The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (882 page)

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Gratian
(d. not later than 1159)
. Author of the
Decretum Gratiani
and thus the major source of Roman Catholic
canon
law. It became the basic text on which subsequent teaching and development were based.
Great Assembly
.
The supreme authority of the Jewish people in the time of the second
Temple
. Traditionally it had 120 members, known as ‘the men of the Great Assembly’. It was responsible for drawing up much of the text of the accepted
liturgy
.
Great Awakening
.
A series of conversionary revivals of Christian religion in N. America, 1720–50. They were particularly associated with George
Whitefield
, and proved divisive.
Great Bible
:
Great doubt
(of D
gen)
:

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