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• Canticles; The Song Of Solomon
  ...ted to be a "wall" in Zion founded on Christ; "spoken for," i.e. sought in marriage by Him. No "stubble" of [[Jewish]] rites is to be built on her ( 1 Cor
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• Merab
  ...uel 17:25, Saul betrothed Merab to David. &nbsp;1 Samuel 18:17. Before the marriage, Merab's younger sister, Michal, had displayed her attachment for David, an <p> The eldest daughter of king Saul, was promised to David in marriage, in reward for his victory over Goliath; but was given to Adriel, son of [[
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• Virgin
  ...marriage, and their law set out penalties for the loss of virginity before marriage (&nbsp;Exodus 22:16-17; &nbsp;Deuteronomy 22:13-19; see [[Adultery]] ; [[Fo ...escribed. The word <em> ‛almâh </em> represents those who are eligible for marriage but are neither wives (queens) nor concubines. These “virgins” all love
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• Cranmer Thomas
  ...ger of the enterprise. On the 9th of July, 1553, the chief officers of the state swore allegiance to Jane; on the 20th we find many of those who had been ze
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• The Code Of Hammurabi
  ...m to half of the property of the slave which he has acquired during such a marriage (sections 176 f). </p> <p> [[Unmarried]] daughters mostly became priestesse
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• Assyria
  ...three, which were created by the body of the people, and who governed the state in conjunction with the sovereign. The first consisted of officers who had ...t became at length, by the addition of neighboring districts, a formidable state. [[Left]] partially under the sway of their own chiefs, who were reduced to
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• Quietism
  ...thought she had learned a method by which souls might be carried to such a state of perfection that a continual act of contemplation and love might be subst
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• Inheritance
  ...( <em> go’çl </em> ) must marry the widow, and her firstborn son by this marriage became the heir of her previous husband (&nbsp; Deuteronomy 25:6 ). ( <em> <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) The act or state of inheriting; as, the inheritance of an estate; the inheritance of mental
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• Old Catholics
  ...y larger, and they expect a rapid increase as soon as they obtain from the state governments the same efficient protection which is accorded to them in Bade
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• Flesh
  ...2-24; &nbsp;Hebrews 2:14; &nbsp;1 Peter 1:24). A man and a woman united in marriage become one flesh, and people related to each other share the same flesh (&n ...e human body </em> (&nbsp; Exodus 4:7 ). (3) <em> Relationship by birth or marriage </em> (&nbsp; Genesis 2:24; &nbsp; Genesis 37:27 , &nbsp; Nehemiah 5:5 ), f
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• James I Of England And Vi Of Scotland
  ...in which James laid down his opinions on the power of the throne over the State and Church, and which, for the doctrines it contained on Church government,
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• The Renewed Moravian Brethren
  ...n general. The members of such societies do not leave the communion of the state churches. In the event of their disestablishment, however, which seems to b
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• Antediluvians
  ...nal view is that these people lived longer because they were closer to the state in which God created human beings. Others say that their more simple life a ...or a man, the Lord would not have confined the first man to one woman. The marriage of the sons of Seth with the daughters of Cain appears to have been prohibi
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• Pius Vii
  ...of his dominions to the great changes which had taken place in the social state. By a "motu proprio" of the year 1816 he confirmed the suppression of all f
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• Russia
  ...holic Church of Poland, the same policy as that with regard to the Russian State Church. The Church property was confiscated, and, in return, the clergy wer ...egislative and executive power is in the hands of the czar, but there is a State Council of 60 members nominated by the czar. In the 50 departments a good d
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• Essence
  ...nes was made gradually stricter. Those whom Josephus speaks of as allowing marriage may be supposed to have belonged to such bodies as had not yet withdrawn fr
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• Alliance
  ...treaty with [[Hiram]] (&nbsp; 1 Kings 5:1-18; &nbsp; 1 Kings 9:1-28 ). His marriage with Pharaoh’s daughter probably had a political significance (&nbsp; 1 K ...eaty, or league; as, matrimonial alliances; an alliance between church and state; an alliance between [[France]] and England. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (n.) Any u
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• Prophet
  ...He will gather its members to that heavenly feast which will celebrate His marriage with His bride, and then, purged from evil, it will enter upon its career o ...bsp;Job 33:15-16); John (&nbsp;Revelation 1:10) "in the Spirit," i.e. in a state of ecstasy, the outer world shut out, the inner spirit being taken possessi
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• Pharisees
  ...Babylon A.D. 500. The Mishna has six divisions (on seeds, feasts, women's marriage, etc., decreases and compacts, holy things, clean and unclean), and an intr ...Pharisees developed the Messianic hope, distinguished the Church from the State, taught a religion that was independent of priests and Temple, developed do
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• Holiness
  ...of thought’ (see <i> Jewish Encyc </i> . vi. 441b). Holiness is ‘an ideal state of perfection attained only by God’ (Jerus. [Note: Jerusalem.] <i> Ber. < ...d <em> hagiasmos </em> designate respectively the quality of holiness, the state of holiness, and the process or result. For the sphere and source of holine
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