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The word abbot, meaning father, is a title given to the head of a monastery in various traditions, including Christianity. This article is intended to present facts related to the role and history associated with abbots in Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not actually the head of a monastery. The female equivalent is abbess.
The title had its origin in the monasteries of Egypt and Syria, spread through the eastern Mediterranean, and soon became accepted generally in all languages as the designation of the head of a monastery. At first it was employed as a respectful title for any monk, but it was soon restricted by canon law to certain priestly superiors. At times it was applied to various priests, e.g. at the court of the Frankish monarchy the Abbas palatinus ('of the palace') and Abbas castrensis ('of the camp') were chaplains to the Merovingian and Carolingian sovereigns’ court and army respectively. The title "abbot" came into fairly general use in western monastic orders whose members include priests.
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Plot: October 14th, 1066 is the most famous date in English history. It is the year of TWO invasions of England, and in which three huge and bloody pitched battles were fought. The feared Norse king Harald Hardraada ('hard ruler') led a veteran viking invasion army to northern England in mid-September, totally surprising the English- who were then waiting for William to invade on the south coast. Whilst King Harold Godwinson force-marched a hardened mounted/infantry army 190miles north from London to destroy this major and unexpected threat, Hardraada smashed another English army (under earls Edwin and Morcar) at GATE FULFORD, near York, September 20th. Five days later, at STAMFORD BRIDGE, Harold Godwinson in turn totally surprised Hardraada's unsuspecting army, and in a ferocious set-piece battle, the English massacred so many of their foes that they were finally allowed to sail home in just "24 out of 300" longships. At this same time, Duke William of Normandy landed his huge invasion fleet on the south coast of England whilst King Harold celebrated his colossal victory at York. Speeding south 250 miles to engage William's fresh and prepared army, Harold's weary and depleted army dashed to Hastings, where on a cloudy Saturday morning, these two powerful and determined men faced each other in the Battle of Hastings.
Keywords: battle-of-hastings, earl-godwin, edward-the-confessor, fulford, harold-ii, number-in-title, queen-emma, stamford-bridge, tostig, william-the-conquerorActors: Dave Attell (actor), Charles Q. Murphy (actor), Carol Alt (actress), Donnell Rawlings (actor), Julie Solomon (miscellaneous crew), Otto Porrazzo (miscellaneous crew), Eric Drysdale (actor), Colton Dunn (actor), Victor Varnado (director), Victor Varnado (writer), Victor Varnado (actor), Bill Burr (actor), Georgia Hilton (editor), Ike Barinholtz (actor), Anne Elora Keller (miscellaneous crew),
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Genres: Documentary, History,Actors: John Scott (editor), Jeremy Thomas (producer), Tracy Mann (actress), Khyentse Norbu (director), Khyentse Norbu (writer), Hooman Majd (producer), Neten Chokling (actor), Raymond Steiner (producer), Jamyang Lodro (actor), Malcolm Watson (producer), Tshewang Dendup (actor), Jamyang Nyima (actor), Orgyen Tobgyal (actor), Ugyen Dorji (actor), Tsewang Lhundup (actor),
Plot: While the soccer World Cup is being played in France, two young Tibetan refugees arrive at a monastery/boarding school in exile in India. Its atmosphere of serene contemplation is somewhat disrupted by soccer fever, the chief instigator being a young student, the soccer enthusiast Orgyen. Prevented by various circumstances from seeing the Cup finals on television in a nearby village, Orgyen sets out to organize the rental of a TV set for the monastery. The enterprise becomes a test of solidarity, resourcefulness and friendship for the students, while the Lama, head of the monastery, contemplates the challenges of teaching the word of Buddha in a rapidly changing world.
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Plot: The life story of the titular Beaumarchais (Fabrice Luchini), playwright and adventurer, who gets himself into numerous different scrapes and romantic encounters in 18th Century France.
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Genres: Adventure, Drama,Nothing could ever satisfy you
Nothing could ever mesmerize you
Death only could ever please you
Blood only could ever fill you
Worst are your very thoughts
Deep is your inside lust
Dark are your greedy actions
Black is your wicked soul
Looking out in the night
Going to keep on the fight
Bleeding the light at your feet
Evil is all what you need
Abbot, long black power nights of screams
Abbot, on the altar sometime twins
Abbot, with their blood we'll fill your cup
Abbot, with their flesh we'll greed our lusts
Libertinage wildness perversion
Religion in sexual distortion
Satanism rebel reflection
All that in black mass unwinding
Holy host on genitals
Priest and whore united embrace
Cut throat blood stained crucifix
Offertory in blood mixing meal
He wants be your confessor
Masturbation while he's speaking
Sin means nothing to abbey