Roman law governed in the south of France, whereas in the northern provinces, including Paris, a customary law had developed, based largely on feudal Frankish and Germanic institutions. Marriage and family life were almost exclusively within the control of the Roman Catholic Church and governed by...
TheOrdnungis the unwritten set of rules and regulations that guide everyday Amish life. Meaning “order”, or “discipline”, this German word takes on a deeper meaning in the Amish context. TheOrdnungprovides the foundation for the Amish Christian community. The purpose of Amish Church Rules T...
Truthfully, the olive drab, shield-shaped pentagon in the center should be dressed in some sharply contrasting color (or empty) because it’s obviously the most important region of the diagram, the visual highlight, the position of control over the rest of the so-called nonsense. In Venn te...
the Commonwealth of Virginia is going to work very hard to toss him back out and put in a new Senator who will actually respresent Virginia rather than be a rubber stamp for a political party. He was very happy to vote the way the Democrats told him ...
maybe once a year, to the memorial yahrzeit service on yom kippur to honor their deceased parents, when even the most non-religious jews showed up, hoping to be “inscribed in the book of life” for one more year. but they hadn’t been in years. what was all this rigamaroll about ...
1951 in Brooklyn, NY to her parents Albin and Ruta Strazdis. She grew up in Queens, NY, and attended St. Benedict Labre School and later Marymount Catholic High School in Manhattan. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry from State University of New York – Stony Brook, then ...
The son of a devout Catholic mother, Waters isn’t religious himself. “I don’t know, I’m open. I’m just saying what people have told me so far, I don’t believe in (God), but who knows?” Nor does he believe in astrology —“My sign is Feces” — or karma. (“Divine ...
The school board president’s response to upset parents: “You don’t like it? Find another place to live.” And until recently, the town of Hildale, Utah, was under control of Mormon fundamentalists, providing a safe haven for polygamy and sexual abuse. Of course, the ...