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885–958
). Chinese Ch'an/Zen Buddhist teacher, successor (
hassu
) of
Lo-han Kuei-ch'en
, whose work was continued by
T'ien-t'ai
Te-shao
(Jap., Tendai Tokush
). Few of his works survive. His sayings are gathered in a late work,
Ch'ing-liang Wen-i-ch'an-shih yü-lu
. They are characterized by paradox, and by the technique of answering a question with the same words.
). Chinese Ch'an/Zen Buddhist teacher, successor (
hassu
) of
Lo-han Kuei-ch'en
, whose work was continued by
T'ien-t'ai
Te-shao
(Jap., Tendai Tokush
). Few of his works survive. His sayings are gathered in a late work,Ch'ing-liang Wen-i-ch'an-shih yü-lu
. They are characterized by paradox, and by the technique of answering a question with the same words.
Fazl All
h
(founder of Shi‘a movement)
:
h(founder of Shi‘a movement)
:
UR
F
Feast of Fools
(New Year Christian medieval festival)
:
(New Year Christian medieval festival)
:
Feasts
:
:
Feden Church
(Akan, ‘children of Eden’). Formerly Eden Revival Church. A Ghanaian independent church founded by Yaw Charles Yeboa-Korie (b. 1938), a
Presbyterian
secondary school teacher whose ill-health vanished after prayer, fasting, visionary experiences, and Bible study. In 1962 he founded an ancillary healing society, the Garden of Eden, at Nsawam, but his leadership qualities and travels abroad led to expansion and to the founding of Eden Revival Church, which became a member of the Ghanaian Council of Churches in 1970, and through a dream revelation became the Feden Church in 1975.
Presbyterian
secondary school teacher whose ill-health vanished after prayer, fasting, visionary experiences, and Bible study. In 1962 he founded an ancillary healing society, the Garden of Eden, at Nsawam, but his leadership qualities and travels abroad led to expansion and to the founding of Eden Revival Church, which became a member of the Ghanaian Council of Churches in 1970, and through a dream revelation became the Feden Church in 1975.
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