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 1755 Lisbon earthquake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
After the catastrophe, Joseph I developed a fear of living within walls, and the court was accommodated in a huge complex of tents and pavilions in the hills of Ajuda, then on the outskirts of Lisbon.
Contrary to custom and against the wishes of representatives of the Church, many corpses were loaded onto barges and buried at sea beyond the mouth of the Tagus.
Lisbon was the capital of a devout Catholic country, with a history of investments in the church and evangelism in the colonies.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1755_Lisbon_earthquake   (2027 words)

  
 Fingerprints & Palmar Dermatoglyphics
Tented Arches: He observed that those with tented arches sounded like those born under the sign of Libra, strongly influenced by their environment and who "easily gets out of balance." He also added the traits of peach, harmony and beauty to idealistic.
The tented arch is a sigh of enthusiasm.
The arch symbolizes the Earth element, the loop the water element, the tented arch and the triradius the fire element and the whorl the air element.
www.edcampbell.com /PalmD-History.htm   (18902 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Wisconsin
Religious statistics show that in 1906 the Catholic Church had 505,264 members, the various Lutheran bodies 284,286, the Methodist bodies 57,473, the Congregationalists 26,163, and the Baptists 21,716.
The decision was rendered by a divided court, the dissenting opinion vigorously asserting that the law thus laid down would break the seal of the confessional and cause the imprisonment of priests for refusal to answer such questions.
The bishop of each diocese is declared the only trustee of each church in his diocese, and he may cause any congregation to be incorporated by adding four more members as trustees.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/15661b.htm   (4981 words)

  
 Saint Basil's Cathedral, Moscow, Russia
Basil's Cathedral) is a multi-tented church on the Red Square in Moscow traditionally perceived as symbolic of the unique position of Russia between Europe and Asia.
The cathedral was commissioned by Ivan the Terrible and built between 1555 and 1561 in Moscow to commemorate the capture of Khanate of Kazan.
The cathedral's design follows that of contemporary tented churches, notably those of Ascension in Kolomenskoye (1530) and of St John the Baptist's Decapitation in Dyakovo (1547).
www.magicaljourneys.com /Russia/russia-interest-moscow-stbasils.html   (403 words)

  
 Who's Who in Magic History A-B | MagicTricks.Com: the Magician's Magic Shop   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
His act must have been convincing, as he was forced by the Church to reveal the secret or be imprisoned for life.
He was the first magician to appear in a tented Chautauqua show.
Later in life, he developed a magic lecture that incorporated a religious message, which was also very successful.
www.magictricks.com /bios/whoswhoab.htm   (5046 words)

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