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Anathema

Religion; General religion

A term formerly indicating offerings made to the divinity which were suspended from the roof or walls of temples for the purpose of being exposed to view.

Articles of faith

Religion; General religion

Certain revealed supernatural truths such as those contained in the symbol of the Apostles. The terms were not used by the Fathers or by ecclesiastical writers in the early Middle Ages.

Asceticism

Religion; General religion

The word asceticism comes from the Greek askesis which means practice, bodily exercise, and more especially, athletic training.

Aseity

Religion; General religion

Is the property by which a being exists of and from itself. It will be easily understood that this property belongs, and can belong only, to God.

Belief

Religion; General religion

That state of the mind by which it assents to propositions, not by reason of their intrinsic evidence, but because of authority.

In general, censorship of books is a supervision of the press in order to prevent any abuse of it. In this sense, every lawful authority, whose duty it is to protect its subjects from the ravages of ...