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17 hours ago · Early life Main article: Early life of Isaac Newton Isaac Newton was born (according to the Julian calendar in use in England at the time) on Christmas Day, 25 December 1642 (NS 4 January 1643 [a]) at Woolsthorpe Manor in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, a hamlet in the county of Lincolnshire. His father, also named Isaac Newton, had died three months before. Born prematurely, Newton was a small ...
17 hours ago · Catharism ( / ˈkæθərɪzəm / KATH-ər-iz-əm; [1] from the Ancient Greek: καθαροί, romanized : katharoí, "the pure ones" [2]) was a Christian quasi- dualist or pseudo- Gnostic movement which thrived in Southern Europe, particularly in northern Italy and southern France, between the 12th and 14th centuries. [3] Denounced as a ...