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    Catholic Church‚ and a growing body of practical‚ surgical‚ and medical knowledge. Medical schools were based off of the discoveries of Galen and Aristotle. Physicians were officially established in the Middle Ages when monasteries grew medicinal herbs to treat sick people. These monasteries were the first hospitals‚ and they used herbs to make medicine. Because medicine was influenced by religious ideas‚ it was believed that sickness and injuries were healed by faith‚ leading to many advances in medicine

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    speak to her to seek her guidance. St. Teresa would teach what she studied about mental Prayer to the people from all over and was able to help the economy. Also helping the economy‚ “In 1562 she established a new monastery‚ named St. Joseph’s (San José). Though initially the monastery was plagued by financial issues and poverty‚ she worked hard over the next few years to establish new houses of her order‚”( St. Teresa was able to deliver a safe‚ religious place to anyone who wished to worship through

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    St. Louis‚ MO: Concordia Pub House‚ 1984. James‚ Orthodox Eastern Church. The Divine Liturgy of the Holy Glorious Apostle James‚ the Brother of God‚ First Hierarch of Jerusalem: Set to Melodies of the Russian Orthodox Church. Basking Ridge‚ NJ: Monastery of St. Mark of Ephesus‚ 1978. Painter‚ John. Just James: the Brother of Jesus in History and Tradition. 2nd ed. Columbia‚ S.C.: Univ of South Carolina Pr‚ 2004. Bütz‚ Jeffrey J. The Brother of Jesus and the Lost Teachings of Christianity. Rochester

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    The Franks and Merovingians: Laying the Foundations for Future European Empires Henry Lilly May 16th‚ 2011 The Roman Empire represented the culmination of the Mediterranean World. The Roman Empire reached its peak under the rule of the famous Roman Emperor‚ Julius Caesar. The Roman Empire extended its borders throughout Europe‚ to present day France‚ Italy‚ Great Britain‚ and Germany. However‚ their collapse in 476 AD was caused by distraction to

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    harshness and severity of the life I led that forced me subsequently to run away to a monastery and become a monk.” (Ganns‚ 1910) This phase of his life is most likely one the founding reasons why Martin Luther‚ later in life‚ was so disgusted with the pain and suffering he saw in the lives of ordinary people. It would be one of his main motivations to change what was wrong. Entering the Augustinian monastery after completing studies and receiving a bachelor’s and master’s at the University of

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    to that molecule. Then‚ the resulting FT–IR spectra are compared and matched with known signatures of identified materials in the FT–IR library (Bruni et al. 1999). Case study Pigment samples were collected from the monastery of Saint Anthony in Egypt. The origins of the monastery are due to the 4th century AD. FTIR–ATR spectra were collected on a Perkin Elmer spectrometer 400 equipped with an ATR detector (attenuated total reflectance) in the wavelength range of 4000–650 cm–1‚ at a spectral resolution

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    Ajanta Caves in Maharashtra‚ India are a Buddhist monastery complex of twenty-nine rock-cut cave monuments containing paintings and sculpture considered to be masterpieces of both "Buddhist religious art"[1] and "universal pictorial art"[2] The caves are located just outside the village of Ajinṭhā in Aurangabad District in the Indian state of Maharashtra (N. lat. 20 deg. 30 ’ by E. long. 75 deg. 40 ’). Since 1983‚ the Ajanta Caves have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Excavation of the caves began

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    Climate How cold do you think Russia can get? The Russian winter certainly guarantees plenty of snow and frost… but not everywhere. And it doesn’t last forever. Russia’s climate varies dramatically‚ from the deep Arctic chill of the far north to the searing desert heat of some inland areas further south. Yet‚ throughout much of the country there are only two distinct seasons – winter and summer. Spring and autumn are only brief spells of change in between. [pic]Russian winter (photo by Irina

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    reviews * "Wonderful!" 08/03/2013 * "best sightseeing in Ktm" 01/03/2013 Category: Religious Sites Visitor photos (296) Kopan Monastery Ranked #4 of 58 attractions in Kathmandu 105 reviews * "monestery should visit" 03/03/2013 * ""Great Buddish Monastry"" 11/02/2013 Category: Religious Sites Hundreds of monks and nuns live at this monastery‚ which offers meditation courses year round. Visitor photos (20) Garden of Dreams Ranked #5 of 58 attractions in Kathmandu 388 reviews

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    Christianity prospered through domestic proselytiztion‚ and the tireless work of monks and nuns converting the lay man. The monasteries monks and nuns operated‚ provided a more stable environment than anywhere else in Western Europe. St. Benedict’s monasteries required a life of poverty‚ chastity‚ and obedience to the abbot for anyone living on the grounds. Monasteries also engaged in agriculture production and the copying and study of Latin heritage. Around the 700’s‚ the Carolingians became

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