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[[Image:Torah.jpg|thumb|The [[Torah]], part of the Old Testament.]]
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The '''[[First Vatican Council]]''' (or Vatican I) was a council of the Roman Catholic Church that was summoned by Pope [[Pius IX]]. The first session was held in [[St Peter's Basilica]] on December 8, 1869. It was the 20th ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church. Nearly 800 church leaders attended. The pope's two primary purposes were to define the dogma of [[Papal Infallibility]] and to obtain confirmation of the position he had taken in his Syllabus of Errors (1864), condemning a wide range of positions associated with rationalism, liberalism, and materialism... ([[First Vatican Council|Read more]])
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The [[Old Testament]] constitutes the first major part of the [[Bible]]. It consists of 39 books, that are often divided into the categories of law, history, poetry (or wisdom books) and prophecy. Within these categories, it gives an account of creation, and then follows the story of God's interaction with the Jewish people, through their slavery in Egypt, conquest of the promised land, strengthening kingdom, and finally its division and the people's exile. Although all of these books were written before the birth of [[Jesus Christ]], they still show a picture of the same [[God]] that the [[New Testament]] does - the Old Testament also reveals a [[God is love|loving God]] of [[forgiveness]] and [[grace]]. To [[Christians]], the Old Testament is, throughout its pages, building up to the coming of [[Jesus]]... (''[[Old Testament|Read more]]'')
 
  
 
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The First Vatican Council (or Vatican I) was a council of the Roman Catholic Church that was summoned by Pope Pius IX. The first session was held in St Peter's Basilica on December 8, 1869. It was the 20th ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church. Nearly 800 church leaders attended. The pope's two primary purposes were to define the dogma of Papal Infallibility and to obtain confirmation of the position he had taken in his Syllabus of Errors (1864), condemning a wide range of positions associated with rationalism, liberalism, and materialism... (Read more)

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