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Christ as Ruler, with the Apostles and Evangelists (represented by the beasts). The female figures are believed to be either Santa Pudenziana and Santa Praxedes or symbols of the Jewish and Gentile churches. Mosaic in the apse of Santa Pudenziana, Rome,A

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Nostradamus and His Prophecies

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Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

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An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.

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Eastern Orthodoxy: Clergy and laity

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Joseph Priestley

Joseph Priestley

English clergyman and scientist

Rick Warren

Rick Warren

American pastor

Alexander Crummell

American scholar and minister

Ian Maclaren

Scottish author

Bob Jones, Jr.

American clergyman and educator

Reverend Ike

Reverend Ike

American clergyman

Ferrar, engraving by P.W. Tomkins after a portrait by C. Johnson

Nicholas Ferrar

British minister

Robert Barnes

English clergyman

Boucher, Jonathan

Jonathan Boucher

English clergyman

David Calderwood

Scottish clergyman

Robert Sandeman

Scottish minister

John Bacon

American clergyman and legislator

Saint Siricius

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Victor II

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