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GABRIEL:
 
GAIA:
 
GALBRAITH, John Kenneth (1908-):
 
GALEN Claudius (130-200):
 
GALILEO, Galilei (1564-1642):
 
GALLICANISM:
 
GANDHABBAS (Pali) GANDHARVAS (Sanskrit):
 
GANDHI, Mohandas Karamchand (1869-1948):
 
GANEA:
 
GARBHAGHA:
 
GARDNER, Gerald Brousseau (1884-1964):
 
GARDNERIAN WITCHCRAFT:
 
GTHS:
 
GYA:
 
GEERTZ, Clifford (1926-):
 
GEHENNA:
 
GEISTESWISSENSCHAFTEN:
 
GENESIS:
 
GENEVA:
 
GENEVA BIBLE:
 
GENKU (12th century):
 
GENSHIN (942-1017):
 
GENTILE:
 
GENUFLECTION:
 
GENUS:
 
GENUS AND SPECIES:
 
GHETTO:
 
GIBBON, Edward (1737-1794):
 
GILGAMESH, EPIC OF:
 
GILSON, Etienne Henry (1884-1978):
 
GIOTTO di Bondone (1267-1337):
 
GLADSTONE, William, Ewart (1809-1898):
 
GLASTONBURY:
 
GLOCK, Charles Y. (1924-):
 
GLOSSOLALIA:
 
GNOSTICISM:
 
GOBIND SINGH (1666-1708):
 
GOBINEAU, Joseph Arthur, Comte de (1816-1882):
 
GOD:
 
GOD PARENTS:
 
GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832):
 
GOG AND MAGOG:
 
GOLDEN AGE:
 
GOLDEN CALF:
 
GOLDEN RULE:
 
GOOD:
 
GOOD FRIDAY:
 
GORE, Charles (1853-1932):
 
GRACE:
 
GRAHAM, William, Franklin, "Billy" (1918-):
 
GRAIL, THE HOLY:
 
GRAMSCI, Antonio (1891-1937):
 
GREAT AWAKENING:
 
GREAT MOTHER:
 
GREAT WHITE BROTHERHOOD:
 
GREBEL, Conrad (1498-1526):
 
GREEK:
 
GREEN, T. H. (1836-1882):
 
GREENPEACE:
 
GREGORIAN CHANTS:
 
GREGORY OF NYSSA (330-395):
 
GREGORY OF TOURS, (538-594):
 
GREGORY THE GREAT (540-604):
 
GREGORY VII (1021-1085):
 
GHA SUTRA:
 
GRID:
 
GROEN VAN PRINSTERER, Guillaume (1801-1876):
 
GROTIUS, Hugo (1583-1645):
 
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GURU:
 
GUYARD, Marie (1599-1672):
 
GUYON, Madame [Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Mothe] (1648-1717):
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GREGORY OF NYSSA (330-395):

one of the so-called CAPPADOCIAN FATHERS and notable CHRISTIAN philosopher and theologian strongly influenced by PLATO and ORIGEN. He was a defender of the NICENE CREED and CHRISTIAN ORTHODOXY.

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