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Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
To grasp correctly the essential characteristics of Byzantine literature, it is necessary first to analyze the elements of civilization that find expression in it, and the sources whence they spring.
Expositor's Bible: The Book of Isaiah, Volume II by Smith, George Adam (1856-1942)
Having revealed Himself to His own people in ch. xl., Jehovah now turns in ch. xli. to the heathen, but, naturally, with a very different kind of address. Displaying His power to His people in certain sacraments, both of nature and history, He had urged them to wait upon Him alone for the salvation, of which there were as yet no signs in the times.
New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. IX: Petri - Reuchlin by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
. I. Introduction. Names (§ 1). Classification (§ 2). II. Purpose. Relation to Worship (§ 1). Original and Adapted Purpose (§ 2). Varied Voices of the Psalms (§ 3). III.
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
Manichæism Manichæism is a religion founded by the Persian Mani in the latter half of the third century. It purported to be the true synthesis of all the religious systems then known, and actually consisted of Zoroastrian Dualism, Babylonian folklore, Buddhist ethics, and some small and superficial, additions of Christian elements.
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
Painting has always been associated with the life of the Church. From the time of the Catacombs it has been used in ecclesiastical ornamentation, and for centuries after Constantine, religious art was the only form of living art in the Christian world.
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
(Textual) The object of textual criticism is to restore as nearly as possible the original text of a work the autograph of which has been lost. In this textual criticism differs from higher criticism, whose aim is to investigate the sources of a literary work, study its composition,…
Creeds of Christendom, with a History and Critical notes. Volume I. The History of Creeds. by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
Literature I. Works and Correspondence of Calvin. Joannis Calvini. Opera quæ supersunt omnia, ed. G. Baum, E. Cunitz, E. Reuss, theologi Argentoratenses. Brunsvigæ, 1863 sqq.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Gibbon, Edward (1737-1794)
In this shipwreck of nations, some surprise may be excited by the escape of the Roman empire, whose relics, at the time of the Mogul invasion, were dismembered by the Greeks and Latins.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Gibbon, Edward (1737-1794)
Elevation Of Timour Or Tamerlane To The Throne Of Samarcand.—His Conquests In Persia, Georgia, Tartary Russia, India, Syria,…
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
... , excepting some fragments preserved in the "Catenæ"; the Minor Prophets before 436 (P. G., LXXXI, 495-1988); and ...