatonic writings, Of the Celestial Hierarchy, Of the ... ... childish fancies mock and overthrow the liberty and glory of the Christian religion. Let everyone, therefore, who knows himself to be a Christian, ...

...eaches his opinions on the different pratices taken place within the Catholic Church and what they should or do represent. The book is seemingly set in an "angry tone" as this was the first time he accused the pope of being the Antichrist. Luther's book was further published in German by his opponent Franciscan Thomas Murner, in hopes that he would make people aware of t...

...gospel, and of the crime of slandering your brethren. You decry as heretics those who refuse to contravene such plain and powerful words of Scripture in order to acknowledge the mere dreams of your brains! If any are to be called heretics and schismatics, it is not the Bohemians or the Greeks,47 for they take their stand upon the Gospels. It is you Romans who are the heret...

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The Religious Dimension

By: Donald Broadribb

...horus by Millennium Books [an imprint of E.J. Dwyer (Australia) Pty. Ltd.] in 1995. This second edition, with text reset, various emendations, and new... ...publication rights. Copyright © 1995 and 2006 by Donald Broadribb. Typeset in Times New Roman and Futura, using the program Mellel, with an Apple iMac... ...mpathy of All Things” is based on a lecture given at the Eranos Conference in Ascona in 1955 and was published in Eranos 24-1955, © Eranos Foundation,... ... also are quotations from Plato. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction i What Is Religion? 1 Definitions Of Religion The Spiritual And Material Worlds Relig... ...terial Worlds Religious Belief Systems Versus An Emotional Response To God Religion As An Organized System An Example Of Interrelated Religious System... ...le Of Interrelated Religious Systems The Connection Between Psychology And Religion Buddhism 16 Hindu Beliefs The Establishment Of Buddhism The Nature... ...er the pseudonym of Dionysius the Areopagite, about 500 AD in, presumably, Syria. His topic is the nature of God: Again, ascending yet higher, we main... ...guage distinguishes between masculine, feminine, and neuter nouns.) But in Syriac (the language in which a great many of the early theologians wrote, ... ...Spirit. The Holy Spirit was, then, for them a “she.” For several centuries Syriac- speaking theologians assigned feminine qualities to the Holy Spirit...

...ildren we were taught at a church Sunday school or some other religious institution, or weabsorbed simple social assumptions from the culture we live in, none of us grow up in a religious vacuum. Through most of history the majority of people appear to have been reasonably satisfied with the religious culture which went hand in hand with their social structure. It has been...

...What Is Religion? 1Buddhism 16Christianity 59Mysticism 118A Chorus Of Powers: American Indian Belief 176The Sacred Land: Australian Aboriginal Religion 238Conclusion 277References 293The Collected Works Of Carl Jung 299...

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Stories of the Scholar Mohammad Amin Sheikho : His Life, His Deeds, His Way to Al’lah (1890-1964)

By: Mohammad Amin Sheikho; A. K. John Alias Al-Dayrani, Performer

... Sheikho Birth: 1890 A.D (1308 A.H) Death: 1964 A.D (1384 A.H) Precept: Interpretation of the Holy Qur’an Early Years Scholar Sheikho was born in al-Ward district in Sarouja Quarter, one of the historical districts of Damascus, in Syria which was called mini-Istanbul during the period of the Ottoman rule. He was raised in an Arab style house situated opposite the fa...

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Which Church (if any)?

By: Jim Davies

...uch as youngsters preparing for confirmation, as well as those interested to learn what Christianity is all about - including those who have grown up in a family whose traditions are rooted in a different religion. It provides a concise overview of the key doctrines, origins and history of the Christian religion and its various denominations, with a "decision tree" to ...

...More by far, in a very low-key way Jesus let his understanding of his identity be known. He never was so crass as to stand on a soap box and announce “Listen up, I'm the Son of God!” but rather waited for those who knew him well to reac...

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The World Factbook: 1987

By: Central Intelligence Agency

...or through liaison channels from the Central Intelligence Agency. Requesters in the Department of Defense may obtain copies from: Defense Intelligence... ...shington, D.C. 20340-3344 Tel: (202) 373-3869 or Autovon 243-3869 Requesters in the Department of State may obtain copies from: Department of State IN... ...27 Requesters outside the US Government may .... ' purchase this publication in photocopy or micro- form from: National Technical Information Service ... ...ri Lanka 228 Sudan 230 Suriname 231 Swaziland 232 Sweden 234 Switzerland 235 Syria 237 Taiwan (see Taiwan entry on page 274) Tanzania 238 Thailand 240... ...zara; minor ethnic groups include Chahar Aimaks, Turkmen, Baluch, and others Religion: 74% Sunni Muslim, 25% Shi'a Muslim, 1% other Language: 50% Pash... ... Albanian; remain- ing 4% are Greeks, Vlachs, Gypsies, Serbs, and Bulgarians Religion: Albania claims to be the world's first atheist state; all churc... ...Algeria (continued) Ethnic divisions: 99% Arab-Berber, less than 1% European Religion: 99% Sunni Muslim (state reli- gion); 1% Christian and Jewish La... ...entirely of black African origin; some of British, Portuguese, Lebanese, and Syrian origin Religion: Anglican (predominant), other Protestant sects, s... ... services, refined oil products Major trade partners: exports Japan, Turkey, Syria, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, France, FRG; imports FRG, Japan, Turkey...

...There have been some significant changes in this edition. A new Geography section has replaced the former Land and Water sections. Entries in the new section include area (total and land), comparative area, land boundaries, coastline, maritime claims, boundary disp...

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Empire and Wars

By: Sam Vaknin

... All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovs... ...elovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-review.org/authorarchi... ...dd Me to the List VII. The American Hostel VIII. The Semi-failed State The War in Afghanistan I. Afghan Myths II. Pakistan’s Nice Little War... ...lated deaths. It is still engaged in atavistic debates about abortion, the role of religion, and whether to teach the theory of evolution. Accordin... ...s", both political and cultural. Read about American eschatology HERE. Americans' religion is a manifestation of their "Chosen People Syndrome". T... ...ncounter The Crescent and the Cross - The Communities of God Islam is not merely a religion. It is also - and perhaps, foremost - a state ideology.... ...ries of protectorates throughout Asia Minor, Greece and today's Israel, Palestine, Syria, Egypt and North Africa. As Rome's sphere of interests and... ... the very gates of Vienna, Hungary, Serbia, Bosnia, Romania, Greece, Ukraine, Iraq, Syria, Israel, Egypt, North Africa including Algeria, and most o... ...llions of urban unemployed, nomads, and dislocated peasants turned brigands - from Syria to the Balkan. Osman offered to these desperados war booty...

The antecedents and aftermath of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the role of the United States in international affairs.

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Information Technology Tales

By: Brad Bradford

... Dedication to CAROL For becoming my smart, beautiful bride in 1949 and then giving fully of herself to me and our wonderful family i... ...We listen. We easily hallucinate word boundaries. Spaces, such as you see in writing, are absent from speech. Yet somehow we find it easy to make se... ...and then take less than a century to create the largest contiguous empire in world history. 10. Mongols Open the Way They open the gate blocking... ...eir homeland lay along the coastal regions known today as Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and the Palestinian Territories. The Greeks named them ―phonics... ...Both Hebrew and Islamic scripture had been written on parchment, and both religions hesitated to put scripture on anything so modest as paper despite... ... offense. Genghis Khan recognized the disruptive potential of competing religions and—more than five hundred years before the United States adopte... ...o artists, diplomats, doctors, scholars, scientists, and priests from all religions, including Catholics, Nestorians, Armenians, Buddhists, and Musli...

...first Information Technology and then moves on to tales about the wonders of the written word—great stories, many of them likely new to most readers. In them, you‘ll find all the backgrounds, foregrounds, premises, conclusions, and surprises that make up the best and most valuable books....

...In the Bible, God‘s first gift to man isn‘t a lesson about how to make a fire or fashion a needle, a knife, or a spear. He first blesses him with language. Even before He takes Adam‘s rib to make Eve, He tells Adam to name ev...

...From whence cometh language, the InfoTech that lets us dominate our planet? We listen. We easily hallucinate word boundaries. Spaces, such as you see in writing, are absent from speech. Yet somehow we find it easy to make sense of speech. -- 2. The Gift of Memory-For millennia, mnemonics reigned over commerce, news, entertainment, and the perpetuation and refinement of cra...

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Information Technology Tales

By: Brad Bradford

...t Dedication to CAROL For becoming my smart, beautiful bride in 1949 and then giving fully of herself to me and our wonderful family i... ...We listen. We easily hallucinate word boundaries. Spaces, such as you see in writing, are absent from speech. Yet somehow we find it easy to make se... ...and then take less than a century to create the largest contiguous empire in world history. 10. Mongols Open the Way They open the gate blocking... ...eir homeland lay along the coastal regions known today as Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and the Palestinian Territories. The Greeks named them ―phonics‖ ... ...Both Hebrew and Islamic scripture had been written on parchment, and both religions hesitated to put scripture on anything so modest as paper despite... ... offense. Genghis Khan recognized the disruptive potential of competing religions and—more than five hundred years before the United States adopte... ...o artists, diplomats, doctors, scholars, scientists, and priests from all religions, including Catholics, Nestorians, Armenians, Buddhists, and Musli...

...irst Information Technology and then moves on to tales about the wonders of the written word—great stories, many of them likely new to most readers. In them, you‘ll find all the backgrounds, foregrounds, premises, conclusions, and surprises that make up the best and most valuable books. This book also begins with that wondrous first Information Technology and then moves ...

...Way back in the fifteenth century a man named Johann Gutenberg invented the ?printing press. More than 400 years passed before Ottmar Mergenthaler found a way in the late 1880s to mechanize that historic invention. Then, less than a ...

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The Path of Splitness

By: Indrek Pringi

... Canadian Copyright: 1072425 Nov 12 th 2009 Due to the ideas presented in this book, I have had to use various terms and words that are not f... ...ed in this book, I have had to use various terms and words that are not found in dictionaries: beginning with the title. The word: ‘Splitness’ is ... ...ng these elements together creates a larger context of awareness which result in a better understanding. For instance: what can you understand a... ...d Spirituality Pg 1476 The Reason Behind Culture Pg 1477 The Reason Behind Religion and Mysticism Pg 1479 Conclusion Pg 1483 The Alternative ... ...il Pg 1766 How the Undead Fool the Living Pg 1767 The Undead and the Jewish Religion Pg 1767 Flies on the Wall Pg 1768 Ritual Sacrifice and Mys... ...1825 The Killing of Able by Cain Pg 1827 Undead Spirits in Anthropology and Religion Pg 1830 The Undead and Love Pg 1832 The Undead Ruin and Po... ...ning to burst open at any time. The artificial States of Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Syria, Israel, Saudi Arabia, guarantee that there will never be at peac...

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Essays

By: Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

...rofessor Emeritus Ben R. Schneider, Lawrence University, Wisconsin. It is in the public domain. "Florio's Translation of Montaigne's Essays was firs... ...c domain. "Florio's Translation of Montaigne's Essays was first published in 1603. In 'The World's Classics' the first volume was published in 1904, ... ...e World's Classics' the first volume was published in 1904, and reprinted in 1910 and 1924." Additional material was supplied by R.S. Bear from the E... ...of their life seemed to have a singular respect and awfull reverence unto religion. That story displeased me very much, which a nobleman told me of ... ...m (1 of 4)4/10/2005 3:28:13 AM Montaigne's Essays publike as private: our religion hath abolished them. And albeit there remaine yet amongst us some... ..., God me deliver shall, He thinkes, I shall die: death is end of all. Our religion hath had no surer humane foundation than the contempt of life. Dis... ...arie, Bishop of Poitiers, a famous enemie of the Arrian heresie, being in Syria, was advertised that Abra, his only daughter, whom hee had left at h... ...have our slaves or bond- men; and were not the Climacides certain women in Syria, which creeping on al foure upon the ground, served the ladies in st... ...ne such a beast and such a man. An Elephants keeper in a private house of Syria was wont every meale to steele away halfe of the allowance which was...

...(Author to reader)--Reader, loe here a well-meaning Booke. It doth at the first entrance forewarne thee, that in contriving the same I have proposed unto my selfe no other than a familiar and private end: I have no respect or consideration at all, either to thy service, or to my glory: my forces are not capable of any such desseigne....

... maketh his soule to moove, with a naturall and common motion. Thus saith a plaine Country-man, and thus a seely Woman: Hee never hath other people in his mouth than Coach-makers, Joyners, Coblers, and Masons....

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Voices from the Past

By: Paul Alexander Bartlett

...FROM THE COVER OF VOICES FROM THE PAST: In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent novels, acclai... ...ardo da Vinci; Shakespeare; and Abraham Lincoln. Each novel appears here in its entirety within a single unique volume of 644 pages beautifully il... ...am much taken with Bartlett’s work and commend it highly.” CHARLES POORE in The New York Times: “...believable characters who are stirred by intens... ... turbans on their heads, prodded camels, heavily laden animals. Were they Syrians? Somewhere along the way I met a blind man led by a boy. The sun s... ... of work, so many soldi for this job. Dissension over models. Spats about religion. Muddy sex. Perhaps I should have lived out my life in my vineyar... ...hes were thrown into the river? Ours? No matter what we say in defense of religion there seems to be another road. Some things surpass religion. My ... ... mind staggers. To the oriel—to look outside. Thinking makes poverty. Religion as we came to regard it in London was a glib and soiled art. Ecli... ...nly it is a delirium. I see the Library has a copy of Volney’s Travels in Syria and Egypt. I have asked for a copy. Evening In this sad world of...

...In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent novels, acclaimed author Paul Alexander Bartlett accomplishes a tour de force of historical fiction, allowing the reader to enter for the first time into the pri...

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