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The FLDS temple in the YFZ Ranch. The Yearning for Zion Ranch, or the YFZ Ranch, [1] was a 1,700-acre (690-hectare) Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) community of as many as 700 people, located near Eldorado in Schleicher County, Texas, United States.
The conversion of pre-Christian places of worship, rather than their destruction, was particularly true of temples of Mithras, a religion that had been the main rival to Christianity during the 2nd and 3rd centuries, especially among the Roman legions. An early 2nd century Mithraeum stands across the Roman street from the house and can be visited.
The Texas State Police (TSP) is a defunct 19th century law enforcement agency that was created following the Civil War by order of Texas Governor Edmund J. Davis. The TSP worked primarily against racially based crimes in Texas , and included black policemen.
The temple preserves wonderful early Christian sculptures, rare inscriptions from the Christian, but also the pre-Christian period, which were used as building material. It is likely that the temple was designed as a funerary monument to its sponsor (although this was not common in Byzantine Greece) and perhaps the vertical sundial that adorns ...
Hindu temples in Texas (6 P) T. Temples (LDS Church) in Texas (5 P) Pages in category "Temples in Texas" This category contains only the following page.
Temple Emanu-El is a Reform Jewish synagogue located at 8500 Hillcrest Road, in Dallas, Texas, in the United States. Chartered as the Jewish Congregation Emanu-El in 1875, it was the first Reform congregation in North Texas, and is the largest synagogue in the South. The congregation is led by Rabbi David E. Stern.
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Unlike most modern Pagan groups, which claim to be reconstructionist, the Odin Brotherhood alleges that it preserves genuine traditions of pre-Christian paganism. [1] [13] The group claims that it was founded in 1421: [15] a widow was accused of practicing Odinism and burned, and a Catholic priest forced her two sons and daughter to witness the burning, those children were Christians in public ...