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Ramon Llull Ramon Llull ,   T.O.S.F.  (  c. 1232  – c. 1315;  Anglicised   Raymond Lully ,  Raymond Lull ; in  Latin   Raimundus  or  Raymundus Lullus  or  Lullius ) was a  mathematician ,  polymath ,  philosopher ,  logician ,  Franciscan tertiary  and writer from the  Kingdom of Majorca . Third Order of Saint Francis (TOSF) Franciscan Third Order Confraternity Penitents, married, single laity  Lull was a  mathematician ,  polymath ,  philosopher ,  logician ,  Franciscan tertiary  and writer from the  Kingdom of Majorca . Since Llull's first writings, there has been confusion in the church regarding whether he was a saint or a heretic. Llull has had a canonization process open in the Vatican since the times of  Philip II . King Philip was one of the promoters of this process. The Spanish king was extremely fond of his ...

Jerome, Marinus van Reymerswaele The English word  Bible  is from the Latin  biblia , from the same word in  Koinē Greek :  τὰ βιβλία ,  romanized:  ta biblia  "the books" (singular  βιβλίον ,  biblion ). The word  βιβλίον  itself had the literal meaning of "paper" or "scroll" and came to be used as the ordinary word for "book". It is the diminutive of  βύβλος   byblos , "Egyptian papyrus", possibly so called from the name of the  Phoenician  sea port  Byblos  (also known as Gebal) from whence Egyptian  papyrus  was exported to Greece. The Greek  ta biblia  (lit. "little papyrus books")  was "an expression  Hellenistic Jews  used to describe their sacred books (the  Septuagint ). Egyptian  Book of the Dead  written on papyrus   Chrysostom  appears to be the first writer (in his  Homilies on Matthew , delivered bet...