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"tag": "TRS",
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"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_is_agentic",
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},
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"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_is_agentic",
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},
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"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_is_agentic",
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},
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"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_is_agentic",
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},
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"id": 477,
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},
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"tag": "TRS",
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"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_is_agentic",
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},
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},
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"is_disputed": false,
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"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_is_agentic",
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},
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"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_is_agentic",
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},
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"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_is_agentic",
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},
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"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_is_agentic",
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},
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"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_is_agentic",
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},
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"id": 393,
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"id": 479,
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},
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"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_is_agentic",
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},
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"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_is_agentic",
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},
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"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_is_agentic",
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},
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"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_is_agentic",
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},
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"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_is_agentic",
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},
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"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_is_agentic",
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},
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},
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"tag": "TRS",
"is_disputed": false,
"is_uncertain": false,
"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_is_agentic",
"coded_value": "present",
"comment": "“There is no terrorism in the Orthodox doctrine of God. Orthodox Christians do not cringe before Him in abject fear, but think of Him as philanthropies, the ‘lover of men’. Yet they keep in mind that Christ at His Second Coming will come as judge.” <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/N4A4ZTEH\">[Ware 1963, p. 266]</a>",
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},
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"id": 403,
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"is_disputed": false,
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"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_is_agentic",
"coded_value": "present",
"comment": "“There is no terrorism in the Orthodox doctrine of God. Orthodox Christians do not cringe before Him in abject fear, but think of Him as philanthropies, the ‘lover of men’. Yet they keep in mind that Christ at His Second Coming will come as judge.” <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/N4A4ZTEH\">[Ware 1963, p. 266]</a>",
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},
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"tag": "TRS",
"is_disputed": false,
"is_uncertain": false,
"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_is_agentic",
"coded_value": "present",
"comment": "“There is no terrorism in the Orthodox doctrine of God. Orthodox Christians do not cringe before Him in abject fear, but think of Him as philanthropies, the ‘lover of men’. Yet they keep in mind that Christ at His Second Coming will come as judge.” <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/N4A4ZTEH\">[Ware 1963, p. 266]</a>",
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},
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},
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"year_to": null,
"tag": "TRS",
"is_disputed": false,
"is_uncertain": false,
"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_is_agentic",
"coded_value": "present",
"comment": "“There is no terrorism in the Orthodox doctrine of God. Orthodox Christians do not cringe before Him in abject fear, but think of Him as philanthropies, the ‘lover of men’. Yet they keep in mind that Christ at His Second Coming will come as judge.” <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/N4A4ZTEH\">[Ware 1963, p. 266]</a>",
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},
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},
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"year_to": null,
"tag": "TRS",
"is_disputed": false,
"is_uncertain": false,
"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_is_agentic",
"coded_value": "present",
"comment": "“There is no terrorism in the Orthodox doctrine of God. Orthodox Christians do not cringe before Him in abject fear, but think of Him as philanthropies, the ‘lover of men’. Yet they keep in mind that Christ at His Second Coming will come as judge.” <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/N4A4ZTEH\">[Ware 1963, p. 266]</a>",
"description": null
},
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},
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"year_to": null,
"tag": "TRS",
"is_disputed": false,
"is_uncertain": false,
"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_is_agentic",
"coded_value": "present",
"comment": "“There is no terrorism in the Orthodox doctrine of God. Orthodox Christians do not cringe before Him in abject fear, but think of Him as philanthropies, the ‘lover of men’. Yet they keep in mind that Christ at His Second Coming will come as judge.” <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/N4A4ZTEH\">[Ware 1963, p. 266]</a>",
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},
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"id": 72,
"name": "tr_east_roman_emp",
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},
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"year_to": null,
"tag": "TRS",
"is_disputed": false,
"is_uncertain": false,
"name": "Moralizing_enforcement_is_agentic",
"coded_value": "present",
"comment": "“There is no terrorism in the Orthodox doctrine of God. Orthodox Christians do not cringe before Him in abject fear, but think of Him as philanthropies, the ‘lover of men’. Yet they keep in mind that Christ at His Second Coming will come as judge.” <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/N4A4ZTEH\">[Ware 1963, p. 266]</a>",
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},
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},
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}
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