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  2. Works of mercy - Wikipedia

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    Based on Jesus' doctrine of the sheep and the goats, the corporal and spiritual works of mercy are a means of grace as good deeds; it is also a work of justice pleasing to God. [6] The precept is an affirmative one, that is, it is of the sort which is always binding but not always operative, for lack of matter or occasion or fitting circumstances.

  3. Kindred (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Kindred (1979) is a novel by American writer Octavia E. Butler that incorporates time travel and is modeled on slave narratives.Widely popular, it has frequently been chosen as a text by community-wide reading programs and book organizations, and for high school and college courses.

  4. Kindred - Wikipedia

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    Kindred (Image Comics), a group of humanoid animals; Kindred (Marvel Comics), a villain of Spider-Man; Kindred, an Amish-like community in The X-Files ' episode "Gender Bender" Kindred, a character from League of Legends who is a personification of death consisting of a duo of lamb and wolf

  5. Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard - Wikipedia

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    Painting of the parable by Rembrandt, showing the workers being paid that evening (1637). The parable has often been interpreted to mean that even those who are converted late in life earn equal rewards along with those converted early, and also that people who convert early in life need not feel jealous of those later converts.

  6. Meaning of life - Wikipedia

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    The first English use of the expression "meaning of life" appears in Thomas Carlyle's Sartor Resartus (1833–1834), book II chapter IX, "The Everlasting Yea". [1]Our Life is compassed round with Necessity; yet is the meaning of Life itself no other than Freedom, than Voluntary Force: thus have we a warfare; in the beginning, especially, a hard-fought battle.

  7. Everyman (15th-century play) - Wikipedia

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    The play is the allegorical accounting of the life of Everyman, who represents all mankind. In the course of the action, Everyman tries to convince other characters to accompany him in the hope of improving his life. All the characters are also mystical; the conflict between good and evil is shown by the interactions between the characters.

  8. Elective Affinities - Wikipedia

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    A description by Gordon Burgess can be found in German life and letters, April 1992. The film Tarot (1986) by Rudolf Thome is loosely based on Elective Affinities. The 1993 play Arcadia, by British playwright Tom Stoppard, is a modern-day remake of Elective Affinities, albeit with a twist. The play takes place in modern times and 1809, Goethe's ...

  9. Heathenry in Canada - Wikipedia

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    The group became a catalyst for local Heathens to organize in-person meetups and study sessions. These in-person meetings, resulted in a core group of practitioners to form Vetrarblað Kindred in 2015. Vetrarblað Kindred is an independent kindred focused on inclusivity, Polytheistic reconstructionism, and Norse traditions. Vetrarblað ...