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History of the Christian Church, Volume II: Ante-Nicene Christianity. A.D. 100-325 by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
. The chief positive cause of the rapid spread and ultimate triumph of Christianity is to be found in its own absolute intrinsic worth, as the universal religion of salvation, and in the perfect teaching and example of its divine-human Founder, who proves himself to every believing heart a Saviour from sin and a giver of eternal life.
New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. II: Basilica - Chambers by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
CELIBACY. Celibacy in the Early Church (§ 1). Marriage of the Clergy Still Permitted (§ 2). In the Early Roman Catholic Church (§ 3). The Medieval Period (§ 4). The Council of Trent on Celibacy (§ 5). Protestant Rejection of Celibacy (§ 6). 1.
New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. II: Basilica - Chambers by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
CELSUS: A pagan philosopher and controversialist against Christianity. Origen's Contra Celsum. In the period of peace which the Church enjoyed under the emperor Philip in the year 248,…
New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. II: Basilica - Chambers by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
I. Origin and Early History, to c. 500. 1. In Britain. Heresies (§ 1). 2. In Ireland.…
New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. II: Basilica - Chambers by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
CENSUS. I. In the Old Testament. II. In the New Testament.…
New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. II: Basilica - Chambers by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
: The extreme southern portion of the continent of North America, including seven independent states, as follows, enumerated in geographical order from north to south: Area.
New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. II: Basilica - Chambers by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
: English Roman Catholic prelate; b. at Lewes (50 m. s. of London), Sussex, Sept. 29, 1691; d. in London Jan. 12, 1781. His father was a Protestant, but died soon after his son's birth,…
New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. II: Basilica - Chambers by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
: The leader of the Free Church of Scotland; b. in East Anstruther, Fifeshire, Mar. 17, 1780; d. in Edinburgh May 30, 1847.…
New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. II: Basilica - Chambers by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
... Hugh Foster contributed to the Concise Dictionary of Religious Knowledge (1889), edited by the Rev. Samuel Macauley Jackson ...
History of the Christian Church, Volume I: Apostolic Christianity. A.D. 1-100 by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
. To see clearly the relation of the Christian religion to the preceding history of mankind, and to appreciate its vast influence upon all future ages, we must first glance at the preparation which existed in the political, moral, and religious condition of the world for the advent of our Saviour.