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Ancient Egypt c.
2,000 BCE
Two calendars, Solar
calendar of 365 ¼ days and one of 365 days
Rameses II ( date
dispute ~ 1,400 – 1,100 BCE), said to have fixed the
Cardinal Signs of Aries, Libra, Cancer, Capricorn: the key
point was the Star Sirius, about 12 degrees of Cancer,
The Equinox point
had shifted, the ancients knew, from Taurus to Aries around
2,000 BCE. This was the point in history where Egypt and
Greek history began to intermingle – and by the 4th century
BCE it is known as the Ptolemaic Period, because of the
ruling dynasty of the Ptolemies, under which the Egyptian
ideas intertwined with Greek ideas – which influenced Rome
and the Paganistic multivalve religious programs.
Egypt, Phoenicians,
Orphics, Hesiod, Homer, Hellenistic Traditions.
(Hesiod ) Was the
First – Women, Pandora story a Thessalian import?
Corinthian,
Titanomachy. 5th century predate Hesoid.
Titan, Iapetos
(Adam?)
Pythagoras (6
century BCE)
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Calendar Corrections for
Sourcing.
Salon-de-Provence,
Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, France
Sunday, December 24, 1503 (extrapolated
Gregorian calendar)
Julian calendar | Thursday, December 14,
1503
Julian day number | 2270386
Jewish calendar| 6 Tevet, 5264 (until
sunset)
Islamic calendar | 5 Rajab, 909 (until
sunset)
Time in 1503: Non Liturgical
358th day
51st week
sunrise | 7:24 am LMT
sunset | 4:20 pm LMT
duration of daylight | 8 hours 55 minutes
Phase of the Moon:
waning
crescent moon
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Christianity:
First Five Books of
Old Testament: Adam and Eve are separated from God, and God gives no
forgiveness or redemption. His only contracts (Covenant) to his people
are to follow basic moral and ethical laws. These main laws, the 10
Commandments are non-negotiable, are to be followed if one is to be
under an organ of communal participation.
Later Books of Old
Testament (Prophecy): God will send himself to redeem his creation, in
human flesh.
New Testament: (New
Covenant), God sends himself as human flesh under the name Jesus Christ,
to forgive the sins from Adam to all humans. Humans now have the choice
to return to paradise and remain forever with God, their creator.
Christianity is adopted as an official religion by Constantine, a
competitive and winning Roman Leader, and in 325 ADE, in Nicea, Anatolia
(today’s modern Turkey) the religion is codified and selective Biblical
literature is discussed and voted upon by bishops all around the known
Christian world , in which 27 books will make up the New Testament,
founding Christianity proper. Most Apocrypha, except for John of
Patmos’s book is thrown out. There are four Gospels, allegedly written
by direct Apostles to God, and 13 Pauline Letters, and other works
attributed to Paul (originally Saul) of Tarsus. The Roman Catholic
Church relies heavily on tradition, the four gospels, and to some
passages from the Acts, while Protestantism relies mainly on the 13
Pauline Letters and relies less on the four Gospels. 8 of the 10
Commandments are thrown out by Jesus’ comments upon questioning. In curt
paraphrase: Love God before all others, and love thy neighbor as
thyself. Probably the second expression by Jesus, ‘love thy neighbor
as oneself,’ is the most difficult to achieve by any person.
Catholicism, one must
be committed to a community, in involvement and sacrifice (sacraments),
that is proscribed by directors of the Roman Catholic Church. One can
forge their destiny by completing the requirements laid out by the
Church officials. While Predestination is evident in theological
discussion, it has less importance than immediate community
responsibilities.
Protestantism, one must only believe in
salvation and interpret the Bible themselves, through attaining a
substantive education or being mentored by a doctor of religion (a
pastor or a minister). Religion is very individualistic and predestined.
God knows the past, the present and the future and your destiny;
however, as a practitioner one does not know anything of their future –
all one can have is hope and believes in Jesus Christ, and to a lesser
extent act within the community laws and bonds.
Orthodox Christianity imbues saints,
angels, and other important religious persons, as a tradition reflected
in some less doctrinal substrate and elevates women as saints to a
higher position within the Church devotional hierarchy. Orthodox
Christianity relies more on traditions not found within the Holy Bible,
but heavily recorded and practiced as comparable to common local law.
Jesus, as God, is still the extreme deity, however, the emphasis on
Mother Mary is quite equitable. Orthodox Christianity has been heavily
influenced by cross-cultural intermixing. Therefore, it emphasizes the
less stress related doctrinal arguments, and seeks co-habitation rather
than separation. This allowed the Eastern Roman Empire under
Christianity to survive for another 1,000 years and more before it was
conquered by the Ottomans and lost its headquarters.
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excerpt...
Language Expressions
Christianity (God), as Monotheistic
Western Paganism (gods), as pluralistic.
(GOD) Aramaic: Alaha (Jesus used)
Islam: Al (The) and Ilah (God), meaning ‘The God’.
Two Arabic expressions together form Allah.
(GODS) Elohim, Hebrew Bible, pl. (Pluralistic)
(GOD) Eloha , Hebrew Bible) (Monotheistic)
The Book of Revelations, New Testament ( his God, her
God, their God, differentiated mono/plural theism)
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