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PRÉDESTINATION — La prédestination est la doctrine biblique et théologique selon laquelle Dieu choisit d’aimer l’homme, de l’appeler avant son savoir, de le sauver avant ses mérites, de le maintenir dans la fidélité de cet appel et de ce salut avant le terme de… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Chazal — Rabbinical Eras Chazal Zugot Tannaim Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim Acharonim For the 20th Century writer, see Malcolm de Chazal. Chazal or Ḥazal (Hebrew: חז ל) is an acronym for the Hebrew Ḥakhameinu Zikhronam Liv rakha , (ח … Wikipedia
Yeridat ha-dorot — (Hebrew: ירידת הדורות), meaning literally the decline of the generations , or nitkatnu ha dorot (נתקטנו הדורות), meaning the diminution of the generations , is a concept in classical Rabbinic Judaism and contemporary Orthodox Judaism expressing a … Wikipedia
Pietro Maria Gazzaniga — (b. at Bergamo, Italy, 3 March1722; d. at Vicenza, 11 December1799) was an Italian Dominican theologian.LifeAt a very early age he entered the Order of St. Dominic, and studied the various branches of ecclesiastical sciences, especially… … Wikipedia
Pietro Maria Gazzaniga — Pietro Maria Gazzaniga † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pietro Maria Gazzaniga A theologian, b. at Bergamo, Italy, 3 March, 1722; d. at Vicenza, 11 Dec., 1799. At a very early age he entered the Order of St. Dominic, and after a brilliant… … Catholic encyclopedia
Menahem the Essene — For the Israelite King, see Menahem (Ben Gadi). For the Khazar ruler of the same name, see Menahem (Khazar). For the medieval poet and philologist, see Menahem ben Saruq. Rabbinical Eras Chazal Zugot Tannaim Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim… … Wikipedia
John Scottus Eriugena and Anselm of Canterbury — Stephen Gersh INTRODUCTION by John Marenbon John Scottus Eriugena came from Ireland, as his name indicates (‘Scottus’ meant ‘Irishman’ in the Latin of this period, and ‘Eriugena’, a neologism invented by John himself, is a flowery way of saying… … History of philosophy
carrefour — [ karfur ] n. m. • v. 1120; bas lat. quadrifurcum « à quatre fourches » 1 ♦ Endroit où se croisent plusieurs voies. ⇒ bifurcation, croisée (des chemins), croisement, embranchement, étoile, fourche, intersection, patte d oie, rond point; échangeur … Encyclopédie Universelle
