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THE NEW

SCHAFF-HERZOG

ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF

RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE

Editor-in-Chief

SAMUEL MACAULEY JACKSON, D.D., LL.D.

Editor-in-Chief

of

Supplementary Volumes

LEFFERTS A. LOETSCHER, Ph.D., D.D.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CHURCH HISTORY

PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

BAKER BOOK HOUSE

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN

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THE NEW

SCHAFF-HERZOG ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF

RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE

EDITED BY

SAMUEL MACAULEY JACKSON, D.D., LL.D.
(Editor-in- Chief)

WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF

CHARLES COLEBROOK SHERMAN
[VOLUMES I--VI]

AND

GEORGE WILLIAM GILMORE, M.A.
(Associate Editors)


AND THE FOLLOWING DEPARTMENT EDITORS

CLARENCE AUGUSTINE BECKWITH, D.D.
(Department of Systematic Theology)

HENRY KING CARROLL, LL.D.
(Department of Minor Denominations)

JAMES FRANCIS DRISCOLL, D.D.
(Department of Liturgics and Religious Orders)

JAMES FREDERIC McCURDY, PH.D., LL.D.
(Department of the Old Testament)

HENRY SYLVESTER NASH, D.D.
(Department of the New Testament)

ALBERT HENRY NEWMAN, D.D., LL.D.
(Department of Church History)

FRANK HORACE VIZETELLY, F.S.A.
(Department of Pronunciation and Typography)



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EDITORS


SAMUEL MACAULEY JACKSON, D.D., LL.D.

(Editor-in-Chief.)

Professor of Church History, New York University.


ASSOCIATE EDITORS


CHARLES COLEBROOK SHERMAN

Editor in Biblical Criticism and Theology on "The New International Encyclopedia," New York.

GEORGE WILLLAM GILMORE, M.A.

New York, Formerly Professor of Biblical History and Lecturer on Comparative Religion, Bangor Theological Seminary.


DEPARTMENT EDITORS, VOLUME VI.


CLARENCE AUGUSTINE BECKWITH, D.D.

(Department of Systematic Theology.)

Professor of Systematic Theology, Chicago Theological Seminary.


HENRY KING CARROLL, LL.D.

(Department of Minor Denominations.)

Secretary of Executive Committee of the Western Section for the Fourth Ecumenical Methodist Conference.


JAMES FRANCIS DRISCOLL, D.D.

(Department of Liturgies and Religious Orders.)

President of St. Joseph's Seminary, Yonkers, N. Y.


JAMES FREDERICK McCURDY, Ph.D., LL.D.

(Department of the Old Testament.)

Professor of Oriental Languages, University College, Toronto.


HENRY SYLVESTER NASH, D.D.

(Department of the New Testament.)

Professor of the Literature and Interpretation of the New Testament, Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, Mass.


ALBERT HENRY NEWMAN, D.D., LL.D.

(Department of Church History.)

Professor of Church History, Baylor Theological Seminary (Baylor University), Waco, Tex.

FRANK HORACE VIZETELLY, F.S.A

(Department of Pronunciation and Typography.)

Managing Editor of the STANDARD DICTIONARY, etc., New York City.



CONTRIBUTORS AND COLLABORATORS, VOLUME VI.


HANS ACHELIS, Ph.D., Th.D.,

Professor of Theology. University of Halle.

 

WILHELM ALTMANN, Ph.D.,

Director of the Deutsche Musiksammlung, Berlin.

 

FRANKLIN CARL ARNOLD, Ph.D., Th.D.,

Professor of Church History, University of Breslau.

 

BENJAMIN WISNER BACON, D.D., LL.D., Litt.D.,

Professor of New Testament Exegesis, Yale Divinity School.

 

FERENCZ BALOGH,

Professor of Church History, Reformed Theological Academy, Debreczin, Hungary.

 

GEORGE JAMES BAYLES, Ph.D.,

Writer on Civil Church Law.

 

CLARENCE AUGUSTINE BECKWITH, D.D.,

Professor of Systematic Theology. Chicago Theological Seminary.

JOHANNES BELSHEIM (†),

Late Pastor Emeritus, Christiania, Norway.

 

RUDOLF BENDIXEN (†),

Late Diaconus in Grimma, Saxony.

 

KARL BENRATH, Ph.D., Th.D.,

Professor of Church History, University of Königsberg.

 

IMMANUEL GUSTAV ADOLF BENZINGER, Ph.D., Th.Lic.,

German Orientalist and Vice-Consul for Holland in Jerusalem.

 

CARL BERTHEAU, Th.D.,

Pastor of St. Michael's, Hamburg.

 

BERNHARD BESS, Th.Lic.,

Librarian, University of Halle.

 

EDWIN MUNSELL BLISS, D.D.,

Author of Books on Missions, Washington, D. C.

 

EMIL BLOESCH (†), Th.D.,

Late Professor of Theology, Bern.

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HEINRICH BOEHMER, Ph.D.,Th.Lic.,

Professor of Church History, University of Bonn.

 

AMY GASTON CHARLES AUGUSTE BONET-MAURY, D.D., LL.D.,

Professor of Church History, Independent School of Divinity, Paris.

 

GOTTLIEB NATHANAEL BONWETSCH, Th.D.,

Professor of Church History, University of Gottingen.

 

FRIEDRICH BOSSE, Ph.D., Th.Lic.,

Auxiliary Librarian, University Library, Marburg.

 

GUSTAV BOSSERT, Ph.D., Th.D.,

Retired Pastor, Stuttgart.

 

ALBERT BRACKMANN, Ph.D.,

Professor of History, University of Marburg.

 

FRIEDRICH HEINRICH BRANDES, Th.D.,

Reformed Minister and Chaplain at Bückeburg, Schaumburg-Lippe.

 

EDUARD BRATKE (†), Ph.D, Th.D.,

Late Professor of Church History, University of Breslau.

 

FRANTS PEDER WILLIAM BUHL, Ph.D., Th.D.,

Professor of Oriental Languages, University of Copenhagen.

 

KARL BURGER (†), Th.D.,

Late Supreme Consistorlal Councilor, Munich.

 

KARL VON BURK (†), Th.D.,

Late Supreme Councilor in Stuttgart.

 

HEINRICH CALAMINUS,

Superintendent at Elberfeld.

 

OTIS CARY, D.D.,

Professor of Homiletics and Practical Sociology, Doshisha Theological School, Kyoto, Japan.

 

JACQUES EUGÈNE CHOISY, Th.D.,

Pastor in Geneva.

 

PAUL CHRIST (†), Th.D.,

Late Professor of Systematic and Practical Theology, University of Zurich.

 

EMILIO COMBA (†), D.D.,

Late Professor of Historical Theology and Homiletics, Waldensian College, Florence, Italy.

 

HENRY COWAN, D.D.,

Professor of Church History, University of Aberdeen, Scotland.

 

AUGUST HERMANN CREMER (†), Th.D.,

Late Professor of Systematic Theology, University of Greifswald.

 

FRIEDRICH WILHELM CUNO (†), Th.Lic.,

Late Pastor at Eddigehausen, Hanover.

 

THOMAS WITTON DAVIES, Ph.D., D.D.,

Professor of Semitic Languages. University College of North Wales, Bangor.

 

SAMUEL MARTIN DEUTSCH, Th.D..

Professor of Church History, University of Berlin.

 

ERNST VON DOBSCHUETZ, Th.D.,

Professor of New Testament Exegesis, University of Strasburg.

LEONHARD ERNST DORN,

First Preacher at Nördlingen, Bavaria.

 

PAUL GOTTFRIED DREWS, Th.D.,

Professor of Practical Theology, University of Halle.

 

JAMES FRANCIS DRISCOLL, D.D.,

President of St. Joseph's Seminary, Yonkers, New York.

 

EMIL EGLI (†), Th.D.,

Late Professor of Church History, University of Zurich.

 

LUDWIG ALFRED ERICHSON (†), Ph.D., Th.D.,

Late Preacher at St. Thomas', Strasburg, Germany.

 

RUDOLF EUCKEN, Ph.D., Th.D.,

Professor of Philosophy, University of Jena.

 

GUSTAV WILHELM FRANK (†), Th.D.,

Late Professor of Dogmatics, Symbolics, and Christian Ethics, University of Vienna.

 

ALBERT FREYBE (†), Ph.D., Th.D.,

Emeritus Gymnasial Professor, Parchim, Mecklenburg.

 

ALBERT FREYSTEDT (†), Th.Lic.,

Late Pastor in Cologne.

 

EMIL ALBERT FRIEDBERG, Th.D., Dr.Jur.,

Professor of Ecclesiastical, Public, and German Law, University of Leipsic.

 

HEINRICH GELZER (†), Ph.D.,

Late Professor of Classical Philology and Ancient History, University of Jena.

 

JOHANNES ABRAHAM GERTH VAN WIJK (†), Th.D.,

Late Reformed Church Clergyman at The Hague, Holland.

 

CHRISTIAN GEYER, Ph.D.,

First Preacher at St. Sebald's, Nuremberg, Germany.

 

GEORGE WILLIAM GILMORE, M.A.,

Former Professor of Biblical History and Lecturer on Comparative Religion, Bangor Theological Seminary.

 

KARL GOEBEL (†), Ph.D.,

Late Consistorial Councilor in Posen, Prussia.

 

LEOPOLD KARL GOETZ, Ph.D., Th.D.,

Professor of Philosophy in the Roman Catholic Theological Faculty, University of Bonn.

 

WALTER GOETZ, Ph.D.,

Professor of History, University of Tübingen.

 

WILHELM GOETZ, Ph.D.,

Honorary Professor of Geography, Technical High School, and Professor, Military Academy, Munich.

 

JOHANNES FRIEDRICH GOTTSCHICK (†), Th.D.,

Late Professor of New Testament Exegesis, Ethics, and Practical Theology, Evangelical Theological Faculty, University of Tübingen.

 

CASPER RENE GREGORY, Ph.D., Th.D., D.D., LL.D., Dr.Jur.,

Professor of New Testament Exegesis, University of Leipsic.

 

GEORG GRUETZMACHER, Ph.D., Th.Lic.,

Extraordinary Professor of Church History, University of Heidelberg.

 

PETER REINHOLD GRUNDEMANN, Ph.D., Th.D.,

Pastor in Mörz, near Belzig, Prussia.

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HERMANN GUTHE, Th.D.,

Professor of Old Testament Exegesis, University of Leipsic

WILHELM HADORN, Th.Lic.,

Pastor in Bern and Lecturer on New Testament Exegesis, University of Bern.

ELOF HALLER,

Gymnasial Professor, Venersborg, Sweden.

ADOLF HARNACK, Ph.D., Th.D., Dr.Jur., N.D.,

General Director of the Royal Library, Berlin.

ALBERT HAUCK, Ph.D., Th.D.,

Professor of Church History, University of Leipsic, Editor-in-Chief of the Hauck-Herzog Realencyklopädie.

HERMAN HAUPT, Ph.D.,

Professor, and Director of the University Library, Giessen.

AUGUST WILHELM HEGLER (†), Ph.D., Th.D.,

Late Professor of Church History, University of Tübingen.

KARL FRIEDRICH HEMAN, Ph.D., Th.Lic.,

Professor of Philosophy, University of Basel.

LUDWIG THEODOR EDGAR HENNECKE, Ph.D., Th.Lic.,

Pastor in Betheln, Hanover.

HERMANN HERING, Th.D.,

Professor of Philosophy of, Religion and Homiletics, University of Halle.

PAUL HINSCHIUS (†), Th.D., Dr.Jur.,

Late Professor of Ecclesiastical Law, University of Berlin.

GEORGE HODGES, D.D., D.C.L.,

Dean of The Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, Mass.

FERDINAND HOERBCHELMANN (†), Th.D.,

Late Professor of Practical Theology, University of Dorpat.

RUDOLF HUGO HOFMANN, Ph.D., Th.D.,

Professor of Homiletics and Liturgics, University of Leipsic.

OSWALD HOLDER-EGGER, Ph.D.,

Professor at Berlin and Director for the Publication of the Monumenta Germaniæ historica.

KARL ROLL, Ph.D., Th.D.,

Professor of Church History, University of Berlin.

ERNST IDELER,

Pastor at Ahrendorf, near Potsdam.

LUDWIG HEINRICH IHMELS, Th.D.,

Professor of Dogmatics, University of Leipsic.

SIMON ISSLEIB, Ph.D.,

Professor Emeritus, University of Bonn.

GEORGE THOMAS JACKSON, M.D.,

Professor of Dermatology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York City.

JOSEPH JACOBS, Litt.D.,

Professor of English Literature and Rhetoric, Jewish Theological Seminary, New York City.

ADOLF HERMANN HEINRICH KAMPHAUSEN (&dagger), Th.D.,

Late Professor of Old Testament Exegesis, University of Bonn.

FERDINAND FRIEDRICH WILHELM KATTENBUSCH, Ph.D., Th.D.,

Professor of Dogmatics, University of Halle.

EMIL FRIEDRICH KAUTZSCH, Ph.D., Th.D.,

Professor of Old Testament Exegesis, University of Halle.

PETER GUSTAV KAWERAU, Th.D.,

Consistorial Councilor, Professor of Practical Theology, and University Preacher, University of Breslau.

WILHELM JULIUS ADOLPH KEIL,

Pastor in Herzogswalde, near Dresden.

JAMES ANDERSON KELSO, Ph.D., D.D.,

Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament Literature and President, Western Theological Seminary, Pittsburg, Pa.

HANS KESSLER, Th.D.,

Supreme Consistorial Councilor, Berlin.

HUGO WILHELM PAUL KLEINERT, Ph.D., Th.D.,

Professor of Old Testament Exegesis and Practical Theology, University of Berlin.

HEINRICH AUGUST KLOSTERMANN, Th.D.,

Professor of Old Testament Exegesis, University of Kiel.

KARL AUGUST KLUEPFEL (†), Ph.D.,

Late Head Librarian, University of Tübingen.

RUDOLF KOEGEL (†), Th.D., Ph.D.,

Late Court Preacher, Berlin.

CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH ADOLF KOLB, Th.D.,

Prelate and Court Preacher, Ludwigsburg.

THEODOR FRIEDRICH HERMANN KOLDE, Ph.D., Th.D.,

Professor of Church History, University of Erlangen.

RICHARD KRAETSCHMAR (†), Th.D.,

Late Professor of Old Testament Exegesis, University of Marburg.

HERMANN GUSTAV EDUARD KRUEGER, Ph.D., Th.D.,

Professor of Church History, University of Giessen.

JOHANNES WILHELM KUNZE, Ph.D., Th.D.,

Professor of Systematic and Practical Theology, University of Greifswald.

EUGEN LACHENMANN,

City Pastor, Leonberg, Württemberg.

RICHARD LAUXMANN (†),

Late Diaconus in Stuttgart.

WILLIAM LEE (†), D.D.,

Late Professor of Church History, University of Glasgow.

KARL LUDWIG LEIMBACH (†), Ph.D., Th.Lic.,

Late Provincial Councilor for Schools, Hanover, Germany.

EDUARD LEMPP, Ph.D.,

Chief Inspector of the Royal Orphan Asylum, Stuttgart.

FRIEDRICH REINHARD LIPSIUS, Ph.D., Th.Lic.,

Privat-docent in Symbolics, University of Jena.

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GEORG LOESCHE, Ph.D., Th.D.,

Professor of Church History, Evangelical Theological Faculty, Vienna.

 

FRIEDRICH ARMIN LOOFS, Ph.D., Th.D.,

Professor of Church History, University of Halle.

 

JOHANN LOSERTH, Ph.D.,

Professor of History, University of Graz.

 

WILHELM PHILIPP FRIEDRICH FERDINAND LOTZ, Ph.D., Th.D.,

Professor of Old Testament Exegesis, University of Erlangen.

 

JAMES FREDERICK McCURDY, Ph.D., LL.D.,

Professor of Oriental Languages, University College, Toronto.

 

HERMANN MALLET (&dagger)

Late Pastor in Bremen.

 

PHILIPP MEYER, Th.D.,

Supreme Consistorial Councilor, Hanover.

 

CARL THEODOR MIRBT, Th.D.,

Professor of Church History, University of Marburg.

 

ERNST FRIEDRICH KARL MUELLER, Th.D.,

Professor of Reformed Theology, University of Erlangen.

 

GEORG MUELLER, Ph.D., Th.D.,

Inspector of Schools, Leipsic.

 

JOSEPH THEODOR MUELLER, Th.D.,

Keeper of the Archives in Herrnhut.

 

NIKOLAUS MUELLER, Ph.D., Th.D.,

Professor of Christian Archeology, University of Berlin.

 

HENRY SYLVESTER NASH, D.D.,

Professor of the Literature and Interpretation of the New Testament, Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, Mass.

 

CHRISTOF EBERHARD NESTLE, Ph.D., Th.D.,

Professor in the Theological Seminary, Maulbronn, Württemberg.

 

ALBERT HENRY NEWMAN, D.D., LL.D.,

Professor of Church History: Baylor Theological Seminary (Baylor University), Waco, Texas.

 

FREDERIK KRISTIAN NIELSEN (†), D.D.,

Late Bishop of Aarhus, Denmark.

 

CONRAD VON ORELLI, Ph.D., Th.D.,

Professor of Old Testament Exegesis and History of Religion, University of Basel.

 

CARL PFENDER,

Pastor of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Paris.

 

ERWIN PREUSCHEN, Ph.D., Th.D.,

Pastor at Hirschhorn-on-the-Neckar, Germany.

 

ERNEST CUSHING RICHARDSON , Ph.D.,

Librarian, Princeton University.

 

GEORG CHRISTIAN RIETSCHEL, Th.D.,

University Preacher and Professor of Practical Theology, University of Leipsic.

 

SIEGFRIED RIETSCHEL, Dr.Jur.,

Professor of Law, University of Tübingen.

BERNHARD RIGGENBACH (†), D.D.,

Late Pastor in Basel.

 

KARL ROENNEKE, Th.Lic.,

Superintendent in Gommern, Saxony.

 

ROBERT WILLIAM ROGERS, Ph.D., LL.D.,

Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament Exegesis, Drew Theological Seminary, Madison, New Jersey.

 

HENDRIX CORNELIS ROGGE (†), Ph.D.)

Late Professor of History, University of Haarlem.

 

ARNOLD RUEGG,

Pastor at Birmensdorf and Lecturer at the University of Zurich.

 

CARL VICTOR RYSSEL (†), Ph.D., Th.D.,

Late Professor of Theology, University of Zurich.

 

KARL SCHAARSCHMIDT,

Honorary Professor, University of Bonn.

 

DAVID SCHLEY SCHAFF, D.D.,

Professor of Church History, Western Theological Seminary, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

 

PHILIPP SCHAFF (†), D.D., LL.D.,

Late Professor of Church History, Union Theological Seminary, New York and Editor of the Original SCHAFF-HERZOG ENCYCLOPÆDIA.

 

CHRISTOPH GOTTLOB VON SCHEURL (†), Ph.D., Th.D.,

Late Professor in Nuremberg.

 

REINHOLD SCHMID, Th.Lic.,

Pastor in Oberholzheim, Wurttemberg.

 

HEINRICH SCHMIDT (†), Ph.D,., Th.D.,

Late Professor of Theology, University of Erlangen.

 

KARL SCHMIDT, Th.D.,

Provost at Goldberg, Mecklenburg.

 

WOLDEMAR GOTTLOB SCHMIDT (†), D.D.,

Late Professor of Theology, University of Leipsic.

 

CARL WILHELM SCHOELL (†), Ph.D., D.D.,

Late Pastor of the Savoy Church, London.

 

THEODOR FRIEDRICH SCHOTT (†), Ph.D., Th.D.,

Late Librarian and Professor of Theology, University of Stuttgart.

 

EMIL SCHUERER, Ph.D., Th.D.,

Professor of New Testament Exegesis, University of Göttingen.

 

JOHANN FRIEDRICH RITTER VON SCHULTE (†), Dr.Jur.,

Professor of Law, University of Bonn.

 

GUSTAV VON SCHULTHESS-RECHBERG, Th.D.,

Professor of Systematic Theology, University of Zurich.

 

VICTOR SCHULTZE, Th.D.,

Professor of Church History and Christian Archeology, University of Greifswald.

 

OTTO SEEBASS , Ph.D.,

Educator, Leipsic, Germany.

 

REINHOLD SEEBERG., Th.D.,

Professor of Systematic Theology, University of Berlin.

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EMIL SEHLING, Dr.Jur.,

Professor of Ecclesiastical and Commercial Law, University of Erlangen.

 

ERNST SELLIN, Ph.D., Th.D.,

Professor of Old Testament Exegesis and Archeology. Evangelical Theological Faculty, Vienna.

 

CHRISTIAAN SEPP (†), Th.D.,

Late Mennonite Preacher, Leyden.

 

FRIEDRICH ANTON EMIL SIEFFERT, Ph.D., Th.D.,

Professor of Dogmatics and New Testament Exegesis, University of Bonn.

 

ERNEST GOTTLIEB SIHLER, Ph.D.,

Professor of Latin, New York University.

 

PHILIPP FRIEDRICH ADOLPH THEODOR SPAETH, D.D., LL.D.,

Professor in the Lutheran Theological Seminary, Mt. Airy, Philadelphia.

 

EMIL ELIAS STEINMEYER, Ph.D.,

Professor of German Language and Literature, University of Erlangen.

 

HERMANN LEBERECHT STRACK, Ph.D., Th.D.,

Extraordinary Professor of Old Testament Exegesis and Semitic Languages, University of Berlin.

 

KARL THIEME, Ph.D., Th.D.,

Professor of Dogmatics, University of Leipsic.

 

PAUL TSCHACKERT, Ph.D., Th.D.,

Professor of Church History, University of Göttingen.

 

JOHANN GERHARD WILHELM UHLHORN (&dagger), Th.D.,

Late Abbot of Lokkum, Germany.

HORACE GRANT UNDERWOOD, D.D.,

Author and Missionary, Seoul, Korea.

 

SIETRE DOUWES VAN VEEN, Th.D.,

Professor of Church History and Christian Archeology. University of Utrecht.

 

WILHELM VOLCK (†), Ph.D., Th.D.,

Late Professor of Old Testament Exegesis, University of Rostock.

 

BENJAMIN BRECKINRIDGE WARFIELD, D.D., LL.D.,

Professor of Didactic and Polemical Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary.

 

FRIEDRICH WILHELHM HERMANN WASSERSCHLEBEN (†), Ph.D.,

Late Professor of Theology in Giessen.

 

EDWARD ELIHU WHITFIELD, M.A.,

Plymouth Brother, Retired Public Schoolmaster.

 

LEIGHTON WILLIAMS, D.D.,

Pastor of the Amity Baptist Church, New York.

 

JOSEPH DAWSON WILSON, D.D.,

Professor of Ecclesiastical History in the Reformed Episcopal Seminary, Philadelphia, Pa.

 

FRANZ THEODOR BITTER VON ZAHN, Th.D., Litt.D.,

Professor of New Testament Introduction, University of Erlangen.

 

HEINRICH ZIEGLER,

Pastor Emeritus in Jena.

 

OTTO ZOECKLER (†), Ph.D., Th.D.,

Late Professor of Church History and Apologetics, University of Greifswald.





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