CONFESSIONALISM

Etymology

Noun

confessionalism (countable and uncountable, plural confessionalisms)

(religion) A belief in the importance of full and unambiguous assent to the whole of a religious teaching.

(poetry) A style of American poetry that draws on the personal history of the poet.

A system of government in Lebanon that proportionally distributes political and institutional power among religious and ethnic communities.

Source: Wiktionary


Con*fes"sion*al*ism, n. (Eccl.)

Definition: An exaggerated estimate of the importance of giving full assent to any particular formula of the Christian faith. Shaff.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SENSE

(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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