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Brewer's: Bomb

A shell filled with gunpowder. (Greek, bombos; Latin, bombus, any deep noise. Thus Festus says: “Bombus, sonus non apium tantum, aut poculi bilbientis, sed etiam tonitrŝ.” And…

National Poetry Month - Fun Stuff

  Featured Biography Marianne Moore American poet Notable Poets » Akhmatova - Byron Catullus - Dunbar Eliot - Hughes Jarrell - Millay Neruda - Rumi…

3 John: 1

3 John Chapter 1 1 The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth. 2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul…

Brewer's: Catholic Epistles

(The) of the New Testament are those Epistles not addressed to any particular church or individual. Conventionally they are seven- viz. 1 James, 2 Peter, 1 Jude, and 3 John; but 2 John is…

Brewer's: Institutes

(3 syl.). Elementary law treatises, as the Institutes of Gaius and those of Florentius, Callistratus, Paulus, Ulpian, and Marcian. The Institutes of Justinian were compiled by Antoninus…

Brewer's: Canonical Epistles

The seven catholic epistles, i.e. one of James, two of Peter, three of John, and one of Jude. The epistles of Paul were addressed to specific churches or to individuals. “The second and…

Biographies: Selected Jurists

Selected Jurists Henri La Fontaine See also U.S. Supreme Court Justices People in the NewsRecent Obituaries Related Links Supreme Court Facts Milestone Cases in…

Romans: 16

Romans Chapter 16 1 I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: 2 That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in…

Rulers of the Roman Empire and the Roman Republic

Over a millennium of leadership (good and bad) Take me to the Kings | Take me to the Republic Leaders | Take me to the Emperors More than a millennium passed between the founding of Rome and the…

1 Corinthians: 1

1 Corinthians Chapter 1 1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, 2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them…