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Notes from St. Francis Discussion:
I had the opportunity to listen in on a discussion about St. Francis. St. Francis was an Italian Catholic friar and preacher. He lived in the 12th and 13th centuries. I listened in on a man talking about him a few weeks back. Here are my notes: –In order to go out and evangelize – […]
11/21 Destination: Antarctica
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The Brick Walls
Ashoka The Great and Spreading Buddhism
In today’s selection — the first great unifier of large parts of the Indian subcontinent was Ashoka the Great (304-232 BCE), who converted to Buddhism after witnessing the bloody horrors of his own wars, and used the moderating influence of Buddhism to help unify the widely different peoples within in his realm. He sent missionaries […]