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  2. An Historical Account of Two Notable Corruptions of Scripture

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    The account claimed to review the textual evidence available [2] from ancient sources on two disputed Bible passages: 1 John 5:7 and 1 Timothy 3:16. Newton describes this letter as "an account of what the reading has been in all ages, and what steps it has been changed, as far as I can hitherto determine by records", [ 3 ] and "a criticism ...

  3. Middle Passage - Wikipedia

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    The Middle Passage was the stage of the Atlantic slave trade in which millions of enslaved Africans [1] were forcibly transported to the Americas as part of the triangular slave trade. Ships departed Europe for African markets with manufactured goods (first side of the triangle), which were then traded for slaves with rulers of African states ...

  4. Corruption in Mexico - Wikipedia

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    Corruption in Mexico has permeated several segments of society – political, economic, and social – and has greatly affected the country's legitimacy, transparency, accountability, and effectiveness. [1] Many of these dimensions have evolved as a product of Mexico's legacy of elite, oligarchic consolidation of power and authoritarian rule. [1]

  5. Corrupt bargain - Wikipedia

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    Votes in the Electoral College, 1824 The voting by the state in the House of Representatives, 1825. Note that all of Clay's states voted for Adams. After the votes were counted in the U.S. presidential election of 1824, no candidate had received the majority needed of the presidential electoral votes (although Andrew Jackson had the most [1]), thereby putting the outcome in the hands of the ...

  6. Critical apparatus - Wikipedia

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    The editors have concluded that all four early sources are corrupt, and instead have adopted a reading suggested by G. R. Hibbard. Other editors of the play may choose a different reading of the line. The apparatus summarizes all of the textual evidence, allowing readers to assess for themselves whether the editor has made the best choice.

  7. Radical evil - Wikipedia

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    Since this has corrupted them as a whole, the evil is considered to be radical. This is not saying that being radical is a concrete mindset, the propensity of evil can be revised through what is described to be a "revolution of thought" which reforms one's character through moral agents that practice universal ethics. [1] [2] [11]

  8. Pelagianism - Wikipedia

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    Every human's nature is corrupted by original sin, and they also inherit moral guilt [44] [35] Free will: Absolute freedom of choice [29] [36] Original sin renders men unable to choose good [80] Status of infants: Blameless [51] Corrupted by original sin and consigned to hell if unbaptized [81] [44] [35] Sin: Comes about by free choice [44]

  9. On the Abundance of Laws - Wikipedia

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    Isocrates' viewpoint finds resonance in the words of Tacitus in Annals (Latin: Annales), [3] who famously remarked, Corruptissima republica plurimae leges ("The most corrupt state has many laws"). [4] [circular reference] Isocrates' stance aligns with that of Plato, who similarly opposed the proliferation of laws. Plato believed that existing ...