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1: Is Scientology A Religion? YES! Alan Black
Is Scientology A Religion? This research paper concludes YES! By Alan W. Black Associate Professor of Sociology University of New England Armidale, New South Wales Australia Table Of Contents I. Professional background II. Dimensions of religion Ii.i. The practical and ritual dimension Ii.ii. The experiential dimension Ii.iii. The narrative ... I am not a Scientologist. In formulating my conclusions, I have made a detailed study of Scientology publications, as well as observing activities at the Church of Scientology in Sydney and interviewing some of the participants. I am also ... Religions typically have particular practices in which people engage. The form of these practices varies greatly and may include such ... To avoid confusions with previous conceptions of the soul, Scientology terms this entity a thetan, from the Greek letter theta, a symbol ... achievement of the states of Clear and above, training is considered essential if one is to maintain and advance beyond the state of Clear. ... ...
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2: "Scientology: From Science Fiction to Space-age Religion"
... Usually the individual Scientologist is free to interpret God in whatever manner he or she wishes.[10] Man Scientology maintains ... Thus, the Scientology concept of man is described in _Scientology: A World Religion Emerges in the Space Age_ as follows: The ... Thus, Scientologists may view psychic powers developed through their church practices as a confirmation of this teaching. But for a ... thetan made increasingly self-aware or "enlightened." By various techniques a practical methodology was developed to enable the initiate to recognize his (or her) spiritual existence, to separate from the MEST body, and to begin to exert mental control over the MEST universe. In other words, the initiate may eventually achieve a state of ... (Los Angeles: Church of Scientology of California, 1975), III; and LRH Personal Secretary Office, ed., _What Is Scientology?_ ... of Sleep, Death's Deputy, The Final Blackout, The Dangerous Dimension, The Tramp, Fear, King Slayer,_ and _Typewriter in the Sky._ ... ...
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3: Scientology: Hubbard and the Occult
... Naziism was certainly an authoritarian group, a prototypical destructive cult. Recent revelations about leading Scientologist Thomas Marcellus ... Los Palmas and the woman who attended him there has told me that he was taking an enormous quantity of drugs and was in a very debilitated state. ... Francis King, Ritual Magic in England, Spearman, London, 1970, p.161. Litt, in Church of Scientology v Armstrong, vol.26, p.4607. Hope, Practical ... The winged sign of the OTO and the use of the theta sign can be found in various places, e.g. Equinox - Sex and Religion, Thelema Publishing Co, Nashville, 1981. Dianetics and Scientology Technical Dictionary, definition of "Operating Thetan". e.g., PAB 91, The ... Crowley, Magick in Theory and Practice, p.228. Hubbard Have You Lived Before this Life?, Church of Scientology of California, L.A., 1977, p.3. ... HCO Policy Letter, Former practices", 1968. HCO Policy Letter, Heaven, 1963. cf Hubbard's use of "wall of fire" to describe OT III & OT V. These ... ...
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4: Sabbatatrians Refuted and Sabbath keepers Exposed: 2011 AD
... Created How Much Money? 281 Eleven - Ellen Makes Billions for the Church With Her Un-Biblical Tithing Doctrine 286 Twelve - Church Corruption During The 1970's 294 Thirteen - Does Religion Have To Make Sense? (Hohmann) 302 Appendix I - Sabbath Not A Law For Christians 318 Appendix II - J. N. Andrews On The Didache 320 Appendix III - Tertullian: Was He Sabbatarian or Anti-Sabbatarian? 324 Appendix IV - ... "Although this interesting production, in its present mutilated state," elicits Webster, "mentions only the seventh and fourteenth days, we ... The orbit of the moon around the Earth varies by up to several days. Therefore, there are almost always (it seems) these extra days left over at ... If it is the inclusio, the idea that the passage could discuss repetitive rituals that extend beyond the bookend is excluded. The practical way of ... this world's sun grows cold and the eternally saved are living on a new planet going around a new sun in another dimension in another universe. ... ...
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5: What Christians Need to Know about Scientology
belief system based on satanic principles, Scientology is diametrically opposed to Christianity. The truth is that you cannot be both a Christian and a Scientologist. ... The controversial Church of Scientology had its beginnings in 1950 with the publication of the book Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health by L. Ron Hubbard. ... The new science of Scientology was founded and organized as a religion to incorporate this belief. Sooner or later, most people in Scientology will begin to ... to the theology of Scientology, a person is actually an invisible entity, similar to the soul in Christianity. This entity in Scientology is known as the "thetan." ... A thetan who has been restored to a godlike state is known in Scientology as an "operating thetan," or "OT" (pronounced "oh-tee"). People in Scientology spend ... The second action of beingness is to extend from the viewpoint, points to view, which are dimension points. Thus there is space created, for the definition of space ... ...
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6: Scientology is not a Religion: Kent
... WISE programs target various clients through numerous companies, and in Germany and other parts of Europe the best known WISE company is U-Man (see, for example, WISE International, 1994a). For all practical purposes, this dimension of Scientology is ... Had Scientologist Chick Corea, for example, received money from the Baden-Wurttemberg state culture ministry for performing at state-sponsored events, then some of that income may have become part of his contributions to the International Association of Scientologists. The avowed purpose of this organization is "[t]o unite, advance, support and protect the Scientology religion and Scientologists in all parts of the world, so as to achieve the Aims of Scientology as originated by L. Ron Hubbard" (International Association of Scientologists, 1995: [back cover]). In one of the Association's 1995 magazines, both he and actress Kirstie Alley each appeared as having contributed US$100,000 (Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre ... ...
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7: Scientology is anti-Christian, Satanic and Neo-Gnostic?
After attaining OT VIII, the Scientologist has come to accept that God not only does not exist, but also believes that God is just another implant that must be ... Ron Hubbard, The Class VIII [Auditor's] Course, "Krakatoa and Beyond", Oct 3, 1968, aboard the Apollo. Other Hubbard quotes on Jesus Christ: "Religion does much to ... Witness the chaos resulting from the activities and other-determinism technology of one [ie. Christ] operating thetan 2,000 years ago." (Professional Auditor's ... Scientology "technology" transforms people into Clears by the tens of thousands, all of whom are spiritual equals to Jesus Christ. According to Hubbard's OT III ... These auditors then go on to "counsel" lower-level church members with this "knowledge" of R6 and God. Hubbard on the Leaders of the Christian Church and the origin ... The church member is compelled to take that next course to secure their spiritual salvation or be condemned to sliding back to a state of degradation. Hubbard set up ... ...
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8: Scientology's Relationship With Eastern Religious Traditions
Introduction Scholars of religion are always interested in questions pertaining to the transmission of ideas from one faith to another. Transmission helps to explain similarities ... The Samkhya Karika is definite in its claim that "purusa is neither created nor creative" (S.K. III, in Larson, 1969: 258). Moreover, yoga's insistence that it "is the restriction of ... Consequently, one of Hubbard's organisations, the Church of Scientology of California, was inaccurate when it proffered that "[a] Scientologist is a first cousin to the Buddhist (and] a distant relative of the Taoist..." (Church of Scientology of California, 1978: ... reflected that: Just now it is enough to say that the State of Clear was envisioned 2,500 years ago by Gautama Sidhartha and was attained by a very few and -then was seen no more. ... Operating Thetan has not before been known as a state of being on Earth. Neither Lord Buddha nor Jesus Christ were O.T.'s according to the evidence. They were just a shade above ... ...
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9: Bulwarks of the Faith Foy E Wallace JR. Refuting Dogmas Catholicism ...
... Christi-anity is a practical system in purpose and in effect. It is more than a creed to be learned and recited. It becomes the source of new life, forming again and moulding anew the lives and hearts of all who accept it. ... Third: The Development Of Papal Power. The first pope, Boniface III, was titled 606 A. D. In this period there was a perpetual struggle between the pope, the kings and the people. From 1100 to 1600 the awful era called the Dark ... Fifteen condemns every man's freedom to embrace and profess the religion he may in the light of his own reason esteem to be true, and claims the power to require the State not to leave every man free to profess his own religion. Nineteen claims that the rights of the Church are un-limited and denies the State ... God puts salvation in the church. 1. Continue: No longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens "with the saints." Out of the church, not a saint. The idea of a saint varies. Roman Catholics think that a person must be ... ...
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10: Dictionary of the secret language of Scientology
... Cancelbunny/Cancelpoodle, these refer to the ubiquitous OSA (Office of Special Affairs; the cult's private CIA/KGB) cancelers who frequent alt.religion.scientology and ... CI, see Counter-intention, Intention. Clam, a derogatory term for a Scientologist. See Ronbot, Hubbardite, scieno. (ars) Clambake, a westcoast seafood cookout or party. ... "bank," or reactive mind. (The sum of the memories of pain and unconsciousness the person has) A low-level superman-type person; a baby OT (Operating Thetan). "Samantha just had her Clear Certainty Rundown, and is now considered a clear!" Clear Certainty Rundown, CCRD. Verifies and validates a person's state of Clear. ... See Tone 40, Intention, Postulate. CoS, Church of Scientology. Also, C of S, CofS, COS, Co$. Some people on ars take "Co$" to mean "Cult of $cientology." COSRECI, ... Don't tell them anything you wouldn't mind posted to Usenet or given out in pamphlets to your neighbors, co-workers and friends. Grade 3, (III) deals with Upsets. Grade ... ...
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11: Medical Inquiries and Observations Upon the Diseases of the Mind ...
... are uniformly warm", And last but not least, "Different religions, and different tenets of the same religion, are more or less calculated to induce a predisposition to madness. ... ... The former are in those years in which acute and inflammatory arterial diseases usually affect the body, and the latter, in persons who labour under the arterial predisposition. III... The connection of this disease with the state of the pulse, has been further demonstrated by a most satisfactory experiment, made by Dr. Coxe, and related by him in his Practical Observations upon Insanity. He gave digitalis to a patient who was in a furious state of ... Mickell ,says a cube of six lines of the brain of a maniac, thus indurated, weighed seven drachms, whereas a cube of the same dimension of a sound brain weighed but one drachm, and ... disease belongs to all those men who prefer tavern, to domestic society . . . 16. The CHURCH PHOBIA. This disease has become epidemic in the city of Philadelphia . . . 17. The ... ...
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12: The Myth Of Psychotherapy, Thomas Szasz, 1979 AD
... imbued person; and that Freud diagnoses as a "disease of the mind" precisely that mental state which Plato claims characterizes the ideally moral, ethically imbued person. ... That simple idea applies, of course-with the slight modification that the behavior adopted need not be the imitation of bodily illness-to the so- called psychoses as well. III A few years ... I knew that I would never again be able to participate in this ceremony. 'Why, that is not religion at all,' I thought. 'It is an absence of God; the church is a place I should not go to. It is not life which is there, but death.' "9 Jung's ... Clearly, identifying that dimension of psychiatric practice would have been quite out of bounds with what was then considered acceptable behavior on the part of physicians-as, indeed, it ... In a letter to Hans A. Illing dated January 26, 1955, Jung explicitly extends this caveat to group therapy: "I have no practical objections to group therapy any more than I have to ... ...
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13: In Darkest England and the Way Out, William Booth 1890 AD
Although the salvation Army is a church that actually refuses to baptize or partake of the Lord's Supper, they are really not viewed as a religion by the general ... Habits of industry, sobriety, and kindness with them would create a restfulness of spirit which goes far on in the direction of happiness, and if religion were added ... But it may be said that this is impossible. It would certainly be impossible other than as a State regulation. But it would surely be a very simple matter to enact a ... Time, experience, criticism, and, above all, the guidance of God will enable us, I hope, to advance on the lines here laid down to a true and practical application of ... lodging in the workhouse, the administration of which varies infinitely according to the disposition of the Board of Guardians under whose control it happens to be. ... The larger the number of applications the wider the field for selection, and the greater the necessity for the enlargement of our operations. III.--They would run ... ...
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14: Textbook of Disturbances of Mental Life, Johann Christian August ...
... But the type of this existence, like the kind of knowledge, is very different at the inception of human life, its middle period, and its termination; it also varies ... practical work can be expected of them, whereas the purpose of medicine of the psyche is precisely to take action in order to teach the art of guiding the disturbed mental life back to normal. [Heinroth is saying that since preachers only use talking cures, they are not enough, since he believes that the person degrades to a state ... He also believes that a doctors qualifications include all the skill and knowledge of a minister of a church. In Heinroth's case, this was certainly true, since his ... ] [Book VIII. chap. iii. 5. Antiq., Book VI. chap. viii. 2.], King Solomon already possessed the art of dealing with demons, which he used to help and cure humanity. ... open the gates to melancholia and madness.* As we enter the era of positive religion, we encounter fanaticism and religious melancholia; a still later period, in ... ...
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15: Personal Evangelism 101
... HOW TO DO PERSONAL EVANGELISM THE "NUTS AND BOLTS" by Brent Hunter Course Description - This is a practical "how to" approach to evangelism. It is designed to deal ... John states he had "no greater joy than to hear of my children walking in the truth" (III John 4). There isn't a more satisfying feeling than to see someone you've ... Young people are less set in their ways, often open and honest and very responsive to the gospel. Young people who are Christians are not the church of tomorrow, but ... Make a list of the people you know that you would consider good prospects. Include in the list what you know about the religion held by each one (if any). Narrow the ... If he had only taken the time and study to find out what diamonds looked like in their rough state, and first thoroughly explored the land he presently owned, he ... Each gospel has a slightly different approach in order to reach four different audiences Illustration-Each of the major sermons in Acts varies according to the ... ...
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16: Archaeology and the Religions of Canaan and Israel, Beth Alpert ...
... Those of us raised with a constitutional commitment to the separation of church and state must remember that this modern societal construction bears no resemblance to ... According to Neusner, the approach advocated by Douglas served "not only to decipher the facts of a given culture, but also to state the large issues of that culture ... The Socio-economic Dimension of Sacrifice In the mid-nineteenth century, Marx presented his view of history as "a series of interactions between different social groups, each having particular economic interests" (Wilson 1984: 14). He denied that religion could be understood on its own terms, but rather, "only by examining in ... It is ironic, then, that his submission to the Neo-Assyrian monarch Tiglath-pileser III was also described in the context of sacrifice, since Ahaz built a sacrificial ... both sacral and secular leadership roles though for all practical purposes these two roles were not differentiated (see Marfoe 1979: 15-16; see too Ilan 1995: 306). ... ...
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17: THE PIRATES OF PRIVILEGE: Walter Rea Rocks the Seventh-day Adventist ...
... If at this time, with the problems we are having in religion and sects in California, the S.E.C., the I.R.S. and the State Attorney Generals Office should become ... It just happened that the group or committee that gave that land to the State that just happened to be next to Blacker's land included Elder Blacker. All of this was ... Davenport had a great many dealings with the Conference, but the evidence of some of his many participations with the church was lacking in the divorce settlement. ... value of the warrantee's interest on the effective day of this agreement; or (iii) the full market value of the warrantee's interest at the time the warrantee ... It is also a false assumption that a training in Theology as constituted in our program, prepares a minister for the practical, objective problems that present ... He does not speak for me, nor necessarily represent my point of view, but can bring a new dimension to your inquiry that I am sure the church records and attorneys do ... ...
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18: Encyclopedia of Pentecostal ministries and preachers
... Also in April, a state court ordered Swaggart's ministry to pay more than $1.4 million to Heritage Worldwide, Inc. of Dallas for Bibles and other materials that were ... III Nos. 12, 13, 14;, Branham; Spoken Word Publications, Jeffersonville, Ind. 1976; pp. 81-82. Quoted in The Man and His Message, pg. 41). Branham denied the biblical ... Cain, Toronto church on May 28, 1995) "Though Branham denied the historic, orthodox view of the Trinity, William Branham was the greatest prophet in the 20th century. This was due not to Branham's doctrines but to "his gifting in the word of knowledge." (Paul Cain, Armstrong in Michael Horton ed. Power Religion, 1992, p.67) ... to accomplish much more by using the same means. (Paul Yonggi Cho, The Fourth Dimension, vol. 1 (South Plainfield, NJ: Bridge Publishing, 1979), 37, 41) As Cho tells ... Paradigm Shift: A shift in the way that Christians think from a rationalistic view, to an approach where doctrine is developed using experiential approach. Claims ... ...
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19: A treatise on insanity: in which are contained the Principles ...
me never to have recourse to them, until moral remedies had completely failed" His views were in fact what church preachers had understood since before the 1500's. ... Works of practical value, usually leave some one strong and permanent impression on the mind. The inestimable importance of moral management is the great key note ... IMAGINATION OF MANIACS ILLUSTRATED. 23. A young religious enthusiast, who was exceedingly affected by the abolition of the catholic religion in France, became insane. ... At length, he refused nourishment altogether; and, on the fourth day after that unfortunate resolution was formed, a state of langour succeeded, which excited ... Cels. Lib. iii. Cap. 18. A system of management analogous to the above, was adopted in a monastic establishment in the South of France. One of the inspectors visited ... One of those parts begins at the roots of the hair on the forehead, and extends to the crown. The form of the head of the maniac, figure 1, platen, varies no more ... ...
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20: Hindu Gurus and Pentecostal preachers are identical!!!
... His name, which means "everlasting bliss," is a description of his exalted state. During Bhagawan's lifetime, thousands of people flocked to his ashram, just to be in ... The latihan continues for about thirty minutes and is repeated twice a week. The experience varies, indeed it is different for each person. For some the development ... Qigong is very scientific, not superstitious. It works for people of whatever religion or faith because it has nothing to do with religion or faith. It has everything ... These unprecedented results suggest that Qigong may be associated with certain fundamental forces of the universe and hence, it may be harnessed for practical use. In ... the Kingdom of God Low Biblical emphasis, Anti-intellectual High experiential and emotional emphasis Equality of women in the ministry Shakers believe ... About the year 1774, Mother Ann received a revelation, directing her to repair to America; also that the second Christian Church would be established in America; that ... ...
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21: Kadesh-Barnea by Henry Clay Trumbull, 1884 AD
... The practical question for solution is, therefore, What portion of the country at the westward of the Arabah was included in " Seir," and in " the country of Edom," in the days of the Israelites ... The southern end of the Dead Sea is not a fixed point; for the ex tension of water in that direction varies greatly at different times ; 3 1 From the very nature of the Hebrew language, the ... The king of Jerusalem agreed to render the desired assistance. At his summons, there was an assembly at Nablus of all the dig nitaries of church and state in the kingdom of Jerusalem; and arrangements were ... Another remarkable illustration of the typical character of 1 Gesta Dei, p. 963. 2 Ibid. 8 See Mill s Hist, of Crusades, chap. X., p. 131 /.; Michaud s Hist, of Crusades, Vol. III., p. 388 /. 188 ... Pitts (Religion and Manners of Mahometans, p. 430 /.), describing the annual Mekkeh Pilgrimage, says : " They have lights by night (which is the chief time of traveling, because of the exceeding ... ...
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22: Official creed of the Shakers: Compendium (1859) Mother Ann Lee
... Atonement. As a new, practical and living sense is found in the terms resurrection, regeneration, so do the followers of Mother Ann Lee learn from her a new rendering of this old theologic term, which is at-one-ment. By the life ... dwelling and abiding in the Church, which is gradually, but surely and safely, leading it into the knowledge of "all truth." For "in Christ are hid," as we fully believe, "all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge." Committee of Revision. F.W. EVANS CALVIN GREEN GILES AVERY August, 1858 C O N T E N T S INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I. - Origin of the Society CHAPTER II. - Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Society CHAPTER III. - Qualifications for Membership, and Rules and Regulations CHAPTER. IV. - Characteristics and Doctrines of Jesus ... Consequently the quality and abstract truthfulness of the purest form of religion evolved in any given cycle, was determined by the time of day in the great year of progress, and the number and plane of the cycle. But, whether ... ...
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23: What Early Christians believed about USING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
... III, pg. 246.) CHAMBERS "The organ is said to have been first introduced into church music by Pop Vitalian in 666. In 757, a great organ was sent as a present to Pepin by the Byzantine Emperor, Constantine, and placed in the church St. Corneille as Compiegne." (Chambers Encyclopedia, Vol 7, p. ... No; the whole spirit, soul, and genius of the Christian religion are against this; and those who know the Church of God best, and what constitutes its genuine spiritual state, know that these things have been introduced as a substitute for the life and power of religion; and that where they prevail most, there is least of the power of Christianity. Away with such portentous baubles from the worship of ... Constantine Copronymos sent an organ with other presents to King Pepin of France in 767. Charlemagne received one as a present from the Caliph Haroun al Rashid, and had it put up in the cathedral of Aixia-Chapelle... The attitude of the churches toward the organ varies. It shared, to some ... ...
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24: Scientology is Neo-Gnosticism: Paying to learn secret knowledge ...
A religion where you pay to learn secret knowledge that saves you!!! This article will contain material which was written by early Church Fathers to refute the Gnostics; Scientology critics will ... By the help of sacred names and titles and arguments of true religion, they have fabricated the vainest and foulest figment for men's pliant liking, out of the affluent suggestions of Holy Scripture, ... Compare the references to 'religious values' and 'Scientific research' and that you can be 'Christian and Scientologist at the same time'. If you propose to them inquiries sincere and honest, they ... III, Michigan 1957, pp. 503-504.) This could be the official motto of FACTnet. "For this reason we are branded by them as simple, and as being merely so, without being wise also; as if indeed wisdom ... The apostle, too, bids us to 'become children again' towards God, 'to be children in malice' by our simplicity, yet as being also 'wise in our practical faculties'. (Op. cit, chapter II, pp. 504.) All ... ...
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25: Is the Catholic church an infallible interpreter of scripture ...
Their claim makes the church equal, if not superior, to the Bible and is another of their efforts to present the Catholic Church as an authority in religion instead of the Bible only. Please notice the following from Catholic sources: "To make ... There are no passages in the Bible which state that Christ made His church the infallible interpreter of His Word. There are none that mention an infallible interpreter and none that hint or remotely imply that Christ wanted one. How, then, do the Catholic officials go ... Think of how many human laws nearly 300 so-called popes could make through the centuries. The following quotation states that only two of them issued nearly nine thousand. "Alexander III is said to have issued thirty-nine hundred and ... Referring again to our main thought, it is impossible for a sincere, honest person to receive an infallible interpretation. We ask, "Has it been practical for men in every age and country to travel to Rome for infallible interpretations?" ... ...
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26: Development from the trinity as taught in the Bible and the trinity ...
When the Watchtower says, "the word trinity is not found in the Bible." They are right, but neither are a lot of the words JW's use in their religion, yet they think the concept behind the word is ... same sources all clearly state that "trinity" IS TAUGHT in the New Testament. Why Trinity Doctrine developed from 100-325 AD? First it is important to note that we do not defend anything but the concept of trinity as taught in the New Testament. We do not defend the developed Nicene concept of the trinity. The necessity to formulate the doctrine was thrust upon the Church by forces from without, ... And, just because these two meanings of the Trinity-the theoretical and the practical, as they might also be described-are being sharply distinguished in modern Christian thought, it might be well if ... Of course we believe that they imply it, or rather intend it. (Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine, John Henry Newman, a cardinal by Pope Leo III in 1879, 1878, p40-42) "The ideas implicit ... ...
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27: Encyclopedia of Pentecostal History of Tongues: 150 AD - 1901 ...
... The reason for the early withdrawal of the charismatic gifts was that "dry, formal, orthodox men" had begun to "ridicule" those gifts they did not themselves possess and to "decry them all as either madness or imposture." ( Wesley, Journai, III, 496; Wesley, Works, ed. John Emory (New ... Bishop Ambrose of Milan (d. 397), famous preacher and champion of orthodoxy, and prophetic exponent of the superior authority of the church with respect to the state, commented briefly about the gift of tongues in of the Holy Spirit. Although he made no explicit claim to experiential familiarity with the gift, he dealt with it as presumptive evidence of the unified operation of the Trinity in normal Christian experience. ... As long as a person has a notion that he is guided by immediate direction from heaven, it makes him incorrigible and impregnable in all his misconduct." (Jonathan Edwards, Some Thoughts Concerning the Present Revival of Religion in New England, p.1:404) "Many godly persons have ... ...
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28: First Century Synagogue Top Plans: Gush Halav, Gischala 78 BC
The village church was built over the remains of one which stands at the highest point on the hill. The other built of large carefully dressed blocks and in a better state of preservation, is ... See also: Fired clay roofing tiles: Archeology of Everyday Life and Homes at the time of Jesus 2. The Bema: a. See also: The bema: Prototype of the Church Pulpit b. "Other synagogues, at Khirbet Shema ... Though the pedestals for the columns are virtually identical in form, their dimensions vary. Similarly, the column fragments recovered in the excavations vary in dimension, and the seven capitals ... The small number of tesserae found in the fills of the synagogue suggests that the floor was not tessellated." (The question of the synagogue: the problem of typology" in Judaism in Late Antiquity III... and thereby transgress their own laws. (75) Now this was said by John, not out of his regard to religion, but out of his most flagrant desire of gain; for he knew that two sectaries were sold with ... ...
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29: Occult dictionary terms that apply to Pentecostalism
... CHERUBIM AND SERAPHIM MOVEMENT - (West Africa) a ceremony of hymms, drums, and dancing to raise the vibrations in a church service until psychics in the congregation go into an altered state of consciousness and bring forth ... heat, cold, tingling sensations along the spine, and other unusual physical sensations; comes from the sixth dimension where the atmosphere is very energizing, and lasts only a short time; 2. a state of super-consciousness, wherein all internal organs remain in a state of suspended animation, charged with ... Click to View FORTUNE TELLER - one whose psychic messages are all about the future of the recipient; type of psychic skill varies with fortune teller. Click to View FRENZIED HYSTERICAL POSSESSION TRANCE - (ancient Greece) the ... Click to View GHOST DANCE - (Native American, late 1800s) the central ritual of a messianic religion began by WOVOKA, a Paiute, circa 1870 which quickly spread to most western tribes; performed by all members of the tribe to ... ...
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30: A discourse concerning trouble of mind, and the disease of melancholly ...
Click to View See also: History of Psychiatry homepage Introduction: In 1691 AD, Timothy Rogers, a minister for a church, describes depression (melancholy) as caused by a sin problem: "A sense of Sin, ... Written for the Use of such as are, or have been Exercised by the same. By Timothy Rogers, M.A. who was long afflicted with both (1691), A: Epistle Dedicatory, B: pp. i-iii, C: pp. xi-xii, D: pp. 1-4. ... The experience of suffering, however, not only authenticates his descriptions and informs his sympathy. It actually makes his advice resolutely practical, indicating a clear-sighted capacity for ... You lost a Mother, whom all that knew her, greatly valued for the skill and experience that she had in matters of Religion, and especially for her admirable acquaintance with the Holy Scriptures; and ... I have in the following Treatise said as much as will, I suppose, be believed by those who have never been in such a woeful state; and if I had said more, it might perhaps sink some poor souls, who ... ...
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31: Mosaic Legal system, no jails or prisons vs. slavery comparison
... Millions locked up in jails Criminals or poor are slaves of individuals Criminals are slaves of the state. Poor dependent on state. A man of bad character lives with a normal, well adjusted hard ... Criminals cannot get married or have children in prison, thus forcing immigration of people who bring in a new culture and religion that slowly replaces that of the native population further ... When Slaves "have done their hard time as slaves" they are rehabilitated and productive members of society the day they walk free with a real world skill set and practical apprentice-like trade ... all those who play the harlot after him, by playing the harlot after Molech." (Leviticus 20:2-5) iii. ""If there is found in your midst, in any of your towns, which the Lord your God is giving you, a ... Related to the root שנה, its meaning varies according to context ("double, duplicate, deputy [second in command], second-best, repetition"). All of these nuances reflect clearly the common sense of ... ...
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32: George Salmon's Infallibiliy of the church
... We do not imagine that God meant each man to learn his religion from the Bible without getting help from anybody else. We freely confess that we need not only the Bible, but human instruction in it. ... to support us in so thinking. [90] Were the Fathers of the ancient Church afraid of their laity reading the Bible, or did they not, on the contrary, recommend and urge them to read it? [122] a. Chrysostom: "All things are plain and simple in the Holy Scriptures; all things necessary are evident." (2 Thess., Hom. III., vol. xi., 528). "The Apostles and Prophets have made all things ... In modern times these difficulties have been avoided by requiring that the decrees of Councils shall he practically unanimous. [310] 3). Very different was the state of things at Ephesus. To quote Dr. ... Her members, on visiting the city would find themselves, no matter how high office they had held at home, treated as aliens to the Christian community. Added to the practical inconvenience would be ... ...
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33: Historical overview of Psychiatry: 1550 BC - 2010 AD
... He notes that it is not the physical body that transmits the disease, but the manner, personality, temperament of the mind. It is clear that through all ages mental illness runs in families. But so does religion. Just as religion can be ... Hee that is at peace in himself, will be peaceable to others, peaceable in his family, peaceable in the Church, peaceable in the State; The soul of a wicked man is in perpetual) sedition; being always troubled in it self, it is no wonder if it be troublesome to ... So essentially Hill was a quack who, apart from avoiding the drugs administered by the mad doctors of his day, he had it all wrong. (Hypochondriasis: A Practical Treatise, John Hill, 1766 AD) Click to View In 1775 AD, Hugh Farmer, church ... Although a self-avowed atheist (and certainty never a Scientologist) Szasz's etiology of insanity is quite similar to that of Christians, who have historically viewed insanity as a collection of sinful actions caused by life choices and ... ...
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34: 242 Dates for the End of the world!!! Date Setters!
... Various prodigies and natural disasters provoke the expulsion of the Jews from Mainz and lead some to believe that the world was "returning to its original chaos." (Annales Quedlinburgenses, MGH SS, III p.82-3. 1018: Pre-dawn panic and trampling ... Two pseudo-Fredericks were burned at the stake by his successor to the throne. The Book of a Hundred Chapters stated that the returned Frederick would lead a fight against corruption in the state and the church, and that he will instruct his followers to "Go ... Benedictus Aretius of Berne (1505-1547) calculated that 1260 years added to the year Constantine made Christianity the official religion (312+1260=1572) should be the year. (Luther Martin, Date Setters, Guardian of Truth, Sept. 15, 1994) 1621 ... This will submerge the Scandinavian countries and Britain under water, in what is termed the Armageddon Flood. Siberia will be spared. He expects that aliens will intervene and lead the world into the fourth dimension. Right now, these aliens are ... ...
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35: "Seventh-day Adventism Renounced" by D. M. Canright, 1914
... Mich., where I had lived for eight years, I was ordained as a minister of the Regular Baptist Church, by an exceptionally large council, composed of several of the ablest ministers of the state. ... L.B. Fish, of Paw Paw; charge to the church, by Rev. I. Butterfield, of Grand Rapids. "Rev. D.M. Canright has thus been fully recognized by a large and representative council as a regular Baptist minister, and pastor of the Baptist church in Otsego." I have never regretted leaving the Adventists, nor for one moment had the slightest desire to return. Click to View Chapter III - Adventism: A Yoke ... It is common in their camp- meetings to see half their members forward as backsliders. Their preaching is largely scolding their members for their coldness. In fact, the thing is a practical failure ... Then the wildest fanaticism broke out here and there, which brought disgrace upon the very name of religion. Many said the Lord had come, probation was ended, it was sin to work, all property must be ... ...
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36: Apostate church organization: 250-451AD: The rise of the diocesan ...
... (The Second Ecumenical Council, Constantinople, Canon III, 381 AD) The 5 patriarchs (one of which is in blue in the centre of the graphic below), all became the equivalent of Popes that governed in a monarchal manner within their own territory. ... Constantine, the Roman emperor who presided over the Nicene council, was called universal bishop by Eusebius, and Constantine's son Constantius, called himself bishop of bishops. Remember, these two men were heads of state, not church Bishops. It is also ... While the Council, in dividing between him and the other Patriarchs, assigns the proper limits of each, it certainly does not appoint him head of all, but only one of the chief." (John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, b. iv., c. 7, ... Church, book 3, chapter 5) "Despite these bold assertions, the Council of Chalcedon (451) placed Constantinople on a practical equality with Rome. (Constantine moved the capital of the Roman Empire to Constantinople, which survived the fall of ... ...
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37: Acapella Responsive Singing, No Instruments in first century ...
... The book was written as a diary of quotes and thoughts of men of "nobility", including: Martin Luther, George III <Fürst von Anhalt>, Bonaventura Schmidt, Jakob Zanach, Fürst Johann George I Anhalt. See pages 74-76 for quotes. "Ober wie kan es Christlich" [Translation: "How can it be ... No; the whole spirit, soul, and genius of the Christian religion are against this; and those who know the Church of God best, and what constitutes its genuine spiritual state, know that these things have been introduced as a substitute for the life and power of religion; and that where they prevail most, there is least of the power of Christianity. Away with such portentous baubles from the worship of ... Constantine Copronymos sent an organ with other presents to King Pepin of France in 767. Charlemagne received one as a present from the Caliph Haroun al Rashid, and had it put up in the cathedral of Aixia-Chapelle... The attitude of the churches toward the organ varies. It shared, to some ... ...
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38: Bible Only Revelation Commentary by Steven Rudd
... Even this late, unreliable rewrite of a true historic story doesn't provide the level of persecution required that late-daters need for the beast from the Earth to be Emperor worship. e. The story varies greatly from Eusebius' version and it seems even the version ... Constantine exempted the clergy everywhere from taxation, and permitted litigants to appeal to the decision of the bishops if they preferred them to the state rulers. He enacted that their decree should be valid, and as far superior to that of other judges as if ... Now when discussion on this matter was impending, Paphnutius having arisen in the midst of the assembly of bishops, earnestly entreated them not to impose so heavy a yoke on the ministers of religion: asserting that 'marriage itself is honorable, and the bed undefiled';3 urging before God that they ought not to injure the Church by too stringent restrictions." (Socrates Scholasticus, 11, AD 450) iii. Hermias' account of Nicene council: "Zealous of reforming the life ... ...
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39: Religious attributions pertaining to the causes and cures of ...
... This resulted in a state of cognitive dissonance, given the demands of their future nursing role in the treatment of patients with a mental illness. According to Henley and Furnham (1988), beliefs ... factor revealed significant results to t tests for: Factor 1 Orthodox Christian Values, t(202)¼4.73, p< 0.001; Factor 5 Conformity: Social-practical, t(202)¼2.19, p <0.05; and Factor 6 Self-Reliance, t(202)¼4.55, p <0.001. In the current study, items loading onto the original Orthodox Christian Values factor met tests for internal consistency (_¼0.91). Religion and Mental Health Inventory. ... Participants were contacted initially by notices in the churches' newsletters and by a public address. Interested persons collected a questionnaire following the church service, to be completed and ... and Black (1995), reduced predictive power-associated with the moderate to high correlations between the RBI Subscale 1, RBI Subscale 2 and Orthodox Christian Values-could be expected (see Table III). ... ...
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40: Description Of The Retreat An Institution Near York For Insane ...
... He noted that the insane die much younger than the general population: "melancholic patients seldom live long ... many die before thirty or forty". All of Tuke's treatments (attending church, ... II. What modes of coercion are employed, when- restraint is absolutely necessary. III. By what means the general comfort of the insane is promoted." (Description Of The Retreat For Insane, Samuel ... by writers on insanity, received an ample trial ; but they appeared to the physician too inefficacious, to deserve the appellation of remedies, except when indicated by the general state of the habit. ... The positive influence of religion: "To encourage the influence of religious principles over the mind of the insane, is considered of great consequence, as a means of cure. For this purpose, as well ... I would not have dwelt so long upon these mis-taken opinions, if they had not furnished a specious pretext for much practical barbarity ; and I am, therefore, anxious to see them ranked with the ... ...
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41: Cosmic Consciousness, Richard Maurice Bucke, 1901 AD
... Each soul will feel and know itself to be immortal". Although the son of a church minister, he had very confused religious views that were a mix of atheism, humanism, Bahai, Buddhism, John Lennon, ... In contact with the flux of cosmic consciousness all religions known and named today will be melted down. The human soul will be revolutionized. Religion will absolutely dominate the race. It will not ... He had no feeling or knowledge of good and evil. He as yet knew nothing of what we call work and had never labored. From this state he fell (or rose) into self consciousness, his eyes were opened, he ... Whitman's last words, as reported by Mrs. Keller, were practical. Because it was painful for him to lie in one position for any period of time, he had to be turned on his water bed frequently, and his ... Bucke, Richard Maurice, 1837-1902. Psychiatrists - Canada - Biography. I. Hannah Institute for the History of Medicine. II. Title. III. Series. RC438.6.B8R4 1994 616.89'0092 C94-930503-0 The story of ... ...
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42: (Diagnosis, Guardianship, and Residential Care of the Mentally ...
... There was no way of determining if a person was deliberately lying or getting questions wrong. Totally ignoring the historic role church ministers played in dealing with those who were physically ... This jurisdiction, which developed a social welfare dimension by the seventeenth century, offered benevolent protection for the insane. Private guardians arranged for the lodging and care of their ... Center, Faculty of Medicine, Columbia University; and the Epidemiology of Developmental Brain Disorders Department, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, N.Y. Address reprint requests to Dr. ... The court, unable to mandate good will, selected guardians bound to the insane by affection or identity of economic interests. They were to be "the nearest of kin . . . sound in religion, of good ... Public Record Office, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, Great Britain, Wards 9/519, f 308, 1580 Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem and Other Analogous Documents Preserved in the Public Record Office (Henry III... ...
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43: John Wesley (1703-91) Primitive Physic: or An Easy and Natural ...
... After looking at the patient's tongue to ascertain the state of his bodily health and particularly whether he was suffering from a febrile delirium, a phrenzy, or mania, Monro turned him over to his ... London, Flexney pp. iii-vi) In the following Tract, I have endeavoured to comprize the Sum of what has been hitherto published, on this curious and important Subject, by Mr. Franklin, Dr. Hoadley, Mr. Wilson, Watson, Lovett, Freke, Martin, Watkins, and in the Monthly Magazines. But I am chiefly indebted to Mr. Franklin for the speculative Part, and to Mr. Lovett, for the practical : Tho' I cannot ... FIG. 85 Letter from Susannah Wesley to her son John about 'poor Mr. MacCune', December 13, 1746 (Methodist Church, London, Colman Collection). (300 years of Psychiatry, Richard Hunter, 1963, p423) ... shews to be most friendly to health and strength. 4. 'Tis probable, physic, as well as religion, was in the first ages chiefly traditional: every father delivering down to his sons, that he ... ...
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44: Life of Mrs. E.G. White - Her Claims Refuted, by D.M. Canright ...
... be as honest, and state in their creed that they believe the writings of Mrs. White to be the word of God? There must be something radically wrong with a denomination that will thus, with fair but false words and suppressed facts, attempt to deceive the innocent and unsuspecting public, and with a spiritual "gift" which requires so much deception to protect it. Chapter III - Claims Made for Her ... On Feb. 7, 1871, their General Conference passed the following resolution: "That we reaffirm our abiding confidence in the Testimonies of Sister White to the church, as the teaching of the Spirit of ... While so absorbed in these reveries, she is lost to everything around her. Reveries are of two kinds, sinful and religious. Hers is the latter. . . Religion is her theme, and her reveries are ... In order to cover up her mistakes, they stultify themselves and harden their own consciences. They become practical Jesuits. Still At It In the General Conference vault in the office at their ... ...
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45: Psychiatry calls Jesus a paranoid schizophrenic!
... and guidance." (Undertaker of the mind: John Monro, Jonathan Andrews, Andrew Scull, 2001 AD, p 81) "Two years later (1774), the Act for Regulating Madhouses (14 George III c. 49) was finally passed. ... Freud's explanation failed because Christianity is the only major religion that emphasizes the fatherhood of God." (The Spiritual Brain, Mario Beauregard Ph.D., Neuroscientist, 2007, p xiii) Click to ... C.S. Lewis foresaw the future "treatment" of Christians to cure them of their faith delusions: "The practical problem of Christian politics is not that of drawing up schemes for a Christian society, ... For if crime and disease are to be regarded as the same thing, it follows that any state of mind which our masters choose to call 'disease' can be treated as a crime; and compulsorily cured. It will ... Freud was an atheist, and this anti-Christian attack continues today. It is time for Christians, preachers and church to rise up and take back their historic God-given role as those best suited to ... ...
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46: Sabbathgate 1888 by Kerry Wynne
... schools, churches, publishing houses, and a huge top-heavy church bureaucracy of state conference, union conference, division, and General Conference officials whose salaries must be paid every month. ... There is no evidence that the Christians in the Early Church were persecuted for an unwillingness to work on the Sabbath. If the Early Church had maintained a Sabbath stance, the Romans would have ... It was no doubt because circumcision was a practical possibility for Gentile Christians, as the Sabbath was not, that it was the centre of controversy" (Moule, Birth of the New Testament,1961, p. 49). ... upon all mankind, yet the Rabbis discarded some and, by hermeneutic rules or in accordance with some tradition (see Judah ha-Levi, "Cuzari," iii. 73), introduced others which are not found there. ... Rashi), or for the more plausible reason advanced by Maimonides, who says: "The principle is, one is not permitted to make innovations in religion or to create new commandments. He has the privilege ... ...
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47: On the Pathology and Treatment of Hysteria, Robert Brudenell ...
... Unlike many of the mad doctors before him, Carter openly recommended hysterics attend church as a positive cure: "Whenever, therefore, the kind of religious teaching which is likely to be beneficial, can be obtained, it must be used and ... The first hysteric fit varies very much both in duration and severity; but its general characters are much the same in all cases, and are too well known to require an elaborate description. Usually commencing by two or three deep and hurried ... CHAPTER III. THE MORAL STATE AND MOTIVES. The motives by which hysterical women are actuated, in the performance of their objectless deceptions and self-imposed penances, are remarkable no less for their strength than for their obliquity, and by reason of both ... Until that time arrives, mineral tonics and nervine stimulants may be harmlessly administered; but as soon as the deceptive element comes into play, the practical complicity of the medical attendant is sought as one of the patient's most secure ... ...
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48: On hallucinations: a History and Explanation, Alexandre J. F ...
were meditations carried to the state of ecstasy, the prevalent notions of the period in regard to religion, philosophy, politics, superstition, &c., imaginative works, concentrations of the thoughts, mental ... Mademoiselle Claire was at this time in a state indicating that the false idea was shaken to its foundation. She smiled when we joked her about it, and she determined to go to church; but when she arrived at the entrance she declared she could not pass in, for she felt as if fastened to the spot; and as no reasonings could induce her to enter, she ... Jesus, the spectre vanished."* Such was the real origin of the possession. » Chronique de Monstrelet, t. iii. fol. 24, edit, de Paris, 1572. Walter Scott: Oput cit. p. 202. We can readily understand that the ... Fear, always essentially the same, but which varies in its form according to the age, has produced-especially since the period of the revolution in 1789-a numerous body of hallucinated persons, who believe themselves ... ...
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49: bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-petra-rami-g-khouri-petra ...
... The Nabataeans thus secured a working accommoda-tion with the power of Rome to the north, and a continuation of their vital trading activity. Around 60 BC, Aretas III died and was succeeded by King ... In 324, Christianity was proclaimed as the official religion of the Empire, and Constantine formally dedicated his new capital of Constantinople, or New Rome (the modern Istanbul), on 11 May 330. For ... transformation of the Urn Tomb into a church some time before 447. The historical references to bishops from Petra show that organised worship took place here during the 4th, 5th and 6th centuries. ... The better preserved rock-cut water channel can be traced to the left for almost the entire length of the Siq. Its level varies today because the path is usually higher or lower than the original ... the 1st century AD. At both ends of the paved road behind the niche is the best preserved example of the original state of the water channel, which was covered with flat stones and sealed with mortar. ... ...
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50: "KJV Only" advocates refuted!
... over his eyes" (KJV varies from TR by using ashes) "flagon" 2 Sam 6:19; 1 Chron 16:3; SoS 2:5; Hosea 3:1 These verses contain the word "flagon" which is a fluted cup from which liquid is drunk. ... Authority," his "hermeneutical" approach to the King James Bible is so nonsensical that he is nowhere close to what we understand to be the doctrinal, practical, and prophetic teachings of Scripture. ... were most pernicious; And that certain [Cato the elder], which would be counted pillars of the State, and patterns of Virtue and Prudence, could not be brought for a long time to give way to good ... to come by any Synod, or meeting of the Clergy, but rather the contrary; And lastly, against Church-maintenance and allowance, in such sort, as the Ambassadors and messengers of the great King of ... unto; namely that whosoever attempteth anything for the public (especially if it pertain to Religion, and to the opening and clearing of the word of God) the same setteth himself upon a stage to ... ...
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