Word: patriarchical
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...first stated goal of the trip has always been to strengthen spiritual ties with Benedict's Orthodox counterpart in Istanbul, Bartholomew I, the Patriarch of Constantinople, the "first among equals" of the patriarchs of the Eastern communion. There are also some 30,000 of Benedict's own flock living in Turkey to whom he will be preaching in a pair of Catholic masses...
...Pope's original invitation came in 2005, from the Ecumenical Patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church, which represents a nervous 0.01% of the country's population. The Turkish government, miffed that as a Cardinal, Joseph Ratzinger had opposed Turkey's urgent bid to join the European Union, finally issued its own belated offer for 2006. But even now, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has discovered a previous engagement that will take him out of the country while Benedict is in it. Although modest, sales of a Turkish novel subtitled Who Will Kill the Pope in Istanbul? (the book fingers...
...project has progressed.”WHY ABRAHAM?Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and the Baha’i faith are all considered Abrahamic traditions, a classification that includes over half of the world’s actively religious population. Abraham, whose life is narrated in Genesis, is a central patriarch in the Judeo-Christian tradition, and is described as a prophet in the Qu’ran. Abraham is also thought to be an ancestor of Baha’u’llah, the nineteenth-century founder of the Baha’i faith.This classification is not uncontroversial, as some adherents...
...saving his presidency and, with it, some remnant of the family's brand name. None of those involved will call it an intervention, but it's fair to say the nation's future is at stake. Although Gates and Baker will be out front, others who worked for the patriarch are helping behind the scenes. Dynasties don't get to be dynasties by neglecting the line...
...Ballin!” goes the hook, and Jones does exhibit a nice stroke. He remixed the song for the Giants, but it’s the Denver Nuggets that his team—the Diplomats—most resembles. Seriously. First, there’s Diplomats patriarch Cam’ron, who was actually a standout on his high school basketball squad. He’s ’Melo—underappreciated, and a natural leader. Then there’s Juelz Santana, who, like Kenyon Martin, gets too much hype and works best as a supporting player...