ubiór-i-moda: Secret Gospel of Mark

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The Secret Gospel of Mark or the Mystic Gospel of Mark (Biblical Greek: τοῦ Μάρκου τὸ μυστικὸν εὐαγγέλιον, romanized: tou Markou to mystikon euangelion), also the Longer Gospel of Mark, is a putative longer and secret or mystic version of the Gospel of Mark. The gospel is mentioned exclusively in the Mar Saba letter, a document of disputed authenticity, which is said to have been written by Clement of Alexandria (c. AD 150–215). This letter, in turn, is preserved only in photographs of a Greek handwritten copy seemingly transcribed in the 18th century into the endpapers of a 17th-century printed edition of the works of Ignatius of Antioch. Some scholars suggest that the letter implies that…

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Athanasius I of Alexandria (c. 296–298 – 2 May 373), also called Athanasius the Great, Athanasius the Confessor, or, among Coptic Christians, Athanasius the Apostolic, was a Christian theologian and the 20th Patriarch of Alexandria. His intermittent episcopacy spanned 45 years (328 – 373). Conflict with Arius and Arianism, as well as with successive Roman emperors, shaped Athanasius' career. In 325, at age 27, Athanasius began his leading role against the Arians as a deacon and assistant to Bishop Alexander of Alexandria during the First Council of Nicaea. Three years after that council, Athanasius succeeded his mentor as Patriarch of Alexandria. During his reign as Patriarch, he faced repe…

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The Gospel of Peter (Ancient Greek: τὸ εὐαγγέλιον κατὰ Πέτρον, romanized: tò euangélion katà Pétron), or the Gospel according to Peter, is an ancient text concerning Jesus Christ, only partially known today. Originally written in Koine Greek, it is a non-canonical gospel and was rejected as apocryphal by the Church's synods of Carthage and Rome, which contributed to the establishment of the New Testament canon. It was the first of the apocryphal gospels to be rediscovered, preserved in the dry sands of Egypt. A major focus of the surviving fragment of the Gospel of Peter is the Passion narrative, which ascribes responsibility for the crucifixion of Jesus to Herod Antipas rather than to Pont…

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Mary was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus. She is an important figure of Christianity, venerated under various titles such as virgin or queen, many of which are mentioned in the Litany of Loreto. The Eastern and Oriental Orthodox, Catholic, Lutheran, Reformed, Anglican, and Methodist churches believe that Mary, as mother of Jesus, is the Mother of God. The Church of the East historically regarded her as Christotokos, a term still used in the liturgy of the Assyrian Church of the East. She has the highest position in Islam among all women and is mentioned numerous times in the Quran, including in a chapter (surah) named after her. She is al…

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Many interpreters of Plato held that his writings contain passages with double meanings, called allegories, symbols, or myths, that give the dialogues layers of figurative meaning in addition to their usual literal meaning. These allegorical interpretations of Plato were dominant for more than fifteen hundred years, from about the 1st century CE through the Renaissance and into the 18th century, and were advocated by major Platonist philosophers such as Plotinus, Porphyry, Syrianus, Proclus, and Marsilio Ficino. Beginning with Philo of Alexandria (1st c. CE), these views influenced the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic interpretation of these religions' respective sacred scriptures. They sprea…

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Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Bible and the teachings of Jesus. The Gospels state that Jesus is the Son of God and rose from the dead after his crucifixion, whose coming as the messiah (Christ) was prophesied in the Old Testament and chronicled in the New Testament. It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with over 2.3 billion followers, comprising around 28.8% of the world population. Its adherents, known as Christians, are estimated to make up a majority of the population in 120 countries and territories. Christianity remains culturally diverse in its Western and Eastern branches, and doctrinally diverse concerning justification and the nat…

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Montigny Mission was a diplomatic mission of Charles de Montigny, a French diplomat who was then the French Consul in Shanghai, to the Southeast Asian polities of Siam, Cambodia and Vietnam, from July 1856 to February 1857. The mission was a part of a French effort to catch up with the British Empire to establish influences in the Far East. The preceding events to the mission began in 1853, when King Ang Duong of Cambodia, his kingdom paying tributes to both Siam and Vietnam, through Bishop Jean-Claude Miche the Apostolic Vicar of Cambodia, sent a letter and gifts to Gauthier the French Consul in Singapore, hoping to procure relations with France. Gauthier forwarded these gifts to Toulon in…

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The Crna Reka Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Црна река, romanized: Manastir Crna reka) is a monastic hermitage located in the mountains of southern Central Serbia, in Ribariće, situated in the gorge of the Crna Reka (Black River). The monastery is located in the village of Ribariće and belongs to the Eparchy of Raška and Prizren of the Serbian Orthodox Church. As a whole, it represents an immovable cultural property as a Monument of Culture of Great Importance. Despite its exceptional beauty and significance, the Crna Reka Monastery was long almost unknown outside its immediate surroundings. Only recently, with the construction of a bridge on Gazivoda Lake near Ribariće and the repair of the…

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Christianization (or Christianisation) is the process or result of the conversion to Christianity. Christianization has, for the most part, spread through missions by individual conversions, but has also been the result of violence. "Christianization" also refers the conversion of previously non-Christian practices, spaces and places to Christian uses and names. In a related manner, the term refers to the changes that naturally emerge in a nation when sufficient numbers of individuals convert, or when secular leaders require those changes. It began in the Roman Empire when the early individual followers of Jesus became itinerant preachers in response to the command recorded in Matthew 28:19…

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In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus ( ; Ancient Greek: Διόνυσος Diónysos) is the god of wine-making, orchards, fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre. He was also known as Bacchus ( or ; Ancient Greek: Βάκχος Bacchos) by the Greeks (a name later adopted by the Romans) for a frenzy he is said to induce called baccheia. His wine, music, and ecstatic dance were considered to free his followers from self-conscious fear and care, and subvert the oppressive restraints of the powerful. His thyrsus, a fennel-stem sceptre, sometimes wound with ivy and dripping with honey, is both a beneficent wand and a weapon used to destroy those…

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British Library conditions: read very carefully, you can only read this once".. <em> Scraped from BL site without permission but claiming fair use and public interest, and edited, into Arcturus </em> The terms in the British Library Direct (http://direct.bl.uk/bld/ViewTerms.do ) date at least from April 2005 so this DRM stuff has possibly gone on for most if not all of those 5 years. Here I quote selectively from the terms and conditions.

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British Library conditions: read very carefully, you can only read this once".. <em> Scraped from BL site without permission but claiming fair use and public interest, and edited, into Arcturus </em> The terms in the British Library Direct (http://direct.bl.uk/bld/ViewTerms.do ) date at least from April 2005 so this DRM stuff has possibly gone on for most if not all of those 5 years. Here I quote selectively from the terms and conditions.