Apologetical

  • 101excusatory — a. 1. Apologetical. 2. Vindicative, vindicatory, exculpatory, exonerative …

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  • 102apologetic — /əpɒləˈdʒɛtɪk / (say uhpoluh jetik) adjective 1. making apology or excuse for fault, failure, etc. 2. defending by speech or writing. Also, apologetical. {Late Latin apologēticus, from Greek apologētikos} –apologetically, adverb …

  • 103apologetic — [ə päl΄ə jet′ik] adj. [Fr apologétique < LL(Ec) apologeticus < Gr apologētikos, suitable for defense < apologeisthai: see APOLOGY] 1. defending in writing or speech; vindicating 2. showing realization of and regret for a fault, wrong,… …

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  • 104АФАНАСИЙ I ВЕЛИКИЙ — [Греч. ̓Αθανάσιος ὁ Μέγας] (ок. 295, Александрия? 2.05.373, там же), cвт. (пам. 18 янв., 2 мая), еп. Александрийский (с 8 июня 328), великий отец и учитель Церкви. Свт. Афанасий Великий. Фреска собора мон ря прп. Антония Великого в Египте. XIII в …

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  • 105DURAN, SOLOMON BEN SIMEON — (known as RaShBaSh, Hebrew acronym of Rabbi Shelomo ben Shimon; c. 1400–1467), North African rabbinical authority; son of . He was born in algiers , but no details are known of his youth. His education embraced not only rabbinical knowledge but… …

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  • 106GANS, MOZES (Max) HEIMAN — GANS, MOZES ( Max ) HEIMAN (1917–1987), Dutch author, journalist, and jeweler. Gans grew up in the building of the Joodse Invalide. This was the institute for poor Jewish invalids, an outstanding example of modern Jewish charity of which the… …

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  • 107THE MIDDLE AGES — …

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  • 108KUKIZOW — KUKIZOW, Karaite family name, originating from the name of the town Kukiziw (Krasny Ostrow), in Galicia. The founder of this dynasty was MORDECHAI BEN NISAN (d. 1709), prominent Karaite scholar, disciple of joseph ben samuel ha mashbir from… …

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  • 109MARRANO DIASPORA — new christians began to leave spain in the wake of the mass conversions of 1391 and portugal after the forced conversions in 1497. The tide of emigration ebbed and flowed, but was always stimulated by the advent of new disasters, such as the… …

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  • 110PROSELYTES — There is ample evidence of a widespread conversion to Judaism during the period of the Second Temple, especially the latter part of the period, and the word ger, which in biblical times meant a stranger, or an alien, became synonymous with a… …

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