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[[Image:God.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Detail of [[Sistine Chapel]] fresco ''Creation of the Sun and Moon'' by [[Michelangelo]] (completed [[1512]]).]] [[Image:God.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Detail of [[Sistine Chapel]] fresco ''Creation of the Sun and Moon'' by [[Michelangelo]] (completed [[1512]]).]]
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-'''God''' most commonly refers to the [[deity]] [[worship]]ped by followers of [[monotheism|monotheistic]] [[religion]]s, whom they believe to be the [[Creation (theology)|creator]] and ruler of the [[universe]]. +The '''Sistine Chapel''' ({{lang-it|Cappella Sistina}}) is a [[chapel]] in the [[Apostolic Palace]], the official residence of the [[Pope]], in the [[Vatican City]]. Its fame rests on its architecture, which evokes [[Solomon's Temple]] of the [[Old Testament]], its decoration, frescoed throughout by the greatest [[Renaissance]] artists, including [[Michelangelo]] whose [[Sistine Chapel ceiling|ceiling]] is legendary, and its purpose, as a site of papal religious and functionary activity, notably the [[Papal conclave|conclave]], at which a new Pope is selected.
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-[[Theology|Theologians]] have ascribed various attributes to God, including [[omniscience]], [[omnipotence]], [[omnipresence]], perfect [[Goodness and evil|goodness]], divine [[simplicity]], and eternal and necessary existence. He has been described as [[Corporeal|incorporeal]], a personal being, the source of all [[moral obligation]], and the "greatest conceivable existent".+
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-*''[[To Have Done With the Judgment of god]]'' by [[Antonin Artaud]]{{GFDL}}+

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Detail of Sistine Chapel fresco Creation of the Sun and Moon by Michelangelo (completed 1512).
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The Sistine Chapel (Template:Lang-it) is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the official residence of the Pope, in the Vatican City. Its fame rests on its architecture, which evokes Solomon's Temple of the Old Testament, its decoration, frescoed throughout by the greatest Renaissance artists, including Michelangelo whose ceiling is legendary, and its purpose, as a site of papal religious and functionary activity, notably the conclave, at which a new Pope is selected.



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