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  • 11Raskol — ( ru. раскол, IPA ru|rɐˈskol, meaning split or schism ) was the event of splitting of the Russian Orthodox Church into an official church and the Old Believers movement in mid 17th century, triggered by the reforms of Patriarch Nikon in 1653,… …

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  • 12Collections of Ancient Canons —     Collections of Ancient Canons     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Collections of Ancient Canons     While the essential principles of the constitution and government of the Church were immutably fixed by her Divine Founder, ecclesiastical… …

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  • 13Georgia (country) — Georgia[1] საქართველო Sakartvelo …

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  • 14JERUSALEM — The entry is arranged according to the following outline: history name protohistory the bronze age david and first temple period second temple period the roman period byzantine jerusalem arab period crusader period mamluk period …

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  • 15Charles I of England — Charles I Portrait by Anthony van Dyck, 1636 King of England and Ireland (more...) Reign 27 March 1625 – 3 …

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  • 16Collections of ancient canons — contain collected bodies of canon law that originated in various documents, such as papal and synodal decisions, and that can be designated by the generic term of canons. Contents 1 Generalities 2 From the earliest to the apocryphal collections 2 …

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  • 17Cologne War — Part of Protestant Reformation and Counter Reformation …

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  • 18Offices in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth — This article discusses the organizational and administrative structure of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth ( Nobility Commonwealth[citation needed] or Commonwealth of Both Nations , in Polish: Rzeczpospolita… …

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  • 19Commendatory abbot — A commendatory abbot is an ecclesiastic, or sometimes a layman, who holds an abbey in commendam, drawing its revenues but not exercising any authority over its inner monastic discipline. If a commendatory abbot is an ecclesiastic, however, he may …

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  • 20Ecclesiastical Judge — An Ecclesiastical Judge (in Latin Judex or Iudex Ecclesiasticus ) is an ecclesiastical person who possesses ecclesiastical jurisdiction either in general or in the strict sense. Catholic canon lawThe official body appointed by the qualified… …

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