This collection of short fiction by a seasoned Presbyterian pastor who now serves as the Assistant Dean for Ministerial Studies at Yale Divinity School, explores both the literary and theological structure of the Biblical parables by responding to them with new parables, stories that re-frame the Biblical teaching in contemporary terms. Accompanying essays provide the context for this collection, asking whether short fiction, and if the artistic process in general, might rise to the level of what Reformed Theology will call the Word of God proclaimed. Beginning with John Calvin and other Christian Reformers, the essays argue that the unrestricted creative process can be life-giving to the often tiresome homiletic form. Goettler concludes...

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Parable of the Tares (also known as the Parable of the Weeds, Parable of the Wheat and Tares, Parable of the Wheat and Weeds, or the Parable of the Weeds in the Grain), is a parable told by Jesus in the New Testament, and found in Matthew 13:24-30, where it follows the Parable of the Sower, and precedes the Parable of the Mustard Seed.The parable refers to the final judgment, when angels will separate the "sons of the evil one" (the "tares" or weeds) from the "sons of the kingdom" (the wheat).An abbreviated version of the parable also appears in the Gnostic Gospel of Thomas (Saying 57). Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга...

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Paradise is a place in which existence is positive, harmonious and timeless. It is conceptually a counter-image of the miseries of human civilization, and in paradise there is only peace, prosperity, and happiness. Paradise is a place of contentment, but it is not necessarily a land of luxury and idleness. It is often used in the same context as that of utopia. Paradisaical notions are cross-cultural, often laden with pastoral imagery, and may be cosmogonical or eschatological or both. In eschatological contexts, paradise is imagined as an abode of the virtuous dead. In Christian and Islamic understanding heaven is a paradisaical relief, evident for example in the Gospel of Luke when Jesus...

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Le paradoxe des jumeaux dans les espaces compacts est une extension du paradoxe des jumeaux de Langevin dans le cadre d'un espace-temps dont la partie spatiale possede une topologie « fermee ». Plus correctement exprime, la partie spatiale de ces espace-temps est un espace compact. Ici, Bernard se contente de faire le « tour de l'univers » a vitesse constante en suivant une trajectoire « fermee » de l'espace alors qu'Alain y reste immobile. Comme Bernard ne fait jamais demi-tour, il ne subit aucune acceleration. La situation semble totalement symetrique entre Alain et Bernard mais c'est faux car dans un espace-temps de partie spatiale compacte (meme s'il est plat et statique comme c'est...

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Le paradoxe des jumeaux et l'effet Sagnac est une etude du paradoxe des jumeaux de Langevin dans le cadre des reperes en rotation et faisant intervenir l'effet Sagnac. Ici, Bernard, au lieu de faire demi-tour pendant son voyage effectue un parcours circulaire le faisant revenir a son point de depart. Bien qu'il n'effectue pas de demi-tour brutal, il subit toutefois une acceleration centripete et la situation est analogue au paradoxe des jumeaux classiques. Toutefois, faire intervenir un repere en rotation permet une variete de situations tres interessantes. L'analyse correcte de ces situations necessite une analyse approfondie de l'effet Sagnac. Le repere inertiel sera note R. Passons en revue...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A Paraklesis (Greek: ) or Supplicatory Canon in the Orthodox Christian Church and Eastern Catholic Churches, is a service of supplication for the welfare of the living. It is addressed to a specific Saint or to the Most Holy Theotokos whose intercessions are sought through the chanting of the supplicatory canon together with psalms, hymns, and ekteniae (litanies).The most popular Paraklesis is that in which the supplicatory canon and other hymns are addressed to the Most Holy Theotokos (the Mother of God). Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. In Hindu theology, Paramatman or Paramatma is the Absolute Atman or Supreme Soul or Spirit (also known as Supersoul or Oversoul) in the Vedanta and Yoga philosophies of India.Paramatman is one of the aspects of Brahman. Paramatman is situated at the core of every individual jiva in the macrocosm. The Upanishads compare Atman and Paramatman to two birds sitting like friends on the branch of a tree (body). The Atman eats its fruits (karma), and the Paramatman only observes the Atman as a witness (saksin) of His friend's actions. Данное издание не является оригинальным....

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Le paranormal est un terme utilise pour qualifier un ensemble de phenomenes dont les causes ou mecanismes ne sont pas explicables par des lois scientifiques etablies. Le prefixe « para » designant quelque chose qui est a cote de la norme, la norme etant ici le consensus scientifique d'une epoque. Un phenomene est qualifie de paranormal lorsqu'il ne peut etre explique par les lois naturelles connues, laissant ainsi le champ libre a de nouvelles recherches empiriques, a des interpretations, a des suppositions et a l'imaginaire. Le scepticisme, et sa version francophone la zetetique, est un mouvement qui etudie les phenomenes reputes paranormaux par une approche scientifique dans le but de...

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Parapsychology is a discipline that seeks to investigate the existence and causes of psychic abilities and life after death. Sufi Al-Azeemi in his lecturing during teaching on sufi-spiritual science provided complete syllabus in learning the art of Parapsychology in the light of Islamic Thoughts and Modren Science. Dissemination of this knowledge, which is the legacy of prophets, has become a mission for Sufi Al-Azeemi, because, according to him, this knowledge is the only elixir and the antidote for the ailing humanity in present times. His lectures although appear to be very simple worded at his corner yet his manner of narration instigates a very profound thinking pattern. These lectures are not only good reading for a casual reader...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Saint Paraskevi of Iconium (also known as Paraskeva Pyatnitsa) is venerated as a Christian virgin martyr. According to Christian tradition, she was born to a rich family of Iconium. Her parents were Christian, and Paraskevi was named as such (the name means “Friday” in Greek) because she was baptized on a Friday and because Friday was the day of Christ's Passion.Paraskevi became a preacher, and according to tradition, converted Emperor Antoninus Pius to Christianity. She was subsequently martyred at Iconium during the persecutions of Diocletian. Данное издание не является...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Saint Paraskevi of Rome is venerated as a Christian martyr of the 2nd century. According to Christian tradition, she was born in Rome about 140 AD to parents who were Christians. Her parents, Agathon and Politia, were of Greek origin, and had prayed for many years to have a child. When Politia finally bore a child, the baby girl was named Paraskevi, which means “Friday” in Greek, because she was born on that day. Paraskevi grew up to be a devout and well-read woman, and she rejected many suitors. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Parc Abbey Bible (London, British Library, Add. MS 14788, 14789, and 14790) is a 12th century illuminated Bible. It was made in the Leuven region of Belgium at the Abbey of St. Mary of Parc. A colophon on folio 197 indicates that the codex was produced in 1148. The text is Latin and written in proto-gothic book script on vellum. The folios are 437 by 300 mm, with the text block being 340 by 240 mm. The manuscript is illuminated with miniatures, diagrams, decorated borders, and decorated initials. The decorated initials include historiated, inhabited, and foliate initials. Данное издание не...

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Pardes refers to (types of) approaches to biblical exegesis in rabbinic Judaism (or - simpler - interpretation of text in Torah study). Each type of Pardes interpretation examines the extended meaning of a text. As a general rule, the extended meaning never contradicts the base meaning. The Peshat means the plain or contextual meaning of the text. Remez is the allegorical meaning. Derash includes the metaphorical meaning, and Sod represents the hidden meaning. There is often considerable overlap, for example when legal understandings of a verse are influenced by mystical interpretations or when a "hint" is determined by comparing a word with other instances of the same word. Данное...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A Pardon is a typically Breton form of pilgrimage and one of the most traditional demonstrations of popular Catholicism in Brittany. Of very ancient origin, probably dating back to the conversion of the country by the Celtic monks, it is comparable to the parades associated with Saint Patrick's Day in Ireland or New York.A Pardon is a penitential ceremony. A Pardon occurs on the feast of the patron saint of a church or chapel, at which an indulgence is granted. Hence use of the word "Pardon". Pardons only occur in the traditionally Breton language speaking Western part of Brittany. They do not extend farther...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Saint Pardulphus (Pardulf, Pardoux) (657 - ca. 737) was a Frankish saint and Benedictine abbot. He is the author of the Vita Pardulfi, which is notable for the insight it provides into life in Aquitaine at that time.He was born at Sardent, from a family of peasants. His legend states that he was a shepherd who decided to live as a hermit after experiencing a terrible storm. The count of Lantaire had built a monastery at Gueret. Pardulphus joined this monastery, later serving as its abbot. He followed strict penances, never keeping himself warm, and only eating once a week. He is alleged to have rejected heat...

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INSTITUTIONS FOR CHILDREN IN BULGARIA This text studies psychological and social factors that have led many parents to separate from their children placing voluntarily them in institutional care in Bulgaria during the communist regime. Like in all Soviet block countries the child welfare system was built according to the communist ideology of the state intervening in the family. This legacy presents a problem in the current efforts of transforming the child welfare system from institutional to community one. The study focuses on the relationship between mothers’ experience in childhood as reflected in their attachment style and mental representations, and their choice of different type of care for their own children (institutional,...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Paride Taban (born 1936) is a Sudanese Emeritus Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church and is co-founder of the New Sudan Council of Churches. Taban was Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Torit in southern Sudan from 1983 until 2004. Since his retirement from the diocese, he has been leading an effort to make peace in Sudan real by setting up the Kuron Peace Village, established in 2005. Before becoming bishop of Torit, Taban was titular bishop of Tadamata from 1980 to 1983. He was ordained May 24, 1964. Peace Village Kuron endeavors through education and a demonstration farm to help people of southern Sudan produce...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. In Buddhism, parinirvana is the final nirvana, which occurs upon the death of the body of someone who has attained complete awakening (bodhi). It implies a release from the bhavachakra, Samsara, karma and rebirth as well as the dissolution of the skandhas.The parinibbana of the Buddha is described in the Mahaparinibbana sutta. Because of its attention to detail, the Mahaparinibbana Sutta (of the Theravada tradition), though first committed to writing hundreds of years after his death, has been resorted to as the principal source of reference in most standard studies of the Buddha's life. Данное...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Parish of Raheny is the modern successor in the Church of Ireland to an early (1152) parish, in Raheny, a district of Dublin reputed to be a site of Christian settlement back to 570. Today's parish comprises Raheny village and the wider district, and is in a Union with the Parish of Coolock. Its parish church is All Saints' Church, Raheny.The other successor to the ancient parish is the Roman Catholic parish, whose boundaries have shifted somewhat from the historic ones. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Paris de Grassis (c. 1470 – 10 June 1528) was the Master of ceremonies to pope Julius II and pope Leo X.He was born at Bologna. He was the nephew of Antonio de Grassis, nuncio to Frederick III and Bishop of Tivoli. Cardinal Achille de Grassis, his brother, one of the confidential diplomats of Julius II, was appointed Archbishop of Bologna by Leo X and died in 1523. In 1506 Paris de Grassis succeeded the famous John Burchard, master of ceremonies to popes Innocent VIII and Alexander VI, and continued his Diarium. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Parishes of Sweden are subdivisions within the Church of Sweden that historically were called socken but nowadays are called forsamling. Similar units were used for municipal (landskommun) and cadastral purposes (jordebokssocknar or jordregistersocknar) until the 20th century.After the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century the church also became a state church and as such was charged with administrative tasks like as keeping the civic registry. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A parish church (or parochial church), in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches.In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in community activities, often allowing its premises to be used for non-religious community events. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Parish of Raheny is the modern successor in the Roman Catholic Church to an early (1152) parish, in Raheny, a district of Dublin, Ireland reputed to be a site of Christian settlement back to at least 570 AD. Today's parish, within the Howth Deanery of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin comprises Raheny village and the central portion of the district, parts of which are also served by the parishes of Killester, Grange Park and Kilbarrack-Foxfield. The parish has a membership of around 10,000 Catholics. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A parish register is a book, normally kept in a parish church, in which details of baptisms, marriages and burials are recorded.In 1497 Cardinal Ximenes introduced a register of baptisms, first in Toledo, then throughout western Europe. In 1563 the Roman Catholic Church ordered the general keeping of baptismal and marriage registers.On 5 September 1538, following the split with Rome, Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII's Vicar General, ordered that each parish priest must keep a book, and that the Parson, Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по...

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A parish is a territorial unit that was usually historically served by a local church. This administrative unit is typically found in Roman Catholic, Anglican Communion, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Church of Sweden, United Methodist, and Presbyterian churches. It refers to a local, ecclesiastical community or territory, including its main church building, perhaps one or more chapels of ease and other property. The word "parish" is also used more generally to refer to the collection of people who attend a particular church. In this usage, a parish minister is one who serves a congregation. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга...

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