THE COUNCIL OF NICEA The great Council of Nicea met from May to the end of July in 325. It was the first attempt to summon a general council at which the churches from every part of the Roman Empire should be represented. Constantine sponsored the event‚ with the government providing all transportation‚ food and lodging for the bishops and their entourages. No records were kept which identified all of the attendees‚ and varying accounts from that time placeing the number of attending bishops
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American School Foundation of Monterrey Human Rights Council Topic B: Freedom of speech concerning criticism towards the government Director: Katia Gonzalez (MS)‚ Regina Benitez (HS) Moderator: Claudia Scala (MS)‚ Alexa Vasquez (HS) I. Committee Background The Human Rights Council was established on March 15‚ 2006 by the United Nations General Assembly‚ with the goal of addressing and resolving international Human Rights issues. The Human Rights Council is an intergovernmental body within the United Nations
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By 1918‚ the federal government imposed the law of prohibition Canada-wide. The idea of prohibition began in the early twentieth century when temperance groups such as the Dominion Alliance for the Total Suppression of the Liquor Traffic and the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union believed alcohol was the main source of many problems of the poor (Hundey and Michael 87). These types of groups campaigned to have the government shut down bars and taverns (Hallowell). During this time period‚ drinking
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What was the Second Vatican Council? The Second Vatican Council‚ or Vatican II as it is often called‚ was an Ecumenical Council‚ (which means it affected the worldwide Christian community) of the Roman Catholic Church. It began on October 11‚ 1962 under‚ Pope John XXIII with over two thousand attendants (Hollis 23). The council ended on December 8‚ 1965‚ with Pope Paul VI presiding over the council due to the death of Pope John XXIII in 1963. The council consisted of four different sessions convening
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Brown AP United States History 10 April 2014 Was Prohibition a Failure? Due to the progressive and forward-thinking society the 1920s had become‚ it was hard for Americans to set limits on what they and their American society could achieve. However‚ some barriers were impeding their attainment of a society free of the burdens it had just previously dealt with. During the 1920s‚ a progressive mindset dominated Congress and Americans. Prohibition of alcohol was one of the many ways progressives attempted
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United States what sort of out come can be presumed based on the outcome of the prohibition of alcohol in the 1920’s? By being able to determine or predict outcomes based on the closely related prohibition in the 1920’s we could possibly save lives from the war that is raging in many of our backyards. In my research I was looking for articles from the 1920’s and present day that were closely related to try to draw ties between the modern day prohibition of drugs and the prohibition of alcohol in
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Name: Huynh Thi Kim Tuyen MSSV: 01203269 CHAPTER 6 Class: 12000302 Major: Chinese_English _TOPIC: TWO ARGUMENT PARAGRAPHS FOR AGAINST GLOBALIZATION._ During recent decades‚ globalization is one of the noticeable problems in the world. Globalization brings many advantages as well as disadvantages with many respects such as the social‚ economic‚ cultural‚ political‚ technological‚ healthy‚ educational and so on. There are many good things which globalization brings. First of all‚ globalization
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The Cause and Effect of Prohibition in America In the wake of World War 1‚ the Roaring Twenties was an era for celebration‚ renewal‚ and a number of glamourized activities. Between flappers‚ the Charleston‚ organized sports‚ and jazz music‚ the people of the twenties lived joyous lives—until one of the most common activities came to a legal standstill on January sixteenth‚ 1920. Defined as the historical 1920-1933’s ban on the manufacture‚ storage‚ transportation‚ sale‚ possession‚ and consumption
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First Vatican Council This council was summoned by Pope Pius IX by the bull Aeterni Patris of 29 June 1868. The first session was held in St. Peter’s basilica on 8 December 1869 in the presence and under the presidency of the Pope. The purpose of the council was‚ besides the condemnation of contemporary errors‚ to define the Catholic doctrine concerning the Church of Christ. In fact‚ in the three following sessions‚ there was discussion and approval of only two constitutions: Dogmatic Constitution
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As Prohibition commenced in 1920‚ progressives envisioned an age of moral and social reform. As early as 1916‚ some 26 out of 48 states were already dry‚ and once the United States entered the first world war‚ Prohibition became identified with patriotism. This was the peak of progressive reform: to a generation of Protestant reformers‚ using the power of the state to regulate the anarchy of the industrial city and improve the lot of ordinary workers seemed only natural and reasonable. By December
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