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The members of the "New Jerusalem Church," founded on the teaching of Emmanuel Swedenborg on a belief in direct communion with the world of spirits, and in God as properly incarnate in the divine humanity of Christ.
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Scholastic philosopher, born at Grenada; after joining the Jesuit body became professor of Theology at Coimbra, attempted to reconcile realism with nominalism, and adopted in theology a system called "Congruism," being a modification of Molinism; wrote a "Defence of the Catholic Faith against the Errors of the Anglican Sect" at the instance of the Pope against the claims of James I. in his oath of allegiance (1548-1617).
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Two fabulous floating rocks at the entrance of the Euxine, which, when driven by the winds, crushed every vessel that attempted to pass between them; the ship Argo managed to pass between them, but with the loss of part of her stern, after which they became fixed.
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Ein Feigling in die "Rivalen" dessen "Mut immer aus seinem Fingerenden heraussickerte .
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Eine dänische Insel neben dem nördlichen Herzogtum Schleswig, eine der schönsten Insel in der Ostsee, nun an Deutschland abgetreten.
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Um grande escritor francês, nascido em Paris; Lei abandonado, ao qual ele foi criado, para a literatura; tornou-se sob Louis Philippe inspector-geral de documentos históricos e viajou nessa qualidade na S. e w. de França, publicando de tempos em tempos os frutos de suas pesquisas; ele escreveu histórias de estilo requintado, dissertações históricas e viagens, entre outras obras "Guzla," "Crônicas de Charles IX.," a "história de Don Pedro, rei de Castela," "Cartas a uma desconhecida"; ele era um homem de caráter singularmente enigmático (1802-1870).
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Sohn des Neptun, der eine Flasche Wein zurueckliess um ein Wildschwein zu verfolgen, wurde von diesem getötet.
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Ein Sohn des Zeus und der Antiope, von wem gesagt wird er sei der Erfinder der Leier, und die Wände von Theben durch diesen Klang gebaut hat, dieses Detail wird oft als Instanz fuer die wundersame Kraft der Musik gedeutet.
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