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Bart D. Ehrman attributes the rapid spread of Christianity to five factors: (1) the promise of salvation and eternal life for everyone was an attractive alternative to Roman religions; (2) stories of miracles and healings purportedly showed that the one Christian God was more powerful than the many Roman gods; (3) Christianity began as a ...
When Sally Field won the Best Actress Oscar in 1985 for Places in the Heart, she said three words that would live in pop culture infamy: “You like me.” The Academy really did; she won the same ...
The role, The Associated Press noted in its obituary of Garson in 1996, “rallied Americans to support Britain during World War II”. Garson’s speech also included her reflections on the ...
Although it was assaulted and militarily overcome on several occasions, it did exist as a stalwart presence from the later 3rd millennium BC to the middle of the 6th century BC. After the fall of the Assyrian Empire in 612 BC, [11] the Babylonian Empire was the most powerful state in the ancient world. Its capital, Babylon, was beautifully ...
The empire responded to civil unrest with force, and in 408 in his Letter 93, Augustine began defending persecution of the Donatists by the imperial authorities saying that, "if the kings of this world could legislate against pagans and poisoners, they could do so against heretics as well."
A protester holds up a large black power raised fist in the middle of the crowd that gathered at Columbus Circle in New York City for a Black Lives Matter Protest spurred by the death of George Floyd.
Evidence for prehistoric rulers does exist, but is so rare that it is generally accepted that they were few and far between and lasted for a very short period of time before being deposed. This age of equality ended when the world emerged from the Ice Age and humans began establishing permanent settlements. Uncoincidentally, this is when ...
As the world's oldest and largest continuously functioning international institution, [386] it has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization. [387] The 2,834 sees [ 388 ] are grouped into 24 particular autonomous Churches (the largest of which being the Latin Church ), each with its own distinct traditions ...