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  • 21Apodicticity — Apodictic or apodeictic ( gr. αποδεικτικος, capable of demonstration ) is an adjectival expression from Aristotelean logic that refers to propositions that are demonstrable, that are necessarily or self evidently the case or that, conversely, are …

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  • 22MESOPOTAMIA — The original article in the first edition of the Encyclopaedia Judaica traced Mesopotamian history to its earliest beginnings and provided a detailed survey of Mesopotamian literature and institutions. With the availability of such tools as J.… …

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  • 23Luther, Martin — • Leader of the great religious revolt of the sixteenth century in Germany; born at Eisleben, 10 November, 1483; died at Eisleben, 18 February, 1546 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Luther, Martin      …

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  • 24Luther —     Martin Luther     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Martin Luther     Leader of the great religious revolt of the sixteenth century in Germany; born at Eisleben, 10 November, 1483; died at Eisleben, 18 February, 1546.     His father, Hans, was a… …

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  • 25Martin Luther —     Martin Luther     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Martin Luther     Leader of the great religious revolt of the sixteenth century in Germany; born at Eisleben, 10 November, 1483; died at Eisleben, 18 February, 1546.     His father, Hans, was a… …

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  • 26metaphysics — (ma ba‘d al tabi‘a; ilahiyyat)    After a brief initial engagement with political issues, the kalam theologians quickly turned their focus upon the nature of God and His relation to creation. In order to address this issue properly, they were… …

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  • 27apodeictic — adjective of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain • Syn: ↑apodictic • Similar to: ↑true • Topics: ↑logic * * * variant of apodictic …

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  • 28ap|o|dic|ti|cal — «AP uh DIHK tuh kuhl», adjective. = apodictic. (Cf. ↑apodictic) …

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  • 29BOOK OF THE COVENANT — (Heb. Sefer ha Berit), name derived from Exodus 24:7 ( And he took the book of the covenant, and read it aloud to the people.… ), and usually taken to refer to the legal, moral, and cultic corpus of literature found in Exodus 20:22–23:33. This… …

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  • 30Apodeictic — Ap o*deic tic, Apodictic Ap o*dic tic, Apodeictical Ap o*deic tic*al, Apodictical Ap o*dic tic*al, a. [L. apodicticus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to point out, to show by argument; ? from + ? to show.] Self evident; intuitively true; evident beyond… …

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