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...ELIGIOUS DIMENSION by DONALD BROADRIBB With contributions by Marilyn Holly and Norma Lyons Second Edition Published by the Author York, Western Austra... ... Ltd.] in 1995. This second edition, with text reset, various emendations, and new index, is published by the Author, Donald Broadribb, owner of the p... ...uthor, Donald Broadribb, owner of the publication rights. Copyright © 1995 and 2006 by Donald Broadribb. Typeset in Times New Roman and Futura, using ... ...ing to Buddhist tradition, King Milinda (c. 155 BC) was a local ruler of a province in India that had been part of the conquests of Alexander the Grea... ...entually became the Christ, and therefore God, the statement is within the range of reasonable definition. But with the official proclamation of the d... ... prayers, and in many cases sacraments and special holy actions. These may range from baptism and the Eucharist (Holy Communion) among Christians to p... ...low of his throat to his pubic hair], and drew out my heart. Then a golden basin, filled with faith, was brought. He washed my heart and intestines in ... ... the temperate southern woodlands and grassy tablelands, forests, mountain ranges and coastal plains, and the vast sands of the central deserts which ...

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