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  • 111South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …

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  • 112metamorphic rock — Any of a class of rocks that result from the alteration of preexisting rocks in response to changing geological conditions, including variations in temperature, pressure, and mechanical stress. The preexisting rocks may be igneous, sedimentary,… …

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  • 113Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …

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  • 114Oxide minerals — ▪ Table Oxide minerals name colour lustre Mohs hardness specific gravity anatase brown to indigo blue and black; also variable adamantine to metallic adamantine 5½–6 3.8–4.0 boehmite white, when pure 3 3.0–3.1 brookite various browns metallic… …

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  • 115Anglican Orders — • In the creed of the Catholic Church, Holy Order is one of the Seven Sacraments instituted by Our Lord Jesus Christ Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Anglican Orders     Anglican Orders …

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  • 116Canons and Canonesses Regular — • According to St. Thomas Aquinas, a canon regular is essentially a religious cleric Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Canons and Canonesses Regular     Canons and Canonesses Regular …

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  • 117Censorship of Books — • Either ecclesiastical or civil, according as it is practiced by the spiritual or secular authority, and it may be exercised in two ways, viz.: before the printing or publishing of a work, by examining it (censura prævia); and after the printing …

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  • 118Scholasticism — • A term used to designate both a method and a system. It is applied to theology as well as to philosophy Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Scholasticism     Scholasticism    …

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  • 119Devises and Bequests For Masses (United States) —     Devises and Bequests for Masses (United States)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Devises and Bequests for Masses (United States)     Prior to the period of the Reformation in England in 1532, Masses for the repose of the souls of the donors of… …

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  • 120Divorce (in Moral Theology) —     Divorce (in Moral Theology)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Divorce (in Moral Theology)     This subject will be treated here under two distinct heads: First, divorce in moral theology; second, divorce in civil jurisprudence.     The term… …

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