These 11 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Theodosius Second, Theognis, Theophany.
He became emperor of the Western Roman empire at an early age. His territories were invaded by the Persians, but on his appearance at the head of a large force they fled, losing a great number of their army in the Euphrates. Theodosius was a warm advocate of the Christian religion. He died aged forty-nine, A. D. 450.
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An elegiac and gnomic poet of Megara, who is said to have flourished about B. C. 548. His poetry is distinguished for elegance of style and force of expression. 2026 Editor's Note: Theognis was the first Greek poet known to express concern over the eventual fate and survival of his own work. More than half of the extant elegiac poetry of Greece before the Alexandrian period is included in the approximately 1,400 lines of verse attributed to him, though several poems traditionally attributed to him were composed by others. The verses preserved under Theognis' name are written from the viewpoint of an aristocrat confronted by social and political revolution typical of Greek cities in the archaic period. (Ed: BR 2026-06-01)
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specially the appear ance of God to the patriarchs in the form of an angel or in human form; also the incarnation and second coming of Christ.
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in comparative religions, the name given to a system of natural religion which arose in the time of the first French Republic, and which had for its cardinal doctrines the adoration of God and love of man. In 1796 five heads of families-Chemin, Mareau, Janes, Haüy, and Mandar-as sociated themselves, and in December success held their first meeting at a house in the Rue St. Denis for the purpose of divine disciples. Among worship and moral instruction, accord- , Phalereus, and ing to the dictates of natural religion. of impiety was Their services consisted of moral dissuccessfully courses, singing, and prayer. One of their adherents was Revellière-Lépaux, a member of the Directory, who allowed them the use of the 10 parish churches of Paris, which they fitted up and adorned with religious and moral inscriptions, an ancient altar, a basket of flowers as an offering to the Supreme Being, a pulpit, and allegorical paintings and banners. In 1802 Napoleon I. forbade them to hold their meetings in the churches, and after this time they no longer appear as a body.
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a legendary coadjutor-bishop at Adana in Cilicia, who, when deposed from his office through slanders, gave his soul in bond to the devil, and consequently was reinstated the next morning. But he was soon overtaken with remorse, and through 40 days' fasting and prayers prevailed on the Virgin to make intercession for him. She tore the bond from the devil, and laid it upon the breast of the repentant sinner as he lay asleep in the church. Theophilus then made a public confession of his crime and of the mercy of the Virgin, and died three days after. This forerunner of the Faust legend must have reached the West during the 10th century.
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(named after Theophrastus, the philosopher), the typical genus of Theophrasteæ. Only known species, T. jusieui. It is a small tree with an unbranched stem, and a tuft of long, evergreen leaves at the top, giving it a superficial resemblance to a palm tree. Calyx and corolla campanulate, the former cartilaginous, the latter with a short tube, having a dilated throat with an angularly-lobed, fleshy ring, and a spreading limb; stamens five. Fruit, a spherical berry with the seeds half immersed in the placenta. T. jussieui is a native of San Domingo and is cultivated for its fine leaves.
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surnamed SIMOCATTA (the-ō-fil-ak'tus), a Byzantine historian; born in Locri about 570. Three of his works are extant: "History of the Emperor Maurice"; "Problems of Physics";, ; "Letters, Moral, Rural, and Amorous," of these there are 85, in which are imitated the letters of Aristæ netus. He died in Locri about 629.
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a Greek historian; born about 378 b. c. His principal historical works were " The Hellenics, " in 12 books, and " The Philippics, ' in 58 books; the former being a continuation of Thucydides, and the latter a general history of his own times, with the reign of Philip of Macedon as central point.
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in music, an old stringed instrument resembling the lute in form or tone. It had two necks, to the longest of which the bass strings were attached. It was employed for accompanying voices, and was in great favor during the 17th century. It differed from the lute in the possession of its two necks, whence it is sometimes called cithara bijuga. The strings were usually single in the theorbo, and when double, or tuned in octaves or in unison with the bass or treble notes, the instrument was called the arch lute or chittarone.
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in geometry, a proposition to be proved; a statement of a principle to be demonstrated; that is, the truth of which is required to be made evident by a course of reasoning called a demonstration. In the synthetical method of investigation, which is that for the most part employed in geometry , it is usual to state the principle to be pro proved before commencing the demonstration, which proceeds by a regular course of argumentation to the final conclusion, confirmatory of the principle enunciated. The principle being proved , it may properly be employed as a premise in the deduction of new truths. The principle, as enunciated before the demonstration, is the theorem ; its statement after rule or demonstration constitutes formula, according as the statement is made in ordinary or in algebraic language. A theorem differs from a problem in this, that the latter is a statement of something to be done, the former of something to be proved .
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Agrippa (q.v.) established in Paris and other centres a secret theosophical society, the rites of admission to which were of a peculiar character. The fraternity also possessed signs of recognition. Agrippa visited London in 1510, and whilst there he established a branch of the order in that city. A letter of Landulph's is extant in which he introduces to Agrippa a native of Nuremberg resident at Lyons, and whom he hopes "may be found worthy to become one of the brotherhood."
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