the sherley brothers' mission in iran dealt with some aspects. they carried a message from england and the christian world to shah abbas. in addition, they trained iranian army and taught them how to make artillery, they fought with the iranians against the ottoman empire shoulder to shoulder and both of them were sent to europe for political and commercial purposes by shah abbas. shah abb...

A pioneering article by T.A.M. Bishop outlined the characteristics of granges Augustinian canons in Yorkshire. This seeks to test Bishop’s criteria examination Bolton Priory. It first outlines features Cistercian – a novel form land management twelfth century then contrasting ideals Augustinians. points imprecise terminology used Priory, which makes it difficult distinguish between manors and o...

Gardening was an important part of the daily duties within several religious orders in Europe during Middle Ages. The rule Saint Benedict specified that monastery should, if possible, contain a garden itself, and before above all things, special care should be taken sick, so they may served very deed, as Christ himself. cultivation medicinal utility plants to meet material needs monastic instit...

Once a certain picture of God captures our imagination and we learn to put biblical ideas together in a certain way— or once we begin operating from a given theological paradigm, if you will— we almost naturally assume that we are reading the Bible just as it is, whereas our opponents are ignoring important parts of its clear message. According to Bruce Ware, for example, Arminians teach “only ...

pardon. The document is, after all, sent by Truth, the divine authority whose tower overshadows the fair field. Its message "Et qui bona egerunt ibunt in vitam eternam; / Qui vero mala in ignem eternum" is an article of the Athanasian Creed and thus an orthodox tenet of the faith. Moreover, critics who argue that Truth's document is a pardon maintain that its text is consistent with the theme o...

Resumen La provincia agustiniana de Castilla intentó borrar las huellas la crisis que azotó a Orden San Agustín en los preliminares Reforma luterana, desarrollando una corriente espiritualidad adaptada objetivos Contrarreforma. Fray Juan Már-quez fue uno baluartes renovación espiritual conoció orden se-gunda mitad del siglo XVI, transitando por el abrupto paisaje religioso terminó germinando es...

655 Gregor Mendel. Does the name stir anything now, after 140 years? Perhaps we acknowledge a remote debt. “The Father of Genetics.” Honorific, but also rather automatic, taken for granted. A pioneer, a founder—but, as such, a character from a mythic realm. We probably recall something about what he did. Crossbred peas. Recorded variations. Identified dominant and recessive traits. But can such...