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  2. Best of all possible worlds - Wikipedia

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    Leibniz claims that God's choice is caused not only by its being the most reasonable, but also by God's perfect goodness, a traditional claim about God which Leibniz accepted. [2] [b] As Leibniz says in §55, God's goodness causes him to produce the best world. Hence, the best possible world, or "greatest good" as Leibniz called it in this work ...

  3. Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad - Wikipedia

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    The saying Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad, sometimes given in Latin as Quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat (literally: Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first deprives of reason) or Quem Iuppiter vult perdere, dementat prius (literally: Those whom Jupiter wishes to destroy, he first deprives of reason) has been used in English literature since at least the 17th century.

  4. William Arthur (clergyman) - Wikipedia

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    William Arthur graduated from Belfast College, came to the United States, studied law for a short time, and was then called to the Baptist ministry. After preaching in Vermont and western New York, he was settled as pastor of the Calvary Baptist church of Albany, N. Y. , where he remained from 1855 to 1863.

  5. William Arthur (minister) - Wikipedia

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    The William Arthur Memorial Church is located on the NH206 Bangalore-Honavar Road at Gubbi Town, about 80 km from Bangalore. The church is painted turquoise blue and built in the Gothic style, being completed in 1904. [4] [5] The church is named after William Arthur, an Irish Wesleyan missionary and

  6. Gap creationism - Wikipedia

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    Gap creationism (also known as ruin-restoration creationism, restoration creationism, or "the Gap Theory") is a form of old Earth creationism that posits that the six-yom creation period, as described in the Book of Genesis, involved six literal 24-hour days (light being "day" and dark "night" as God specified), but that there was a gap of time between two distinct creations in the first and ...

  7. As with Gladness Men of Old - Wikipedia

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    "As with Gladness Men of Old" is an Epiphany hymn, written by William Chatterton Dix on 6 January 1859 (Epiphany) while he was ill in bed. Though considered by many as a Christmas carol , [ 1 ] it is found in the Epiphany section of many hymnals and still used by many churches. [ 2 ]

  8. 'Arthur' creator remembers his favorite moments from the PBS ...

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    The author created his signature character 46 years ago in the best-selling 1976 children's book Arthur's Nose. That slim volume launched a cross-media franchise that has raised multiple ...

  9. King Arthur's messianic return - Wikipedia

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    Shown in the center is Arthur lying on his deathbed. King Arthur's messianic return is a mythological motif in the legend of King Arthur, which claims that he will one day return in the role of a messiah to save his people. It is an example of the king asleep in mountain motif. King Arthur was a legendary 6th-century British king.