Brumidi's father was a native of Filiatra (in western Messinia, a district in the Peloponnesos, a region in southern Greece). His mother was from Rome, Italy. He showed his talent for fresco painting at an early age and painted in several Roman palaces, among them being that of Prince Torlonia. Under Gregory XVI he worked for three years in the Vatican. ...

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Constantino Brumidi, Constantino Brumidi - Parentage and early life, Constantino Brumidi - Emigration

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Carlo Borromeo (October 2, 1538 - November 4, 1584), saint and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, son of Ghiberto Borromeo, count of Arona, and Margarita de' Medici, was born at the castle of Arona on Lago Maggiore. He was of the aristocratic Borromeo family, whose coat of arms included the Borromean rings, sometimes taken to symbolize the Holy Trinity. When he was about twelve years old, Carlo's uncle, Giulio Cesare Borromeo, resigned to him an abbacy, the revenue of which he applied wholly in charity to the poor. He studi ...

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Theotokos (Greek Θεοτόκος) is a title of Mary, the mother of Jesus. This term is used especially in the Orthodox Church and related traditions. Theotokos - Etymology and translation. Theotokos is a compound of two Greek words, θεος "God" and τοκος "parturition, childbirth." Literally, this translates as "God-bearer" or "One who gave birth to God." However, since many English-speaking Orthodox find this literal translation is awkward, in liturgical use, "Theotokos ...

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• Theotokos - Etymology and translation
• Theotokos - Theology
• Theotokos - Use of Theotokos in the early Christian Church
• Theotokos - Third Ecumenical Council
• Theotokos - Hymns
• Theotokos - Icons

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Christianity and world religions appear to share some elements. In a look at Christianity's relationship with other world religions, this article investigates the differences and similiarities of Christianity to other religions. Christianity and world religions - Relationship with Judaism. See also Comparing and contrasting Judaism and Christianity and Judeo-Christian Historically, the relationship between Judaism and Christianity has been strained, to say the least. In the past, ...

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• Christianity and world religions - Relationship with Judaism
• Christianity and world religions - Possible relationship with Zoroastrianism through Judaism
• Christianity and world religions - Relationship with Paganism
• Christianity and world religions - Relationship with Mithraism
• Christianity and world religions - Relationship with Islam
• Christianity and world religions - Relationship with the Bahá'í Faith
• Christianity and world religions - Relations with other faiths
• Christianity and world religions - Sociological Aspects
• Christianity and world religions - Syncretism
• Christianity and world religions - Notes

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The Child Jesus is a religious symbol based on the activities of Jesus as an infant up to the age of twelve that recurs throughout history starting from around the 3rd & 4th century with religious figurines and icons of the infant Jesus, usually with His mother, the Virgin Mary, and His father Joseph. This "original nuclear family" symbolized the Holy Trinity to many early Christian believers and solidified the family unit with such deep spiritual significance that it eventually became an integral part of the Cath ...

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The Church of the Gesu is a landmark church of the Ateneo de Manila University campus in the Philippines. Designed by Jose Pedro Recio and Carmelo Casas, the edifice’s massive triangular structure symbolizes the Holy Trinity. The site has a total area of 10,200 square meters, and a seating capacity of 1000 persons. There are also two chapels alongside the church, one for the expositio ...

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Chichester is a small city in the south of England, in the county of West Sussex, with a population of about 25,000. It is the administrative centre of the Chichester district, a largely rural area with a population of over 100,000. It has been argued that the area was a bridgehead for the Roman invasion of Britain. The city centre stands on the foundations of the Romano-British city of Noviomagus Reginorum, capital of the Civitas Reginorum, and near to the Roman Palace of Fishbourne. According to the Angl ...

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The coat of arms of Pope Benedict XVI was designed by Archbishop Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo soon after the papal election. The coat of arms consists of a shield and external ornaments. Coat of arms of Pope Benedict XVI - Shield. The shape of the shield varies from artist to artist. In the initial rendering of the coat of arms of Pope Benedict XVI the shape chosen was that of a chalice. In heraldry, the herald and the person granted arms have considerable leeway in the contents of the shield. By lon ...

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• Coat of arms of Pope Benedict XVI - Charges
• Coat of arms of Pope Benedict XVI - External ornaments
• Coat of arms of Pope Benedict XVI - Mitre
• Coat of arms of Pope Benedict XVI - Pallium
• Coat of arms of Pope Benedict XVI - Heraldic discussion
• Coat of arms of Pope Benedict XVI - Controversy
• Coat of arms of Pope Benedict XVI - Compromise?

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Constantino Brumidi (July 26, 1805 in Rome, Italy-February 19, 1880, Washington, DC), was an Italian-American historical painter, best known and honored for his fresco work in the Capitol Building in Washington, DC. Constantino Brumidi - Parentage and early life. Brumidi's father was a native of Filiatra (in western Messinia, a district in the Peloponnesos, a region in southern Greece). His mother was from Rome, Italy. He showed his talent for fresco painting at an early age and painted in several R ...

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• Constantino Brumidi - Emigration

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The Council of Chalcedon was an ecumenical council that took place from October 8–November 1, 451 at Chalcedon, a city of Bithynia in Asia Minor. It is the fourth of the first seven Ecumenical Councils in Christianity, and is therefore recognized as infallible in its dogmatic definitions by the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. It repudiated the Eutychian doctrine of monophysitism, and set forth the Chalcedonian Creed, which describes the full humanity and full divinity of Jesus, the second person of the Holy Trinity.

• Council of Chalcedon - Historical background
• Council of Chalcedon - Relics of Nestorianism
• Council of Chalcedon - Eutychian controversy
• Council of Chalcedon - Latrocinium of Ephesus
• Council of Chalcedon - Convocation and session
• Council of Chalcedon - Consequences of the council

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The Chalcedonian churches are those Christian churches who follow the Christological teachings of the Council of Chalcedon, in contradistinction to Nestorians, Monophysites and Monothelites. The latter are sometimes referred to collectively as non-Chalcedonian. Some non-Chalcedonians call the Chalcedonian teaching Dyophysitic. The primary emphasis of Chalcedonian christology is the full humanity and full divinity of Jesus, the second person of the Holy Trinity. Oriental Orthodoxy viewed this as equating them with Nestorianism (due to the a ...

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William III of England (14 November 1650 – 8 March 1702; also known as William II of Scotland and William III of Orange) was a Dutch aristocrat and a Protestant Prince of Orange from his birth, King of England and King of Ireland from 13 February 1689, and King of Scots from 11 April 1689, in each case until his death. Born a member of the House of Orange-Nassau, William III won the English, Scottish and Irish Crowns following the Glorious Revolution, during which his uncle and father-in-law, James II, was depos ...

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• William III of England - Early life
• William III of England - Early reign
• William III of England - Glorious Revolution
• William III of England - Revolution Settlement
• William III of England - Rule with Mary II
• William III of England - Later years
• William III of England - Death
• William III of England - Legacy
• William III of England - Style and arms
• William III of England - Ancestry

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Winchester Cathedral in Winchester, Hampshire is one of the largest cathedrals in England. The earliest part of the present cathedral building is the crypt, which dates from the early 12th century. The squat, square central tower was begun in 1202, and has an indisputably Norman look to it. Work continued on the cathedral during the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, and restoration work was carried out by T.G. Jackson during the years 1905–1912. The cathedral is ...

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• Winchester Cathedral - Trivia

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The Church of the Nazarene is a Protestant denomination within the broad tradition of Methodism. Church of the Nazarene - History. The church began in October 1895 in Los Angeles, California by a group which desired a church that welcomed an American holiness emphasis. They invited a recently unemployed Methodist minister, Phineas F. Bresee (1838-1916), to be their pastor. They named their new church Church of the Nazarene and began to work towards becoming an international denomination for holiness ...

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• Church of the Nazarene - Doctrines
• Church of the Nazarene - Activities
• Church of the Nazarene - Origin of the name

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The Waldensians are a Christian denomination believing in poverty and austerity, founded around 1173, promoting true poverty, public preaching and the literal interpretation of the scriptures. Declared heretical, the movement was brutally persecuted by the Roman Catholic church during the 12th and 13th centuries and nearly totally destroyed, but the Waldensian Church survives to this day. There are two prevailing theories about the identity and origin of the Waldensians. Their own claim is that their history extends back to the ...

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• Waldensians - Waldenses' origin story
• Waldensians - Mainstream academic origin story
• Waldensians - Seen as schism and heretics
• Waldensians - Assessment in later Protestantism
• Waldensians - Modern Waldensians
• Waldensians - In Italy
• Waldensians - In the United States of America
• Waldensians - In South America
• Waldensians - In Germany

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, widely known as the "LDS Church" or the "Mormon Church", is the largest and best known denomination within the Latter Day Saint movement (a form of Christian Restorationism). The church is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Latter-day Saints are widely known for: Active proselytizing by full-time volunteer missionaries Belief in modern day revelation through prophets, beginning with Joseph Smith, Jr., and continuing today wit ...

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• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - History
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Name of the church
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Major Beliefs
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - First Principles and Ordinances of the Gospel
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - The Godhead
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Church leadership and the priesthood
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - The Plan of Salvation
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Scriptures
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Chapels
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Sunday Services
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Weekday meetings
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Temples
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Other practices
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Polygamy
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Prayers
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Missionaries
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Education
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Finances
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - LDS Customs
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Titles
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Public Speaking
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Genealogy
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Criticism and Controversy
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Footnotes

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History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Father Christ the Son The Holy Spirit The Bible Old Testament New Testament Apocrypha The Gospels Ten Commandments Sermon on the Mount Christian theology Salvation · Grace Christian worship Christian Church Catholicism Orthodox Christianity Protestantism Christian denominationsIncluding:

• Christian denomination - Denominations
• Christian denomination - Historical schisms and methods of classification schemes
• Christian denomination - Western groups
• Christian denomination - Eastern groups
• Christian denomination - Non-mainstream Christianity
• Christian denomination - Christians with Jewish Roots
• Christian denomination - Uncategorized
• Christian denomination - Messianic Movements
• Christian denomination - New Thought
• Christian denomination - Mandaeans
• Christian denomination - Christian Related Movements
• Christian denomination - Related Independent Religions

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• Christ - Full etymology
• Christ - The Anointed in the Old Testament
• Christ - History in the New Testament
• Christ - Distinctions between Jesus Christ and God
• Christ - Related uses of anointing
• Christ - Gnostic Christ
• Christ - Expansions and appropriations of Christ
• Christ - Slang usage

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God is the term used to denote the Supreme Being ascribed by many religions to be the creator, ruler and/or the sum total of, existence. Conceptions of God vary widely, despite the common use of the same term for them all. God - Definition. God - Concept of God. In many Western religions, God is usually said to have a specific and clearly defined relationship to, and interest in, the happenings of this world and the lives of those in it. Metaphors for God's relationship t ...

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• God - Definition
• God - Concept of God
• God - Attributes of God
• God - Etymology
• God - Capitalization
• God - Names of God
• God - History of monotheism
• God - Theology
• God - Conceptions of God
• God - Abrahamic conceptions
• God - Conceptions of God in Hinduism
• God - Christian Monism
• God - The Ultimate
• God - Aristotelian definition of God
• God - Modern views
• God - Notes and references
• God - Popular Culture

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History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Father Christ the Son The Holy Spirit The Bible Old Testament New Testament Apocrypha The Gospels Ten Commandments Sermon on the Mount Christian theology Salvation · Grace Christian worship Christian Church Catholicism Orthodox Christianity Protestantism Christian denominations C ...

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• Holy Spirit - The Holy Spirit in the Bible
• Holy Spirit - Christian views on the Holy Spirit
• Holy Spirit - Pentecostalism
• Holy Spirit - Catholic Church
• Holy Spirit - Orthodoxy
• Holy Spirit - Dispensationalism
• Holy Spirit - Branch Davidian
• Holy Spirit - Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost
• Holy Spirit - Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Spirit
• Holy Spirit - The powers of the Holy Spirit
• Holy Spirit - Depiction in art
• Holy Spirit - Non-Trinitarian Christian views
• Holy Spirit - Rastafarian view of the Holy Spirit
• Holy Spirit - Other views
• Holy Spirit - Judaism
• Holy Spirit - Islam
• Holy Spirit - Mandaeanism
• Holy Spirit - Hinduism
• Holy Spirit - Comparisons in fiction

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