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	Mandate of Heaven - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Mandate of Heaven (天命 Pīnyīn: Tiānmìng) was a traditional Chinese concept of legitimacy used to support the rule of the kings of the Zhou Dynasty and later the Emperors of China.
		The Mandate of Heaven concept was first used by the Zhou dynasty to justify their overthrow of the Shang dynasty and would be used by many succeeding dynasties to come.
		Heaven was very active and interfering, in mysterious ways, in earthly rule, as is shown by the divination texts preserved from the later part of the Shang, the oracle bones.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mandate_of_Heaven (750 words)

	Heaven
		Heaven, as a sacred place or a state of being, appears in the myths and legends of cultures around the world.
		The tenth heaven, which included all the others, was the destination of blessed souls who were ranked in order of their virtue, the more virtuous being closer to God.
		Heaven was a pyramid, cone, or mountain rising from the lowest level to the highest.
	www.mythencyclopedia.com /Go-Hi/Heaven.html (1052 words)

	Chinese Architecture: Temple of Heaven (Tiantan), Beijing
		Tiantan, the Temple of Heaven, was established in 1420 during the reign of Ming Emperor Yongle (r.
		The symbolism of the temple was necessary since the complex served as the setting in which the Emperor, the Son of Heaven, directly beseeched Heaven to provide good harvests throughout the land.
		The Imperial Vault of Heaven, which sits in the center of the plaza, is a round building that once contained memorial tablets of the Emperor's ancestors.
	www.orientalarchitecture.com /beijing/TIANTAN.htm (429 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Son of God
		The title "the Son of God" is frequently applied to Jesus Christ in the Gospels and Epistles.
		Son of God is equal to the Messias, still, as the same words were used on both occasions, It is likely they had the same meaning in both cases.
		Compare Matt., xxii, 2, "The kingdom of heaven is likened to a king, who made a marriage for his son." In Matt., xvii, 25, He states that as Son of God He is free from the temple tax.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/14142b.htm (1859 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > The Temple of Heaven (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Temple of Heaven (天壇) is situated in the southern part of Beijing.
		In ancient China, the emperor was regarded as the "Son of Heaven", who administered matters on the earth on behalf of the heavenly authority.
		To show respect to the heaven, ceremonies for sacrifices to heaven were extremely important to the emperor.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/th/The_Temple_of_Heaven (101 words)

	Heaven
		Heaven is a place of happiness - "God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away" (Revelation 21:4).
		In heaven God will dwell with man - "And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God" (Revelation 21:3).
		Heaven's New Jerusalem - is an unspeakable beauty, a city and streets of gold, gates of pearl, and precious stones (Revelation 21:10-21).
	www.fillthevoid.org /Christian/Heaven.html (624 words)

	Tian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tian (天 Pinyin Tiān) is the Chinese character for heaven or sky.
		Tian sometimes seems to be God itself, or Heaven, or the entire celestial bureaucracy.
		By the time of the founding of the Zhou Dynasty, Tian acquired the ability to alter the Mandate of Heaven and was linked to the Zhou Emperor, who was considered to be the "Son of Heaven".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tian (253 words)

	The Temple of Heaven (TianTan), Beijing, China (10 pages, 100 photos)
		The Temple of Heaven was originally established as the Temple of Heaven and Earth, but was given its current name during the reign of Ming Emperor JiaJing (1522-1567), who built separate complexes for the earth, sun and moon.
		The symbolism at the Temple of Heaven was necessary because it served as the place where the emperor, as the 'Son of Heaven', directly beseeched Heaven to provide a bountiful harvest throughout the land.
		In the center of the north-south axis of the Temple of Heaven are the Echo Wall and the Imperial Vault of Heaven.
	www.kinabaloo.com /temple_of_heaven.html (1411 words)

	Problems With Heaven
		Consider the variant that Heaven does not exist now but will exist in the future when people's bodies are resurrected in altered form but in space as we know it.
		Heaven would hardly be the paradise it is thought to be if murder, torture, rape, cruelty, and the like exist in any appreciable amount.
		Third, the existence of Heaven as a realm of human existence that is relatively free of moral evil undercuts the traditional free will defense to the argument from evil.
	www.infidels.org /library/modern/michael_martin/heaven.html (2911 words)

	Temple of Heaven -Beijing travel guide and information
		The emperor was regarded as the "Son of the Heaven", who administered matters on the earth on behalf of the heavenly authority.
		When it was built, the temple was used for the worship of heaven and earth, but later after the Temple of Earth was constructed the Temple of Heaven was reserved for the worship of heaven and prayer for good harvests.
		The tablet of the god of heaven would be moved from the Imperial Vault of Heaven and placed on the altar for the ceremony.
	www.cnhomestay.com /city/beijing/temple_of_heaven.htm (1209 words)

	Temple of Heaven: Beijing Travel
		The Temple of Heaven is situated in the southern part of the city in Chongwen district.
		The upper northern half is circular, representing Heaven and the southern half is square, representing the Earth, coincident with the Chinese saying of "Round Heaven and Square Earth".
		The main buildings on the north-south axis are The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest with the Pavilion of Double Ring Longevity on the left clustered at the northern end are the Imperial Vaulted Heaven and the Circular Altar at the southern.
	www.beijingtrip.com /attractions/heaven.htm (488 words)

	XLIII. Shê Î or The Meaning of the Ceremony of Archery
		To regulate (the discharging of the arrows), there was,--in the case of the son of Heaven, the playing of the Zâu-yü; in the case of the feudal lords, that of the Lî-shâu; in the case of the dignitaries, the Great officers, that of the Zhâi-pin; and in the case of officers, that of the Zhâi-fân[2].
		When the son of Heaven was about to sacrifice, the rule was that he should celebrate the archery at the pool, which name suggested the idea of selecting the officers (by their shooting)[2].
		Hence, when a son is born, a bow of mulberry wood, and six arrows of the wild raspberry plant (are placed on the left of the door) for the purpose of shooting at heaven, earth, and the four cardinal points.
	www.sacred-texts.com /cfu/liki2/liki243.htm (1808 words)

	Temple of Heaven - Beijing, China
		The Temple of Heaven, or literally the Altar of Heaven (Chinese 天坛; Tiān Tán) is situated in south eastern urban Beijing, in Xuanwu District.
		The Temple of Heaven was last used for this purpose by the president of the Republic, Yuan Shikai, on the winter solstice of December 23, 1914.
		The Temple of Heaven is the grandest of four great temples in Beijing, the others being the Temple of Sun in the east (日坛), the Temple of Earth in the north (地坛), and the Temple of Moon in the west (月坛).
	www.sacred-destinations.com /china/temple-of-heaven-beijing.htm (822 words)

	Son of Heaven
		Son of Heaven Ji Fa, who was better known as King Wu3, destroyed the Shang Dynasty (1783 to 1122BC) and founded the Zhou Dynasty (1134BC to 256BC).
		He proclaimed that he was the Tian Zi3 (Son of Heaven) and he had the Tian Ming4 (Mandate of Heaven) to destroy the preceding wicked Shang Dynasty.
		He edicted the rules of inheritance should be from father to son and not from brother to brother as the preceding Shang Dynasty.
	www.asiawind.com /pub/forum/fhakka/mhonarc/msg00956.html (436 words)

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		Catholic Encyclopedia: Son of God IN THE OLD TESTAMENT The title "son of God" is frequent in the Old Testament.
		IN THE NEW TESTAMENT The title "the Son of God" is frequently applied to Jesus Christ in the Gospels and Epistles.
		He confessed before Caiphas that he was the Son of the blessed God (Mark, xiv, 61-2).
	www.ewtn.com /library/SCRIPTUR/CESONOFG.TXT (1979 words)

	Heaven - Bethel Baptist Church of Townsend, Tennessee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It means that if you truly believe and can say that Jesus is the Son of God, that He came to earth and paid the penalty for your sin by dying on a cross, and that on the third day God raised Him from the dead, then you will be saved.
		Heaven is where Jesus is. The Bible records Jesus' words after He was raised from the dead and He left here to return to His Father.
		The opposite of being in heaven with Jesus forever is being separated from God forever, which is what hell is. We do not have to choose "hell"; we can choose God's free gift of eternal life.
	www.forministry.com /USTNSOBCOBBCOT/Heaven.dsp (787 words)

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		Since it was conferred by Heaven, it could also be withdrawn by Heaven when the rulers acted unjustly or failed to perform the proper ceremonies.
		The city itself served as a large ritual complex with the various altars and the Temple of the Ancestors at the edge of the center and the Forbidden City with the imperial throne at the center.
		During the winter solstice the emperor performed the appropriate rituals at the Altar of Heaven and at the Altar of Earth during the summer solstice.
	www.adrian.edu /~fdetwiler/local/chinapage/imperial.html (351 words)

	Building Towers to Heaven 2
		Pope John Paul II has issued a bull during his reign of pontifical supremacy proclaiming Mary as the Temple of God, since she was the body that graciously consented to give birth to the promised Seed.
		In the Psalms there are references to the notion of the heavens conveying a gospel message by a means of imparted speech, a speech of universal language.
		The Babel endeavor to build a tower with its top reaching into Heaven is evidence that Nimrod began a system of worship which in essence corrupted the original speech imparted through the handiwork of God's creation.
	focusonjerusalem.com /towerstoheaven2.html (1183 words)

	Highlights of Chinese Culture and History
		At the same time, the Son of Heaven of Zhou initiated a system of collecting poems, so as to know what the people thought of him and to examine his own statesmanship.
		Every spring and autumn, the Son of Heaven of Zhou would assign and dispatch some officials to collect poems from the feudal states, and have them set to music by court musicians before they were presented him.
		In addition to this, officials of all ranks were also asked to present poems to the Son of Heaven, mainly to eulogize or to criticize him.
	www.chinatown-online.com /cultureeye/highlights/book.htm (855 words)

	Temple of Heaven, Attractions of Beijing, China
		The Temple of Heaven, literally the Altar of Heaven is situated in south eastern urban Beijing, in Xuanwu District.
		In ancient China, the emperor was regarded as the "Son of Heaven", who administered earthly matters on behalf of, and representing, heavenly authority.
		To be seen to be showing respect to the source of his authority, in the form of sacrifices to heaven, was extremely important.
	www.magicaljourneys.com /China/china-interest-beijing-templeofheaven.html (564 words)

	Heaven
		Heaven is such a special place that anything which defiles or makes a lie cannot be there.
		I believe that Jesus is the Son of God, and that he died for my sins and rose again.
		We can imagine that when the helicopter arrived, the survivors felt it was “sent from heaven” God also has a plan of rescue sent from heaven for those who are perishing in their sins.
	www.youthclub4you.org /Heaven/heaven.html (677 words)

	Kublai Khan, the Son of Heaven
		As a sign of submission, in March 1259, Kojong sent his son, Crown Prince Chon, to meet with the Mongols and convey Koryo's desire for peace and to signal its intent to cease resisting.
		The Mongol military council met in 1260 at the oasis city of Shangdu west of Dolon-nor (modern Duolun), to elect a new Khakan in an atmosphere tense with the imminent threat of wars of succession.
		Kublai, the oldest surviving son of Tolui, was not the only man with a legitimate claim to the title Khakan.
	www.koreanhistoryproject.org /Ket/C06/E0604.htm (2873 words)

	Bandits, Eunuchs, and the Son of Heaven: Rebellion and the Economy of Violence in Mid-Ming China - David M. Robinson - ...
		Bandits, Eunuchs, and the Son of Heaven reveals how illicit armed violence formed a critical, and until now largely unexplored, facet of late-imperial Chinese history.
		Bandits, Eunuchs, and the Son of Heaven: Rebellion and the Economy of Violence in Mid-Ming China
		On a spring afternoon in 1509 a local bandit found himself in the emperor's private quarters deep within the Forbidden City and in the presence of the Son of Heaven himself.
	www.englishbooks.it /BUS/0824823915/Bandits__Eunuchs__and_the_Son_of_Heaven:_Rebellion_and_the_Economy_of_Violence_in_Mid-Ming_China.htm (436 words)

	Jesus Saves: Hope for the Weary - Heaven
		Heaven is the house of God, the angels, and those who have become children of God by accepting Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior.
		In fact, Heaven will be similar in many respects to earth, but so far more glorious that the earth will look dingy in comparison.
		Heaven will be a beautiful reward for those who have responded with open arms to the love of God.
	www.jesussaves.cc /heaven.htm (533 words)

	Agni - The Fire - Indian Mythology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He is said to be the son of Dyaus (Heaven) or of Heaven and Earth [R.V.1.160].
		He was born in the highest heaven, and was brought down from heaven by Matarisvan, the Indian Prometheus.
		The universe being regarded as divided into the two divisions of heaven and earth, Agni is said to have two origins, and the epithet dvi-janman (having two births), is his exclusively.
	members.cox.net /apamnapat/entities/Agni.html (757 words)

	Jesus cannot be God's son
		At it in the skies are about to burst, the earth to split asunder, and the mountains to fall down in utter ruin, that they attributed a son to the Most Gracious, for it is not consonant with the majesty of the Most Gracious that he should beget a son.
		The term “Son of God” is used in different senses in the Bible.
		Jesus, the Son of God, is the divine one who fulfilled prophecies, walked on water, healed the sick, and rose from the dead.
	www.carm.org /islam/obj_Jesus_son.htm (617 words)

	Son of Heaven: Imperials Arts of China - Free Shipping
		This book documents Â?Son of Heaven: imperial Arts of China, one of the most ambitious art exhibitions ever sent abroad by the PeopleÂ?s Republic of China and the first to explore the relationship between ChinaÂ?s imperial institution and the arts.
		The authors of Â?Son of Heaven,Â?Yang Xiaoneng and Robert L.Thorp, develop the themes of the exhibition in their introductory essays.
		Like the exhibition itself, the text examines five major roles of the Chinese emperor and the environments in which those duties were carried out: the Altar, the Outer Court, the Temple, the Inner Court, and the Tomb.
	www.asiachi.com /sonofheaven.html (405 words)

	"THE SON OF MAN"
		But here was "the son of man," a perfect human son of God, truly and wholly man, possessing a relationship to the human race through His mother Mary.
		The promised "son of David" was to be a king who would sit upon the prophetic throne of David, and He must be out of David's loins.
		Who is this Son of man." This suggests either that Jesus had just mentioned "the Son of man," though unrecorded in the account, or that His private conversation with Nicodemus had received publicity.
	www.auburn.edu /~allenkc/fbf/sonman.html (7963 words)

	baodai
		He was born on October 22, 1913 in Hue, the son of Emperor Khai Dinh.
		In 1926, at the age of 13, Prince Nguyen Vinh Thuy succeeded to the Golden Throne as the Son of Heaven and took as his reigning name, Bao Dai which means "Keeper of Greatness".
		However, even as reigning emperor, Bao Dai was never free to rule as he saw fit, Paris always had to have the last word and the President of France actually held more power over the Vietnamese than their own Emperor and the Son of Heaven.
	www.geocities.com /imperialvietnam/baodai.html (681 words)

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