The article gives a brief analysis of the experience Old Believers-Pomorians in fighting against innovation Christianity, which is based on saintly and patristic approach to heresy. It shown that sects new religious movements have typolog-ical similarities with doctrines older heresies. author substantiates need for Believers Russian Orthodox Church Moscow Patriarchate (ROC MP) jointly confront...

The study of high-velocity clouds has progressed much since the appearance of the review article by Wakker & van Woerden (1997), less than two years ago. Much of this progress is described in these workshop proceedings. Here we update the review article, summarizing the topics discussed at the workshop as well as covering the recent literature. We follow the outline of the review, describing HI...

We conducted a phylogenetic analysis to characterize relationships among Bromus and test the monophyly of five of the seven morphologically distinct groups within Bromus (Poaceae: Pooideae) that have been treated as sections, subgenera, or genera. We sequenced the chloroplast trnL (UAA) intron, the 3!-end of the chloroplast ndhF gene, and the internal transcribed spacers (ITS) of the nuclear ri...

David Samuel Margoliouth (1858-1940), an English orientalist, was briefly active as a priest in the Church of England. He Laudian Professor Arabic at University Oxford from 1889 to 1937. “Mohammedanism” is book written by Margoliouth. The included seven chapters follows: “The Islamic World,” “Mohammed and Koran,” State,” “Islamic Theory Practice,” Sects,” “Preachers, Saints, Orders” Art, Litera...

Japan is a land of many contrasts. It is modern yet rooted in tradition. In general, Japanese do not have much interest in religions, yet religions are overflowing in Japan. Christianity is a minority religion in Japan, and the Catholic Charismatic Renewal Movement started there in 1972. In this paper, the author examines the influence of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal Movement on the Japanes...