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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Abraham |
 | | Abraham is thus selected as the first beginning or source of the religion of the children of Israel and the origin of its close connection with Jehovah, because of his faith, trust, and obedience to and in Jehovah and because of Jehovah's promises to him and to his seed. | | | Abraham may be looked upon as the starting-point or source of Old Testament religion. | | | Abraham is then told of the impending destruction of Sodom and Gomorrha for their sins but obtains from Jehovah the promise that he will not destroy them if he finds ten just men therein. |
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| | Abraham (WebBible Encyclopedia) - ChristianAnswers.Net |
| | Abraham then married Keturah, who became the mother of six sons, whose descendants were afterwards known as the "children of the east" (Judg. | | | The history of Abraham made a wide and deep impression on the ancient world, and references to it are interwoven in the religious traditions of almost all Eastern nations. | | | The two angels went on toward Sodom; while the Lord tarried behind and talked with Abraham, revealing to him the destruction that was about to fall on that guilty city. |
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| | Battle of the Plains of Abraham - encyclopedia article about Battle of the Plains of Abraham. |
| | Montcalm could have refused to meet them on the field (as his advisers suggested), and his decision to leave the fortified town and engage the British on the battlefield is often viewed as a mistake; his fear was that of British entrenchment. | | | The Battle of the Plains of Abraham, fought September 13, 1759, was a decisive battle of the North American theatre of the Seven Years' War (a theatre known in the United States as the French and Indian War). | | | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. |
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| | Lincoln, Abraham - Columbia Encyclopedia article about Lincoln, Abraham |
| | Little is known of his mother, Nancy Hanks, who died in 1818, not long after the family had settled in the wilds of what is now Spencer co., Ind. Thomas Lincoln soon afterward married Sarah Bush Johnston, a widow; she was a kind and affectionate stepmother to the boy. | | | The 11 Confederate states somehow had to be restored to their positions in the Union and provided with loyal governments, and the role of the emancipated slaves in Southern society had to be defined. | | | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. |
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| | NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Albert Abraham Michelson |
| | Albert Abraham Michelson, (pronunciation anglicized as "Michael-son", December_19, 1852 - May_9, 1931), was a Prussian-born American physicist known for his work on the measurement of the speed_of_light, and especially for the Michelson-Morley_experiment. | | | Michelson continued to "refine" his method and in 1883 published a measurement of 299,853±60 km/s, rather closer to that of his mentor. | | | Albert Abraham Michelson, (pronunciation anglicized as "Michael-son", December 19, 1852 - May 9, 1931), was a Prussian-born American physicist known for his work on the measurement of the speed of light, and especially for the Michelson-Morley experiment. |
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