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  • 51Pope Boniface VIII —     Pope Boniface VIII     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Boniface VIII     (BENEDETTO GAETANO)     Born at Anagni about 1235; died at Rome, 11 October, 1303. He was the son of Loffred, a descendant of a noble family originally Spanish, but long… …

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  • 52St. Thomas Aquinas —     St. Thomas Aquinas     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Thomas Aquinas     Philosopher, theologian, doctor of the Church (Angelicus Doctor), patron of Catholic universities, colleges, and schools. Born at Rocca Secca in the Kingdom of Naples,… …

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  • 53Oxford Group — Not to be confused with the Anglo Catholicism Oxford Movement. The Oxford Group was a Christian movement that had a following in Europe, China, Africa, Australia, Scandinavia and America in the 1920s and 30s. It was initiated by an American… …

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  • 54group therapy — psychotherapy in which a number of patients discuss their problems together, usually under the leadership of a therapist, using shared knowledge and experiences to provide constructive feedback about maladaptive behavior. [1940 45] * * * Form of… …

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  • 55Mesopotamia, history of — ▪ historical region, Asia Introduction  history of the region in southwestern Asia where the world s earliest civilization developed. The name comes from a Greek word meaning “between rivers,” referring to the land between the Tigris and… …

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  • 56Donation of Constantine — • By this name is understood, since the end of the Middle Ages, a forged document of Emperor Constantine the Great, by which large privileges and rich possessions were conferred on the pope and the Roman Church Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight …

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  • 57Visitation Order — • The nuns of the Visitation of Mary, called also Filles de Sainte Marie, Visitandines, and Salesian Sisters, were founded in 1610 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Visitation Order     Visitation Order …

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  • 58William Petre — Sir William Petre (circa 1505 – 1572) was born in Devon in 1505 and educated as a lawyer at Exeter College, Oxford. He became a public servant, probably through the influence of the Boleyns, one of whom, George, he had tutored at Oxford and… …

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  • 59St. Leo I —     Pope St. Leo I (the Great)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Leo I (the Great)     (Reigned 440 61).     Place and date of birth unknown; died 10 November, 461. Leo s pontificate, next to that of St. Gregory I, is the most significant… …

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  • 60Pope St. Leo I (The Great) —     Pope St. Leo I (the Great)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Leo I (the Great)     (Reigned 440 61).     Place and date of birth unknown; died 10 November, 461. Leo s pontificate, next to that of St. Gregory I, is the most significant… …

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