A. John Wycliff (also spelled Wycliffe) was a religious reformer, Bible translator and a cleric used by the King to attack the Pope. Q. How did this all come about A. Wycliff, born in
01:00 Mon 15th Oct 2001Q. The what A. A Tabot is a carved wooden tablet representing the Ark of the Covenant in Ethiopian churches. It is the most holy part of the church, seen only by the priests. The Tabot in question -
01:00 Mon 04th Feb 2002 A. The moment, in February, 1948, when the Communists took over all of Eastern Europe. Q. Background A. The Soviet army began to occupy Eastern Europe in 1944 after the Nazis fled. The area
01:00 Mon 14th Jan 2002Q. What's an 'ism' A. The suffix -ism made its way into English from the French -isme, itself derived from the Latin -ismus, and it's used to denote a characteristic, a tendency or a syndrome.
01:00 Fri 11th Jan 2002 Joseph Smith, Founder of the Church of Jesus and the Latter-day SaintsA. Their vest. Thanks to DOUBRIS for the question. Q. Vest A. Yup. All Mormons - members of the Church of Jesus and the
01:00 Mon 21st May 2001 A. This is a sad story of religion, power and politics. I shall try to unravel it for the questioner, Tangle. First, two definitions. A Templar, sometimes called a Knight Templar, was a member of a
01:00 Mon 14th May 2001 A. Thanks to Deiter for the question. Patrick was born in Banwen, Wales and kidnapped and sold in Ireland as a slave. He became fluent in the Irish language before escaping to Gaul where he studied
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