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Notes on History of Catholicism
Notes from Jean-Pierre Moisset's History of Catholicism (chapter 9: The Shock of Modernity (mid-18th century — 1870). p. 394. The ritual of touching the scrofula at the end of the coronation, still practiced, is losing its credibility. Symptomatically, the formula of imposition, the formula of laying on of hands is changing. It was "the king Continue reading
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Oshio Heihachiro, rebellion samurai
To fully understand Oshio Heihachiro's actions, it is important to understand that they are dictated by an anti-revolutionary character and will. Nothing in Oshio Heihachiro's attitude is intended to challenge the established order. Oshio Heihachiro knows the system is perfectible, but also functional. What makes the system less efficient has more to do with the people than with the Continue reading