Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ranald MacDonald (1756–1832) was a Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District from 1819 to 1827, then the Vicar Apostolic of the Western District from 1827 to 1832. Born in Edinburgh in 1756, he was the elder child of Ranald MacDonald, MacDonald VII of Fersit. He was educated at the Scotch College, Douay, France. He was ordained a priest in 1782, and returned to his native country in that same year. He was first stationed at Glengairn, Aberdeenshire, from which he was translated to Glengarry, and thence to Uist. He was appointed the Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Randall J. Stephens is a noted author, editor, and historian of American religion. Stephens is the editor of the Journal of Southern Religion, for Florida State University, and of Historically Speaking from the Johns Hopkins University Press, for Boston University. He is also a member of the Polkinghorne Society at the Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, Massachusetts, where he currently teaches in the History Department. Stephens has been named a Top Young Historian by the History News Network (HNN) at George Mason University and selected as the 2008 Young Scholar of American Religion by Indiana University....

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Randal MacDonnell, 1st Marquess of Antrim (1609 – February 3, 1683) was a Roman Catholic landed magnate in Scotland and Ireland, son of the 1st Earl of Antrim. He was also chief of Clan MacDonnell of Antrim. He is best known for his involvement, mostly on the Royalist side, in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. He travelled abroad, and on his return in 1634 went to court, next year marrying Katherine Manners, widow of the 1st duke of Buckingham, and living on her fortune for some years in great splendour. In 1639, on the outbreak of the Scottish war, he initiated a scheme of raising a force in Ireland to attack...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Randolph Sinks Foster (1820–1903) was an American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1872. Born on 22 February 1820 at Williamsburg, Ohio, U.S.A., he attended Augusta College in Kentucky, but left to become a Preacher in the Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church when he was only seventeen. He was ordained to the Traveling Ministry by Bishops Waugh and Hedding. He went on to become the Pastor of the Mulberry Street M.E. Church in New York City, where he met Daniel Drew, the financier who provided the original funding for the Drew Theological Seminary in Madison, New Jersey. Prior...

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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 Randolph CMC Church was a Chortitzer Mennonite Conference (CMC) congregation located in the postal district of Randolph (originally known as Chortitz). Established in 1876, it was the first Chortitzer church in Canada and the last to still conduct services in the traditional format: singing with no musical instruments and entirely in the German language. It also served as the central church of the conference for many years, as it was the home church of the bishops. However, the congregation's declining numbers led the CMC to close the church in 2010. The CMC has plans to turn the adjacent cemetery into a...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Bishop Randolph Roque Calvo is the seventh Bishop of Reno, ordained to the episcopate and installed as ordinary on February 17, 2006. At the time of his episcopal appointment by Pope Benedict XVI, on December 23, 2005, he was a priest of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco. Bishop Calvo was born on August 28, 1951, in Agana, Guam, the youngest of seven children. As a child, he moved with his family to San Francisco where he attended elementary school. He completed his clerical formation at Saint Joseph College Seminary in Mountain View, California, and at Saint Patrick Seminary in Menlo Park,...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Randolph Royall Claiborne, Jr. (November 7, 1906–1986) was the 5th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta, elected in 1952. Previously he had served as Bishop Suffragan in the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama. Randolph was born November 7, 1906, to The Rev. Randolph Royall Claiborne, vicar of the Episcopal Church in Farmville, Virginia, and Mary Thomas Clark. The Claiborne family moved to Marietta, Georgia, where Randolph, Sr. would serve as Rector at St. James' Church. Randolph, Jr. attended the University of Virginia, receiving his bachelor's degree in 1928. He then attended Virginia Theological Seminary in...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Randy Morrison is a pastor originally from Trinidad and Tobago whose relaxed approach and practical advice is favoured among more secular audiences. Having been raised by a single mother, he migrated to the U.S. city of Minneapolis in 1971 and converted shortly thereafter, and established the Speak the Word Church International in 1977. His television program "A Common Sense Approach" is seen in many different countries around the world. The word pastor usually refers to an ordained leader of a Christian congregation. In some countries the term is used in relation to Protestant churches. It can also be used in...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Randy L. Bott (born in 1945 in Northern Utah) is an American professor of religion at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah, USA. He teaches classes on missionary preparation and the Doctrine and Covenants, and is a prolific author of LDS doctrinal and motivational literature. In 2008, he was also listed as the highest-ranked professor on Ratemyprofessors.com. After earning a B.S. in psychology from Utah State University, Bott subsequently earned a M.S. in education from the same university and an Ed.D. from BYU in 1988. Bott also speaks Samoan. 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. Ranganayaki, is the presiding Goddess of Ranganatha Swamy temple at Srirangam. Affectionately called ThAyAr ("Holy Mother" in Tamil), she is the consort of Lord Ranganatha, the male deity of Srirangam. She is regarded as the manifestation of Lakshmi. She is also called Ranga NAchiAr. Here is a link to the image of Ranganayaki. Ranganayaki is held in high reverence by the people of Srirangam and by Vaishnavites. Acharyas that sang the grace of Ranganatha venerate her. She is the feminine aspect of the Universe and certain Vaishnavite traditions regard her co-equal to Ranganatha himself; she is both the means and...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Rangda is the demon queen of the leyaks in Bali, according to traditional Balinese mythology. Terrifying to behold, the child-eating Rangda leads an army of evil witches against the leader of the forces of good – Barong. Rangda is important in Balinese culture, and performances depicting her struggles with Barong or with Airlangga in that tale are popular tourist attractions as well as tradition. She is depicted as a mostly nude old woman, with long and unkempt hair, pendulous breasts, and claws. Her face is traditionally a horrifying fanged and goggle-eyed mask, with a long, protruding tongue. Bali is a Hindu...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Rangdum Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery belonging to the Gelugpa sect, situated on top of a small but steep sugarloaf hill at an altitude of 3,657 m (11,998 ft) at the head of the Suru Valley, in Ladakh. It is next to the tiny village of Julidok, and about 25 km from the 4,400 m (14,436 ft) Pensi La (pass) which leads into Zanskar. According to an inscription the monastery was built by Gelek Yashy Takpa during the reign of King Tsewang Mangyul of Ladakh about 200 years ago. Although it is physically in the Suru Valley, it is culturally part of Zanskar. Because one cannot count on crops being harvested...

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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 Maori mythology the primal couple Rangi and Papa (or Ranginui and Papatuanuku) appear in a creation myth explaining the origin of the world. In some South Island dialects, Rangi is called Raki or Rakinui. Rangi and Papa are the primordial parents, the sky father and the earth mother who lie locked together in a tight embrace. They have many children all of which are male, who are forced to live in the cramped darkness between them. These children grow and discuss among themselves what it would be like to live in the light. Tumatauenga, the fiercest of the children, proposes that the best solution to their...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Rani Rashmoni was the founder of the Dakshineswar Kali Temple, Kolkata, and remained closely associated with Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa after she appointed him as the priest of the temple. Amongst her other including construction of street from Subarnarekha River to Pari for pilgrims, Babughat also known as Rani Rashmoni Ghat, Ahirtola Ghat and Nimtola Ghat for the every day bathers at the Ganges and offered considerable charity to the Imperial Library (now the National Library of India) and Hindu College (now Presidency College). Lok Mata Rani Rashmoni Mission is today situated near Nimpith Ashram, South 24...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Rani Sati Temple is a famous temple located in Jhunjhunu town in Indian state of Rajasthan. On the occasion of Bhado Amavasya or the no-moon day a sacred Pujanutsav is held . A large number of devotees visit the temple on the occasion. The most characteristic feature of the temple is that there is no statue or image of any female or male gods. A trident in the form of power and force is worshipped. A splendid portrait of the Rani Satiji is located in the Pardhan Mand. The temple also boasts colorful wall paintings. The temple is made of white marble and is graced with fine murals. The rani sati temple is a very...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ranibennur Blackbuck Sanctuary (119 km ) was declared as a sanctuary mainly to protect blackbucks. It comprises two unconnected portions, an eastern and a western bit. The sanctuary has a core zone of 14.87 km and a buffer-cum tourism zone of 104.13 km . The area is covered mainly by scrub forest and Eucalyptus plantations, and is also inhabited by the highly endangered Great Indian Bustard and the wolf. However, the Great Indian Bustard has not been sighted in the sanctuary since around 2002 and may be locally extinct. Blackbuck are pleantiful with a count of more than 6000 in the 2005 census. Agricultural...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Rannamaari is a Maldivian myth or legend which chronicles the Maldivian people's conversion from Buddhism to Islam. Rannamaari is made of two words. Ranna (almighty) and Maar (ocean in ancient Dhivehi language). Rannamaari means God of sea. According to Ibn Batuta's version of the story, Rannamaari, a sea demon, haunted the people of the Maldives and had to be appeased monthly with the sacrifice of a virgin. On the last day of every month, the king would choose a girl to sacrifice and keep her in an isolated temple for one night. The girl would be found the next day dead. Данное издание не...

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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 Ranters were an alleged sect in the time of the Commonwealth (1649–1660) who were regarded as heretical by the established Church of that period. If they indeed existed, their central idea was pantheistic, that God is essentially in every creature; this led them to deny the authority of the Church, of scripture, of the current ministry and of services, instead calling on men to hearken to Jesus within them. Many Ranters seem to have rejected a belief in immortality and in a personal God, and in many ways they resemble the Brethren of the Free Spirit in the 14th century. The Ranters revived the Brethren of...

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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 Ranworth Antiphoner is a 15th-century illuminated antiphoner. It was used at St. Helen's Church, Ranworth prior to the Reformation. It disappeared for about 300 years. In the 1850s it was in the collection of Henry Huth. Its provenance was not appreciated until 1912, when it was offered for sale. It was bought and returned to Saint Helen's Church where it is now on display. The manuscript was bequeathed to the church in 1478. It was produced by the monks of Langley Abbey and consists of 285 vellum pages of writing and illustrations, with daily services in medieval Latin and 19 miniatures. 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. Rao Chattar Sal (1632–58) built the temple of Keshavarao at Patan and Chattar Mahal at Bundi. He saw service with the Mughal forces in the Deccan and was trusted by Dara Shikoh with governorship of Delhi, a rare privilege for a Rajput. He remained loyal to Shah Jahan and Dara Shikoh during the rebellion of Aurangzeb despite many temptations and died fighting as the head of his troops at the battle of Samurgarh in 1658 along with his youngest son Bharat Singh. Rao Bhao Singh (1658–78) the eldest son of Chhattar Sal succeeded his father to the throne of Bundi. 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. Raoul Roussel (1389–1452) was a French churchman, who played a part in the trial of Joan of Arc in 1431, and was archbishop of Rouen from 1443 to 1452. He was born at Saultchevreuil in the diocese of Coutances, and became a doctor of canon law in 1416. At the time of the trial he was Treasurer to Rouen Cathedral. He was an advisor both to the English king, who employed him on numerous missions, and later to the Edmund Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset. When Rouen, in the hands of the English and Somerset, surrendered to Charles VII of France in 1449, Roussel had influence in the negotiations, and received the...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Raoul of Merencourt (also called Ralph or Radulphus) was Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1214 to 1225. He succeeded the assassinated Albert Avogadro. In 1216 he attended the Fourth Lateran Council with many of his suffragan bishops, and along with Pope Innocent III, he gave a sermon on the first day of the proceedings (November 11) calling for a new crusade to recover the Holy Land. Further preparations for the crusade (the Fifth) were made on the last day of the council, November 30. However, for various reasons the crusade was postponed until 1217, after the death of Innocent. Raoul was appointed as one of...

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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 Rapa Nui mythology, also known as Pascuense mythology or Easter Island mythology, is the name given to the myths, legends and beliefs (before being converted to Christianity) of the native Rapanui people of the island of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), located in the south eastern Pacific Ocean, almost four thousand kilometers from continental Chile. The Rapa Nui have a mythology more differentiated, with respect to other Polynesian mythologies, due to the island's isolation from other Polynesian islands. The Rapa Nui present a particular cultural identity, based on very singular and local explanations on the...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Mar Raphael I Bidawid was the patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1989-2003. He was also a Syriac scholar. He was born on April 17, 1922 in northern Iraqi city of Mosul and he took his school and seminar training in Mosul. He was ordained a priest on October 22, 1944 in Rome and in 1946 he obtained the academic degrees of doctor of philosophy and theology. Between 1948 and 1956 he worked as a professor of philosophy and theology in Mosul. On October 6, 1957, at the age of 35, he was ordained Bishop of Amadiyah, by Patriarch Yousef VII Ghanima. As bishop of Amadiyah he experienced the mass exodus of...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Bishop Raphael Michael Fliss was the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Superior, in Superior, Wisconsin. He is currently Bishop Emeritus. Bishop Fliss was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on October 25, 1930. He received his licentiate in theology at Catholic University of America. He was ordained May 26, 1956 and served as a priest in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee. He received his doctorate from Lateran University in Rome in 1965. He became Coadjutor Bishop of Superior on November 6, 1979, and ordained on December 20, 1979. On June 27, 1985 he became Bishop of Superior, appointed by Pope John...

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