After the civil war that followed the death of Qin Shihuangdi in 210 B.C.‚ China was reunited under the rule of the Han dynasty‚ which is divided into two major periods: the Western or Former Han (206 B.C.–9 A.D.) and the Eastern or Later Han (25–220 A.D.). The boundaries established by the Qin and maintained by the Han have more or less defined the nation of China up to the present day. The Western Han capital‚ Chang’an in present-day Shaanxi Province—a monumental urban center laid out on a north-south
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Report d) Meeker Report 2013 Answer: (d) Meeker Report 2013 1. ______________ is current pope of the Catholic Church. a) Pope Francis b) Pope Pius IX c) Pope John Paul II d) Pope Urban VIII The correct answer is a) Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio) Q. The predecessor of Pope Francis was ______________. a) Pope Pius IX b) Pope John Paul II c) Pope Urban VIII d) Benedict XVI Q. Nationality of Pope Francis is __________. a) Argentine b) Indian c) Australian
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Himself is the author of matrimony‚ endowed as it is with various benefits and purposes. (St. Augustine‚ De Bene coniugali PL 40‚ 375-376 and 394‚ St. Thomas‚ Summa Theologica‚ Suppl. Quaest. 49‚ art. 3 ad 1‚ Decretum pro Armenis: Denz.-Schoen. 1327; Pius XI‚ encyclical letter Casti Connubii: AAS 22 (1930‚ pp. 547-548; Denz.-Schoen. 3703-3714.)All of these have a very decisive bearing on the continuation of the human race‚ on the personal development and eternal destiny of the individual members of
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Trent that Set a ‘ New Trend’ in the Catholic Church Introduction The Church is both human and divine. History has proved that at times the human element uses the Church to meet its desires in the world. Immorality‚ nepotism etc. are seen here and there. These are problems originating from the Church leaders themselves. Moreover‚ some Christians took the responsibility of explaining the Word and other ecclesiastical issues in their own hands‚ ignoring the Magisterium and in so doing‚ they ended
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Comandancia General de las Provincias Internas = Comandancia General de Oriente + Comandancia General de Occidente Comandancia General de Occidente = (Durango y Chihuahua) + (Sonora y Sinaloa) + Nuevo México Comandancia General de Oriente = Coahuila y Texas + Nuevo León + Nuevo Santander Nueva Vizcaya (= Durango y Chihuahua) Nuevo Santander (= Tamaulipas) Nueva Galicia (= Jalisco y Zacatecas) Bajío (=Guanajuato‚ Michoacán y Querétaro) Persona Padre Madre mestizo español
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Saint Agnes of Rome was born in Rome on January 28‚ 292. Many young men wanted to marry Saint Agnes‚ but she turned them all down because she was saving herself for Jesus. One of the men she turned down had a very powerful father and this man was upset with her for refusing him. Saint Agnes was then thrown into a brothel‚ she was unscathed. The son was the only person who attempted to violate her and he was immediately struck down blind. Saint Agnes then prayed for him to be healed. The powerful
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Examine the depiction of the male OR female form in classical art‚ and its significance in classical societies. Explain the ways in which the male OR female form is depicted in a classical art work. Examine what may have influenced artists in the way they portrayed the male OR female form. Draw developed conclusions about what the depiction about what the depictions of the male OR female form shows about classical society. The bust of Commodus is a truly exquisite piece of artwork created in 190ADc
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gift from marriage‚ and can only be brought into existence from the sperm of man and an egg of a woman. While this article serves to clarify the true meaning and connection between marriage and children‚ particularly from a biological stance‚ Pope Pius XI’s encyclical reminds believers of what should follow procreation‚ when he writes the following
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The Principate: The Aeneid as Augustan Propaganda The ascension of Augustus to supreme power in 31 BC signaled a distinctive break in Roman political history‚ from republic to monarchy‚ albeit veiled in apparent conservatism. The creation of an official Julii mythology served to legitimize Augustus and his dynasty; on the insistence of Augustus‚ Virgil wrote the Aeneid to demonstrate the mythological foundations of the Julii line‚ and how the future of Rome‚ and consequently the reign of Augustus
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of Pope Pius VII by Giuseppe Valadier in 1821. The restoration was intentionally made in travertine to differentiate between the original and the restored portions. The inscription reads: INSIGNE · RELIGIONIS · ATQVE · ARTIS · MONVMENTVM VETVSTATE · FATISCENS PIVS · SEPTIMVS · PONTIFEX · MAX(IMVS) NOVIS · OPERIBVS · PRISCVM · EXEMPLAR · IMITANTIBVS FVLCIRI · SERVARIQVE · IVSSIT ANNO · SACRI · PRINCIPATVS · EIVS · XXIIII (Insigne religionis atque artis‚ monumentum‚ vetustate fatiscens: Pius Septimus
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