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- proper noun biblical New Testament name for the prophet
Jeremiah . - proper noun A male
given name , more common in the formsJeremy andJeremiah .
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In 2 Maccabees xv. 14 it is said: _This is he that prayeth much for the people, and for all the Holy City, Jeremias the prophet of God_; and that his prayer was heard is evident from what follows, for _Jeremias stretched forth his right hand and gave to Judas a sword of gold, saying: Take this holy sword, a gift from God_, etc.
On Prayer and The Contemplative Life Aquinas Thomas 1907
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Bishop Embrice of Würzburg delivered the funeral oration and applied to Otto the words of Jeremias: "The Lord called thy name, a plentiful olive tree, fair, fruitful, and beautiful."
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Her lessons, for the night Office, are taken from Jeremias, the prophet of lamentation above all others.
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I did play Orpheus, for example, [in] a play written by Jeremias Gothelf (the Swiss Goethe).
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2008
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More news articles & news archive on Jeremias Bins
Man on trial is accused of killing his wife over her devotion to the Mormon Church 2008
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Who I really would have like to have seen discussed were the likes of Vermes, Sanders, even Jeremias, Fitzmyer and others - not just one member of the Jesus Seminar.
Jesus and History around the Web James F. McGrath 2010
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More news articles & news archive on Jeremias Bins
Man gets two life terms in killings of wife and son over devotion to Mormon Church 2008
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On May 21, 2006, a bloodied Jeremias Bins walked into the Framingham police station and said he had just bludgeoned his wife and stepson with a hammer, authorities said.
Man on trial is accused of killing his wife over her devotion to the Mormon Church 2008
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Jeremias Bins, a 32-year-old Brazilian immigrant, was found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder after a Middlesex Superior Court jury deliberated for seven hours.
Man gets two life terms in killings of wife and son over devotion to Mormon Church 2008
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Though Deuteronomy 4:2 and Josue 1:7–8 of the Hebrew Bible command unchanging obedience to the Mosaic Law until the New Covenant promised in Jeremias 31:31, the rabbis claim that they are Torah and may “alter the very content of Mosaic revelation” with impunity.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Bloggingheads TV on Moses as the essential American hero 2009
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