The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (797 page)

BOOK: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
4.85Mb size Format: txt, pdf, ePub
Fletcher, J.
(exponent of Situation Ethics):
see
ETHICS
(CHRISTIANITY).
Flight of the alone to the Alone
:
Flirty fishing
(conversion technique of The Family)
:
Flood
.
Deluge described in Genesis 6. 1–9. 18. For the flood of Manu in India, see
PRALAYA
.
Florence, Council of
(1438–45). Council which effected a brief reunion of the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. Long sessions at Ferrara, then at Florence, discussed the problems of the
filioque
, unleavened bread (see
AZYMITES
) in the
eucharist
,
purgatory
, the
epiclesis
, and the primacy of Rome. The union was doomed by the fall of Constantinople in 1453 and was formally repudiated in 1472. The Council of Florence also established short-lived unions with other Eastern churches. See also
LAETENTUR COELI
.
Florenz, Karl A.
(1865–1939).
German scholar in the early 20th cent. who translated the ancient
Shinto
texts into German and wrote extensively on Shinto and
Japanese religion
and literature.

Other books

His Perfect Bride? by Louisa Heaton
Saved by the Billionbear by Stephani Sykes
Day by Day Armageddon by J. L. Bourne
La sombra del viento by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
All the Pretty Faces by Rita Herron
Tears of the Dead by Brian Braden
Unconditional surrender by Evelyn Waugh
A Gift of Snow by Missy Maxim