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  2. In the Claws of Brightness - Wikipedia

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    In the Claws of Brightness. The Japanese book cover for Edgardo M. Reyes's Sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag. In the Claws of Brightness ( Filipino: Sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag ), is a 1986 Tagalog language novel written by Filipino author Edgardo M. Reyes, originally serialized in Liwayway magazine from 1966 to 1967. The title In the Claws of Brightness is a ...

  3. Indigenous religious beliefs of the Tagalog people - Wikipedia

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    According to the early Spanish missionaries, the Tagalog people believed in a creator-god named Bathala, [ 2] whom they referred to both as maylicha (creator; lit. "actor of creation") and maycapal (lord, or almighty; lit. "actor of power"). Loarca and Chirino reported that in some places, this creator god was called Molaiari (Malyari) or ...

  4. Tagalog profanity - Wikipedia

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    Lintik. Lintik is a Tagalog word meaning "lightning", also a mildly profane word used to someone contemptible, being wished to be hit by lightning, such as in " Lintik ka!''. [ 2] The term is mildly vulgar and an insult, but may be very vulgar in some cases, [ 20] especially when mixed with other profanity.

  5. Indigenous Philippine folk religions - Wikipedia

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    Ancestral spirits who guide their descendants are believed to reside throughout the mountain. Indigenous Philippine folk religions are the distinct native religions of various ethnic groups in the Philippines, where most follow belief systems in line with animism. Generally, these Indigenous folk religions are referred to as Anito or Anitism or ...

  6. Francisco Blancas de San José - Wikipedia

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    Biography. Francisco Blancas de San José, born around 1556 in Tarazona, Spain, exhibited remarkable intelligence from a young age. By seven, he could read and write, prompting his parents to send him to the University of Alcalá de Henares at the age of thirteen. Two years later, influenced by a Dominican sermon, he abandoned his second year ...

  7. Philippine Independent Church - Wikipedia

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    Seen in the photo is then-Supreme Bishop Rhee Timbang presenting the IFI's liturgical book to CBCP representatives. The second joint statement, on the other hand, is an expression of mutual recognition by both churches, emphasizing the "mutual recognition of baptisms " between the IFI and the Roman Catholic Church.

  8. Witchcraft in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Witchcraft ( Filipino: Ang pangkukulam) has been present throughout the Philippines even before Spanish colonization, and is associated with indigenous Philippine folk religions. Its practice involves black magic, specifically a malevolent use of sympathetic magic. [ 1] Today, practices are said to be centered in Siquijor, Cebu, Davao ...

  9. List of religious texts - Wikipedia

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    Most Protestant Bibles include the Hebrew Bible's 24 books (the protocanonical books) divided differently (into 39 books) and the 27-book New Testament for a total of 66 books. Some denominations (e.g. Anglicanism) also include the 14 books of the biblical apocrypha between the Old Testament and the New Testament, for a total of 80 books.