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    For over 400 years now, the Authorized Version of the Bible or as commonly known as the King James Version has been used by the church of Jesus Christ. Christianity, along with other religions has a governing document or book in which it governs their walk of faith. For Christians, this book is the Bible or also known as the Word of God. Throughout the scriptures, it is clear that God promises to preserve His words (Psalms 12:6-7). In addition, He commands to not add or take away from his words (Deuteronomy

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    Johannes Gutenberg a German invented the first printing press with movable type during the 1440’s. The printing press allowed for an easy way to mass produce physical copies of the text. The easy production allowed for a fast diffusion of ideas throughout Europe allowing for more people to develop a desire to become literate. The Number one text that was printed was the Bible, allowing for people to carry around their own copies and this also created question against the church. The invention of

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    The Renaissance and Italy's Decline Definition: The period in European civilization immediately following the Middle Ages, conventionally held to have been characterized by a surge of interest in classical learning and values. Set in the city-states of Italy in the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the constant uncertainty, both economic and political, and extreme volatility of the historical situation provided the material for new intellectual, cultural, and social experiments

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    Creative thinking is an idea evolved in the process of developing a concept to solve a problem or in producing a final output. It is not only an integral in developing new processes, products or services, but adds significant value by enabling innovation. Focus on flexibility and usability should be designers concern involving various methods of applications in the design process. This process helps a designer to discover the unmet needs of the problem space and explore on ideas to make commercially

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    Some may not realize how much of today’s society originates from the renaissance, reformation, and the scientific revolution. During these time periods many arrangements took place that altered humanity. In this paper I will be expressing these changes, what caused them, what effects came from them, and the themes of the Christian church, art and literature, and scientific/technological inventions during the renaissance, reformation, and the scientific revolution. To begin, in the 1300’s the study

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    1.) Augustus Caesar was the first true emperor of Rome in 31 BCE. His rise to the throne marked the true beginning of the Roman Empire. The vast majority believe Julius Caesar to be an emperor of Rome even before Augustus. However, Julius Caesar chose to use the title of ‘Dictator’ rather than ‘Emperor’. Augustus’ rule was prosperous and well-favored because he had destroyed Rome’s enemies and brought much needed stability to the Roman Empire. Augustus reigned until his death in 14 CE. Rome became

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    Poland is well-known for being overwhelmingly Roman Catholic. In fact, approximately 95 percent of the Polish population is Roman Catholic (Sekerdej & Pasieka, 2013). For Poland, this commonly means that the majority of the population are members of the Roman Catholic church, a specific parish (Sekerdej & Pasieka, 2013). One research study conducted by Polish scholars about Polish Catholicism, noted that, in Poland, a person’s religion is never questioned, since it always assumed that everyone

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    studies of religion and that of the Greek language and script at the College de France in Paris. [3] The College was renowned for having a Humanistic view on learning. During this time, Calvin became influenced by writers such as Castiglione, and Desiderius Erasmus. [1] At some date in time that is currently unknown, but is estimated to be between 1528 and 1533, John would have an experience that would forever change his life he would grasp Protestantism in a way that he described as “God subdued my soul

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    prominence. It later spread throughout Europe and began a rediscovery of classical thoughts and influenced painters, such as Raphael and Michelangelo, sculptors such as Donatello and writers, such as Johann Reuchlin, Ulrich Von Hutten and Desiderius

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    Twelfth Night: A Gender-Bending Journey      Shakespeare enjoyed writing passionate plays about young lovers, but, after a while, the formula became exhausted and the Bard was forced to dig deeper, creatively speaking. Twelfth Night is an example of a Shakespearean love tale with a slight twist to keep things interesting. This play was the “Tootsie” of its time. Twelfth Night takes the audience on a gender-bending journey, while maintaining all the elements of true love throughout. At one point

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