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  • 121Thomas Gillespie — (1708 ndash; January 19, 1774), was a Scottish church leader.He was born at Clearburn, in the parish of Duddingston, Edinburgh (then part of Midlothian). He was educated at the University of Edinburgh, and studied divinity first at a small… …

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  • 122Theodore of Mopsuestia — Theodore the Interpreter (ca. 350 428), was bishop of Mopsuestia, a city in what is now Turkey which has since declined into a village which is now known as Yakapinar, from 392 to 428. He is also known as Theodore of Antioch, from the place of… …

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  • 123George Wither — Infobox Writer name = George Wither imagesize = 250px caption = George Wither birthdate = 1588 06 11 birthplace = Bentworth, UK deathdate = 1667 05 02 occupation = Poet nationality = English genre = Satire notableworks = Abuses Stript and Whipt …

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  • 124Polish National Catholic Church — The Polish National Catholic Church (PNCC) is a Christian church founded and based in the United States by Polish Americans who were Roman Catholic. However, the PNCC is not in full communion with the Roman Catholic Church, and differs with it… …

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  • 125Rigpa — (Tibetan; Sanskrit vidya) is the primordial, nondual awareness advocated by the Dzogchen and Mahamudra teachings.cquote|Rigpa is a Tibetan word, which in general means ‘intelligence’ or ‘awareness’. In Dzogchen, however, the highest teachings in… …

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  • 126Japanese funeral — A Japanese funeral includes a wake, the cremation of the deceased, a burial in a family grave, and a periodic memorial service. 99.82% of all deceased Japanese are cremated, according to 2005 statistics. [… …

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  • 128Kelsang Gyatso — is a Buddhist monk, Gelug teacher (scholar) and author of 21 Buddhist books based on the works of Buddha Shakyamuni and Je Tsongkhapa. He was born in Tibet in 1931 and ordained at the age of eight. In 1976 he was invited by Trijang Rinpoche and… …

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