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"Republicans have always been the party of buisness, no matter what other issues have been shifted" How true is this, historically?

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What did Luther and Calvin think of one another?

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How did the Order of St. Augustine react to Martin Luther emerging from their monastic tradition? Did the Church hierarchy ever impose punishment upon or demand changes to the Augustinians?

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Electorally, the anti-catholic know-nothing party only ever carried one state: Maryland, the historically catholic colony. Was this a coincidence?

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How were the notable pre-constantine Church intellectuals (e.g. Origen, Irenaeus, Tertullian) treated, if they were engaged with at all, by the existent Roman literati and Greek academics?

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Sir Walter Scott invented the name Cedric for his novel Ivanhoe. Are there other known instances of current given names having been devised whole cloth?

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Was there any conscious reason Georg Wilhelm Freidrick Hegel had the same given names as the reigning King of Great Britain (George William Frederick) at the time of his birth, or can that be assumed to be coincidence?

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Did the apostles likely expect the kind of structured ecclesiastical organization that existed by Nicaea?

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Is it a misconception to say the Irish have a stronger literary tradition than would be proportional to their population? If not, what underlying social factors could cause this?

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What the Jewish relationship to other peoples ever colored by Christians or Muslims professing to worship the Abrahamic God? Was their treatment of Christians distinct from that of Pagans in any special way in any time or place?

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"Republicans have always been the party of buisness, no matter what other issues have been shifted" How true is this, historically?	7
What did Luther and Calvin think of one another?	6
How did the Order of St. Augustine react to Martin Luther emerging from their monastic tradition? Did the Church hierarchy ever impose punishment upon or demand changes to the Augustinians?	6
Electorally, the anti-catholic know-nothing party only ever carried one state: Maryland, the historically catholic colony. Was this a coincidence?	5
How were the notable pre-constantine Church intellectuals (e.g. Origen, Irenaeus, Tertullian) treated, if they were engaged with at all, by the existent Roman literati and Greek academics?	5
Sir Walter Scott invented the name Cedric for his novel Ivanhoe. Are there other known instances of current given names having been devised whole cloth?	5
Was there any conscious reason Georg Wilhelm Freidrick Hegel had the same given names as the reigning King of Great Britain (George William Frederick) at the time of his birth, or can that be assumed to be coincidence?	5
Did the apostles likely expect the kind of structured ecclesiastical organization that existed by Nicaea?	4
Is it a misconception to say the Irish have a stronger literary tradition than would be proportional to their population? If not, what underlying social factors could cause this?	4
What the Jewish relationship to other peoples ever colored by Christians or Muslims professing to worship the Abrahamic God? Was their treatment of Christians distinct from that of Pagans in any special way in any time or place?	3