Diocesan priest: The Reverend Lord (Dominus in Latin) (abbreviated as Rev. Do.); Don. Religious priest: Padre; Father (Fr.). Religious sister: The Reverend Sister (Rev. Sr.). (Permanent) Deacon: Deacon (Dcn.). The Philippines. In the predominantly Catholic Philippines, ecclesiastical addresses are adapted from American custom but with ...

The right to silence is a legal principle which guarantees any individual the right to refuse to answer questions from law enforcement officers or court officials. It is a legal right recognized, explicitly or by convention, in many of the world's legal systems. The right covers a number of issues centered on the right of the accused or the defendant to refuse to comment or provide …

The word muslim (Arabic: مسلم, IPA: ; English: / ˈ m ʌ z l ɪ m /, / ˈ m ʊ z l ɪ m /, / ˈ m ʊ s l ɪ m / or moslem / ˈ m ɒ z l ə m /, / ˈ m ɒ s l ə m /) is the active participle of the same verb of which islām is a verbal noun, based on the triliteral S-L-M "to be whole, intact". A female adherent is a muslima (Arabic: مسلمة) (also transliterated as "Muslimah").The ...

The Church History (Greek: Ἐκκλησιαστικὴ ἱστορία; Latin: Historia Ecclesiastica or Historia Ecclesiae) of Eusebius, the bishop of Caesarea was a 4th-century pioneer work giving a chronological account of the development of Early Christianity from the 1st century to the 4th century.It was written in Koine Greek, and survives also in Latin, Syriac and Armenian …

Nontrinitarianism is a form of Christianity that rejects the mainstream Christian doctrine of the Trinity—the belief that God is three distinct hypostases or persons who are coeternal, coequal, and indivisibly united in one being, or essence (from the Ancient Greek ousia).Certain religious groups that emerged during the Protestant Reformation have historically been known as …

In the teaching of the Catholic Church, an indulgence (Latin: indulgentia, from indulgeo, 'permit') is "a way to reduce the amount of punishment one has to undergo for sins". The Catechism of the Catholic Church describes an indulgence as "a remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven, which the faithful Christian who is duly …

A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese.A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or more curates, and who operates from a parish church.Historically, a parish often covered the same geographical area as a manor.

Philosophy (from Greek: φιλοσοφία, philosophia, 'love of wisdom') is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some sources claim the term was coined by Pythagoras (c. 570 – c. 495 BCE), although this …

Angra do Heroísmo (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɐ̃ɡɾɐ du eɾuˈiʒmu] ()), or simply Angra, is a city and municipality on Terceira Island, Portugal, and one of the three capital cities of the Azores.Founded in 1478, Angra was historically the most important city in the Azores, as seat of the Bishop of the Azores, government entities, and having previously served as the capital city …

The Church of Scientology maintains a wide variety of beliefs and practices. The core belief holds that a human is an immortal, spiritual being that is resident in a physical body.The thetan has had innumerable past lives, some of which, preceding the thetan's arrival on Earth, were lived in extraterrestrial cultures.Based on case studies at advanced levels, it is predicted that any ...