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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

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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 SOLE ASSISTANCE, AFTER VOLUME VI., OF

GEORGE WILLIAM GILMORE, M.A.

(Associate Editor)

AND THE FOLLOWING DEPARTMENT EDITORS

CLARENCE AUGUSTINE BECKWITH, D.D. (Department Systematic Theology.)	JAMES FREDERICK McCURDY, Ph.D., LL.D. (Department of the 01d Testament.)
HENRY KING CARROLL, LL.D. (Department OF Minor Denominations.)	HENRY SYLVESTER NASH, D.D., (Department of the New Testament.)
JAMES FRANCIS DRISCOLL, D.D., (Department of Liturgics and Religious Orders.)	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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PETRI - REUCHLIN

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