JEWETT, Luther, a Representative from Vermont; born in Canterbury, Windham County, Conn., December 24, 1772; was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1795; studied medicine and…
PATRICK, Luther, a Representative from Alabama; born near Decatur, Morgan County, Ala., January 23, 1894; attended the public schools, Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge, and Purdue…
(Encyclopedia) oratory, the art of swaying an audience by eloquent speech. In ancient Greece and Rome oratory was included under the term rhetoric, which meant the art of composing as well as…
(Encyclopedia) Fisher, John (Saint John Fisher), c.1469–1535, English prelate, cardinal, bishop of Rochester (1504–34). Known for his scholarship at Cambridge, he was chosen confessor to Margaret…
WHO LED THE REFORMATION? WHAT WERE THE RESULTS OF THE REFORMATION? FIND OUT MOREThe Reformation was a Christian movement of the 1500s. Its followers criticized the Catholic Church for corruption…
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(Encyclopedia) Peter III (Peter the Great), 1239?–1285, king of Aragón and count of Barcelona (1276–85) and king of Sicily (1282–85); son and successor of James I. In 1280 he established Aragonese…
(Encyclopedia) indulgence, in the Roman Catholic Church, the pardon of temporal punishment due for sin. It is to be distinguished from absolution and the forgiveness of guilt. The church grants…
