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    Christianity’s Greatest Evangelist What’s the Sacrament that is essential for a Catholic to spiritually become a adult? One of the last steps after the Sacrament of Baptism in the Catholic faith is the Sacrament of Confirmation. Confirmation is the Sacrament in which Catholics receive the fullness of the Holy Spirit. This enables individuals to profess and confess their faiths as strong Christians, and soldiers of Jesus Christ. Confirmation is the Sacrament by which God strengthens an individual

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    Around the year 753 B.C.E the city of Rome was discovered along the shores of the Tiber River by the mythical characters Romulus and Remus. Throughout the estimated 12 centuries of existence, Roman civilisation shifted from a monarch to a classical republic and then to an increasingly autocratic empire. During this time emperor Octavian or otherwise known as Augustus, ruled from the year 44 B.C.E until 14 A.D. Octavian’s power was considered unassailable and during 27 B.C.E the Roman Senate formally

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    has also been suggested that due to the prophet Daniel’s close association with the sovereigns of the Archaemenian period, Zoroastrianism is thought to have influenced Judaism, as the prophet Daniel served as an advisor in court of Darius the Great (Boyce, 89). The intermingling of these two monotheistic faiths eventually gave rise to one of the largest monotheistic religion in the world, Christianity (91). Christianity has even been referred to as a Mithraic cult, due to the amount of Christian

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    The last century of the Roman Republic holds two of greatest political alliances in history, the First Triumvirate, created in 60 BC, and the Second Triumvirate, created in 43 BC. While the circumstances and actions of these two unions are very different, they tend to have vey similar trends. Three men come together to increase their political power, take control of the Republic, and fight against a particular group that opposes them. First, we shall look at the creations of these two alliances,

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    Located on the continent of Europe, Bulgaria sits at 43 degrees north and 25 degrees east. It borders the Black Sea and lies in-between Romania and Turkey. The other countries that border Bulgaria are Greece, Macedonia, and Serbia. The country's social justice issue originates from its location to begin with, but the issue which contributes to the first occurs from within the country. Syrian refugees migrate to Europe, Bulgaria included, but Bulgaria's conditions make the country last on the list

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    a child prodigy. According to the professor at San José State University, Thayer Watkins, Aristotle's (Alexander's teacher) influenced "… Alexander's thinking and his goal of the creation of an empire to spread Hellenistic culture (Alexander of Macedonia)." When Alexander took the throne and he began his many conquests to expand his empire. His biggest campaign was the war against Persia, where he defeated, but also took in their customs. This is when multiple people started to see the ruthlessness

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    When Alexander began to conquer his enemies he starts at Thracian Triballians securing the northern borders of Macedonia. Once Darius, King of Persia, heard of Alexander he attempted to bribe the Greek states into betraying Macedonia. Thebes believing Alexander  is dead kills Macedonian garrison located in their state. Angered, yet still level headed Alex travels to Thebes in an attempt to peacefully solve the situation, but when this plan failed he destroys Thebes. Burning down buildings, killing

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    the Persian Empire in 336B.C.E in 10 years. He spread the Greek culture even though he was not greek, he was Macedonian. Alexander opened up trade routes for his empire and when he died everything collapsed. Alexander the great was the king of Macedonia. He deserves to be called great because he shows leadership, courage and intelligence . Alexander shows great leadership, especially when he conquered the Persian empire in 10 years . Alexander also has conquered a lot of land in his time

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    “Good News” to the homeless in the slums of Calcutta, India. She organized the Order of the Missionaries of Charity, a multitude of Roman Catholic women devoted to helping the needy. Mother Teresa was born on August 26th, 1910 in the Republic of Macedonia and she was baptized the day after in Skopje. Being raised in a highly religious Catholic family, she was an active member of the local church as well as in the politics of her city. In 1982, Mother Teresa, known as Agnes at the time, decided to

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    and well known temples are the Capitoleum vetus in Tunisia, the Baalbeck also known as the Heliopolis, located in North Eastern Lebanon, and the Jupiter Stator which its location is unknown. The Jupiter Stator was built by Quintus Cacilus Matellus Macedonia after the 3rd

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