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Tradition of Peter in Rome. The problems surrounding the residence, martyrdom,
and burial of Peter are among the most complicated and controversial of all those
encountered in the study of the New Testament and the early church.
Tradition of Peter in Rome. The problems surrounding the residence, martyrdom,
and burial of Peter are among the most complicated and controversial of all those
encountered in the study of the New Testament and the early church.
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The tradition culminated in two great Muslim philosophers who deeply influenced
the medieval West, Avi- cenna (Ibn Slna, 980-1037) from Persia and Averroes (
Ibn Rushd, 1126-98) from Muslim Spain. Of these, Avicenna was perhaps the ...
The tradition culminated in two great Muslim philosophers who deeply influenced
the medieval West, Avi- cenna (Ibn Slna, 980-1037) from Persia and Averroes (
Ibn Rushd, 1126-98) from Muslim Spain. Of these, Avicenna was perhaps the ...
Page 1043
The literary heritage of the latter does indeed permit the formation of longer and
more varied traditions and the incorporation into them of a wider range of
individual opinions, intui- Tradition, lions, and experiences, but the oral traditions
of ...
The literary heritage of the latter does indeed permit the formation of longer and
more varied traditions and the incorporation into them of a wider range of
individual opinions, intui- Tradition, lions, and experiences, but the oral traditions
of ...
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| Title | The New Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica |
| Author | Encyclopaedia Britannica Publishers, Inc. Staff |
| Contributor | Robert M. Hutchins |
| Edition | 15, illustrated |
| Publisher | Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1974 |
| ISBN | 0852292902, 9780852292907 |
| Length | 934 pages |
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