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The word "homily" is sometimes incorrectly used as a synonym for "'''[[Preachology|sermon]]'''", which is similar to a homily, but is primarily more a form of speech intended as a powerful appeal to emotion using rhetoric for the purpose of promoting a cause, employing [[sophistry]], [[demagogue]]ry and [[polemic]] to harangue the audience<ref>For example, Peter's words to the Sanhedrin in Acts 3:12-26, Paul's words to the [[Areopagus]] in Acts 17:22-31 and to the elders of Miletus in Acts 20:18-35, and the speeches of Demetrius to the silversmiths and of the town clerk to the crowd in Acts 19:25-28, 35-41. Another example is the speech, "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears" in [[Shakespeare]]'s [[Julius Caesar (play)|play ''Julius Caesar'']].</ref>, and is usually of a [[Doctrine|nondoctrinal]] nature, and normally lasts from 20 minutes to an hour. Christian [[Revival]] gatherings feature the preaching of powerful sermons. Famous examples of preachers of sermons include [[John Chrysostom]], [[Pope Urban II]], the [[Dominican]]s who preached against the [[Cathar]]s, [[Martin Luther]], [[Jonathan Edwards]], [[Brigham Young]], [[Billy Sunday]], [[Billy Graham]], and [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]]. Outstanding examples of a [[secular]] version of the sermon can be seen in the speeches of political and campaign rallies, as for example [[Lincoln's "House Divided" Speech]], the speeches of [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] and [[Winston Churchill]], and the recruiting of [[Terrorism|radical extremists]] by the [[Taliban]], [[Osama Bin Laden]] and [[ISIS]].

The word "homily" is sometimes incorrectly used as a synonym for "'''[[Preachology|sermon]]'''", which is similar to a homily, but is primarily more a form of speech intended as a powerful appeal to emotion using rhetoric for the purpose of promoting a cause, employing [[sophistry]], [[demagogue]]ry and [[polemic]] to harangue the audience<ref>For example, Peter's words to the Sanhedrin in Acts 3:12-26, Paul's words to the [[Areopagus]] in Acts 17:22-31 and to the elders of Miletus in Acts 20:18-35, and the speeches of Demetrius to the silversmiths and of the town clerk to the crowd in Acts 19:25-28, 35-41. Another example is the speech, "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears" in [[Shakespeare]]'s [[Julius Caesar (play)|play ''Julius Caesar'']].</ref>, and is usually of a [[Doctrine|nondoctrinal]] nature, and normally lasts from 20 minutes to an hour. Christian [[Revival]] gatherings feature the preaching of powerful sermons. Famous examples of preachers of sermons include [[John Chrysostom]], [[Pope Urban II]], the [[Dominican]]s who preached against the [[Cathar]]s, [[Martin Luther]], [[Jonathan Edwards]], [[Brigham Young]], [[Billy Sunday]], [[Billy Graham]], and [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]]. Outstanding examples of a [[secular]] version of the sermon can be seen in the speeches of political and campaign rallies, as for example [[Lincoln's "House Divided" Speech]], the speeches of [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] and [[Winston Churchill]], and the recruiting of [[Terrorism|radical extremists]] by the [[Taliban]], [[Osama Bin Laden]] and [[ISIS]].

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