37 days ago by Ted

Ambrose of Milan , 340-397 - son of an important government official, was raised and educated to be a civil servant - in the early 370's was appointed the governor of most of northern Italy, with his headquarters at Milan - when the bishop of Milan died in 374, there was a bitter fight about who wou ...

38 days ago by gene

Kitchen tables have been around for hundreds of thousands of years. It can be assumed that the first desks started from the Egyptians, centuries before, in an effort to stay away from presenting the food resting on the ground. Centuries of households have utilized the Kitchen table as a meeting site ...

38 days ago by Ted

Martin of Tours , 344(?)-397 - born in Hungary of pagan parents - educated in Italy, forced to serve in the army (unwillingly) under Constantius and Julian - baptized at 18, converted his mother and founded a monastery (the first) in France - c. 370 was elected (unwillingly) to be bishop of Tours - ...

40 days ago by Ted

Gregory of Nazianzus , 329(?)-389(?) - the last of the Cappadocians and a friend to the other two - was a better preacher than the others and a good writer - served in a number of different places, including being the bishop of Constantinople for a while (but was not enough of a politician to stay t ...

41 days ago by Ted

Gregory of Nyssa , 335-394 - Basil's younger brother, regarded as a better preacher and theologian, but not as good an administrator - is renowned as the most profound of the three Cappadocians - was bishop of the little town of Nyssa from 371-394

42 days ago by admin-howto

Not every person has wisdom teeth come in. When these teeth are present, they usually turn out to be apparent between the ages of 17 and 24. A individual can have up to four wisdom teeth, with one in every corner of the mouth. In most men and women, wisdom teeth do not trigger any severe problems th ...

42 days ago by admin

Article by Pandit Lokesh Jagirdar Have you ever wonder how helpful it would be if you have a slight notion about what is going to come about in your close to future? Well you should be pondering that you could have planned your future well. It is indeed the situation when you have some medium via wh ...

42 days ago by Ted

Basil of Caesarea (Basil the Great), 330-379 - one of the “Cappadocians” who became leading theologians along with Athanasius - born in Cappadocia (western Turkey), he became a proponent of monasticism (for people “serious” about Christianity) and Nicea - in 370 he became the bishop of Caesarea in C ...

43 days ago by Ted

Athanasius of Alexandria, 295-373 - considered one of the great teachers or “doctors” of the church - at the synod of Nicea, he wasthe chief spokesman for the church of Alexandria, and for the view that Christ is 'homoousios,' that is, “of one substance” with the Father (whatever it was that made Go ...

45 days ago by Ty Buchanan BAGriff MBACUQ

Information about the climate five centuries ago has come to light from leaves found in an old Bible. Susana Melo de Howard was returning the 1540 Great Bible back into its humidity-controlled room when she saw the preserved leaves. The book is kept at the University of Western Australia. It came fr ...