What is the role of Italy in the Bible?
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Tis where Rome was... ya see, that's where the early church started out and the capital of the roman empire (which twas in charge) also the book of Romans was written to Christians in Rome... so there ya go, very important I'd say one of the top 3 citites, Jeusalem, Antioch, Rome
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Fascism and the wars in Europe pushed people out of Italy.\n\nThe promise of a relatively new land with progressive leadership pulled them to America. Also, Italians took pride in the new land that was "discovered" by one Italian and named after another one.\n\nIs this what you wanted?
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Mostly opportunity. Italy was heavily populated and had few jobs at all. Employment was the main concern.
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The Italian Peninsula is just east of the Prime Meridian and is basically all of Italy.  Italy is a peninsula.\n\npeninsula- surrounded by water on three sides.\n\nYou can zoom in and out around Italy on this website.
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I am Italian...and in the same 'position' as yourself...\nSo, if you could be so kind as to let me know when you find the answer to your question, I would really appreciate it...cheers!!
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It is part of their tradition.\n\nthere are many things in their traditions that are not biblical at all.
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You may read the Gospel of Mark, for example here:\n\nhttp://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0839/_PW3.HTM#GOSP.MAR.1.1
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The Council of Nicea was a group of politicians who decided which of the hundred Gospels would be included in the Bible.  They picked the Gospels based on which ones would further their goals of power and control.
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It was the official position of the Church of Rome for some time that the Jews crucified Christ, but under Vatican 2 that paradigm was removed.  Christ was killed by Rome, by the Roman Governor of Judea.  In part because he was a sort of rebel, and going against the grain.  Rome had essentially a policy for putting down anyone that represented a threat to their rule.  The Sadducces (the Hebrew ruling class) and Phraises (essentially the middle class) were not unhappy to see Him go as he often clashed with their values too.  Advocating for change and better treatment of the poor and disenfranchised typically doesn't win you many friends with the establishment!\n   You will need to do a lot more research, I've included a site below to help get you started, good luck with your project and Shalom. :)
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TRUTH ABOUT IT ALL\nEven though we may not believe that most things written on the bible is true its hard to dismiss the fact that everything that is written on the bible 'is coming true'.\n\n**To those people that ask where USA is said on the bible: It's not written there as US, it sort of has a 'hidden meaning' to it. Not everyone can get what it say**\n\nActually, there are only going to be two very powerful countries in the 'end': USA and Iraq. But USA is referred to as the 'bad' country and Iraq is 'powerful' country.\n\nWell, I hope this helps. If it doesn't, then sorry.
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No. In the mid 19th century, the Italian states (seperate kingdoms) united to form what is now Italy. However, the Vatican state maintained it status and did not join Italy. To this day it is an autonomous nation and not governed by any laws of Italy.\n\nMonaco is in France and is also an independant nation (a Principate).
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy_women's_national_football_team\n\nand if you can read italian then there might be something on this site:  [it is italy's footbal site]\n\nhttp://www.figc.it/italiano/default.htm\n\nhope i helped!
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For an interesting book on what got included in the Bible and what got changed read Misquoting Jesus : The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why by Bart Ehrman. As for the many Vatican treasures you might want to take a look at the book In the Footsteps of Popes: A Spirited Guide to the Treasures of the Vatican by Enrico Bruschini. Happy reading.
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Hi and thanks for a great question. I don't know how much you know about the history of the bible, but let me give you a quick review of the Catholic bible. Essentially, the Catholic Bible used for many years was a translation made with the best texts available back in the 1600's. \n\nSince that time, the discovery of the Dead Sea scrolls has provided us with many more copies of the original text and therefore many translators have access to the mateiral and are able to produce more "modern" translations (the thees and thous tend to confuse rather than clarify for me). The best thing would be to learn Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek and read the original manuscripts yourself, but short of that, you can read different modern translations to get a better sense of what the original. \n\nFor example, compare this same verse in four translations:\nhttp://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%201:1;&version=31;\nhttp://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%201:1;&version=49;\nhttp://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%201:1;&version=51;\nhttp://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%201:1;&version=46;\n\nNow with that said, I prefer to read some of the more modern translations as I said because it becomes clearer to me when I read it. I have provided some links to Catholic approved translations which I think you might find helpful. However, my suggestion is to pick one up, read your favorite passages (or your least favorite ;-) and see which one you like. \n\nIn particular, I found the New Living Translation and the Contemporary English Version to be very helpful especially for reading parts of the old testament taht can be a lttle hard to get through. I am currently reading the NASB, which I also like, and it does include the Apocrophya and is approved by the Catholic Church.\n\nHope this helps and that you will continue to read your bible and grow in Christ.
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The bible is a story used by organised religion to control - and as governments have learned the best method of control is by the careful generation of fear within the populace.\n\nThe bible was written and translated in the years following the creation of the Holy Roman empire, and in order to generate fear the writers created a vengeful and powerful God.  In the original scriptures, when more accurately translated by modern historians, there is much less deity-attributable destruction and more emphasis on the way we should live our lives.\n\nOrganised religion continues to try to link personal faith with regulated belief - and because they need the power of traditional belief must continue to use the old translations.  The result is the misunderstanding of certain very important party of the bible, combined with the cultural differences between ancient Judea and early catholic Rome.\n\nIgnore the accepted Bible and instead explore your own faith - God exists as a fantastic power within the universe for understanding, love and compassion.
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Hi, the ancient peoples refered to there Known part of the world in this manner, in the Gospel narrative the Roman governor called a sensus of the whole world which was in reality a sensus of all Roman occupied areas, also the Jews used this term also to describe Israel.
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Can you be more specific?\nDo you want to know more about the origin of the word?\nDo you need some general information on Italian History?\netc.\nThanks!