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91Merit — • By merit (meritum) in general is understood that property of a good work which entitles the doer to receive a reward from him in whose service the work is done Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Merit Merit …
92The Avesta — The Avesta † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Avesta The sacred books of Parsees, or Zoroastrians, and the main source of our knowledge concerning the religious and spiritual life the ancient Persians. This collection of writings occupies… …
93Charmed (season 7) — Charmed Season 7 DVD cover art No. of episodes 22 Broadca …
94Religious male circumcision — This article is about religious male circumcision. For the history of male circumcision, see History of male circumcision. For the Early Christian controversy, see Circumcision controversy in early Christianity. Religious male circumcision… …
95Eternal death — The miserable fate of the wicked in hell (Matt. 25:46; Mark 3:29; Heb. 6:2; 2 Thess. 1:9; Matt. 18:8; 25:41; Jude 1:7). The Scripture as clearly teaches the unending duration of the penal sufferings of the lost as the everlasting life, the… …
96atonement — Sin [[➝ sin]] destroys the relationship between God and people, and atonement is the means by which a reconciliation is effected. In the OT, sacrifices and offerings [[➝ offering, sin]] are prescribed and were well developed in the post exilic… …
97blood — In Hebrew thought blood was the seat of life, or even identified with life, and it therefore had an essential role in sacrifices, which were themselves fundamental in Hebrew society. The priests were consecrated by blood (Exod. 29:19–21); blood… …
98parables — Teaching [[➝ teaching]] by means of a comparison; stories of varying length containing a meaning or message over and above the straightforward and literal, with an element of metaphor. In the teaching of Jesus brief aphorisms (e.g. Matt. 24:28)… …
99atonement — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Making amends Nouns 1. (act of atoning) atonement, reparation; compensation, quittance, quits; expiation, redemption, reclamation, propitiation. See penitence, asceticism. 2. (sign of atonement) amends,… …
100German Empire — The German Empire was proclaimed on January 18, 1871, in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles, not far from where the Prussian army besieged Paris in the final days of the Franco Prussian War. The German Empire, occasionally referred to as the… …
