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Tertullian (/ t ər ˈ t ʌ l i ə n /; Latin: Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus; c. 155 – c. 220 AD) was a prolific early Christian author from Carthage in the Roman province of Africa. [2] [3] He was the first Christian author to produce an extensive corpus of Latin Christian literature and was an early Christian apologist and a ...
Baruch ( de) Spinoza [b] (24 November 1632 – 21 February 1677), also known under his Latinized pen name Benedictus de Spinoza, was a Dutch philosopher of Portuguese-Jewish origin. As a forerunner of the Age of Enlightenment, Spinoza significantly influenced modern biblical criticism, 17th-century rationalism, and Dutch intellectual culture ...
Easter, [nb 1] also called Pascha [nb 2] ( Aramaic, Greek, Latin) or Resurrection Sunday, [nb 3] is a Christian festival and cultural holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial following his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary c. 30 AD.
Jaroslav Jan Pelikan Jr. was born on December 17, 1923, in Akron, Ohio, [6] to a Slovak father Jaroslav Jan Pelikan Sr. and Slovak mother Anna Buzekova Pelikan from Šid in Serbia. His father was pastor of Trinity Slovak Lutheran Church in Chicago, Illinois. His paternal grandfather was a Lutheran pastor in Chicago, and in 1902, a charter ...
Relatives. Cecil Chesterton (brother) A. K. Chesterton (first cousin, once removed) Signature. Gilbert Keith Chesterton KC*SG (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was an English author, philosopher, Christian apologist, and literary and art critic. [2] Chesterton created the fictional priest-detective Father Brown, [3] and wrote on apologetics.
Portal. : Christianity. Christianity ( / krɪstʃiˈænɪti / or / krɪstiˈænɪti /) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.4 billion followers, comprising around 31.2% of the world population. Its adherents, known as ...
1918. 17 July. Canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church as Saint Alexandra the Passion Bearer. Empress of Russia as the spouse of Nicholas II . Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia. 1918. 17 July. Last heir of the last imperial family of Russia; passion-bearer. Alexis Toth.
