1907 Schaff-Herzog Encylopedia of Religious Knowledge
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- Aachen, Synods of
- Aaron
- Aaron and Julius: English Martyrs. See ALBAN, SAINT, OF VERULAM.
- Abaddon
- Ab'adim. See TALMUD
- A-Bar'Ba-Nel. See ABRABANEL
- Abauzit, Firmin
- Abbadie, Jacques
- Abbate; Abbé. See ABBOT
- Abbess
- Abbey
- Abbo of Fleury
- Abbot
- Abbot, Ezra
- Abbot, George
- Abbot, Robert
- Abbott, Edward
- Abbott, Edwin Abbott
- Abbott, Jacob
- Abbott, Justin Edwards
- Abbott, Lyman
- Abbott, Thomas Kingsmill
- Abbreviators
- Abdias
- Abeel, David
- Abel
- Abelard
- Abelites (Abelians, Abelonians)
- Abelli, Louis
- Aben Ezra (Abraham ben Meir ibn Ezra)
- Abercius. See AVERCIUS
- Abercrombie, John
- Abernethy, John
- Abert, Friedrich Philip Von
- Abgar
- Abhedananda, Swami
- Abiathar. See AHIMELECH
- Abijah (called Abijam)
- Abilene
- Abishai
- Abjuration
- Ablon
- Ablutions of the Mass
- Abrabanel (Abravanel, Abarbanel), Isaac
- Abraham
- Abraham, Apocalypse of. See PSEUDEPIGRAPHA, OLD TESTAMENT, II., 21.
- Abraham a Sancta Clara
- Abraham Ecchellensis
- Abrahamites
- Abrahams, Israel
- Abrahamson, Laurentius Gustav
- Abrasax (Abraxas)
- Abravanel. See ABRABANEL
- Absalom. See DAVID
- Absalon (Axel)
- Absolution. See CONFESSION OF SINS
- Abstinence. See FASTING; TOTAL ABSTINENCE
- Abulfaraj
- Abuna. See ABYSSINIA AND THE ABYSSINIAN CHURCH, §§ 2, 5
- Abyssinia and the Abyssinian Church
- Acacius, of Berœa
- Acacius of Cæsarea
- Acacius of Constantinople. See MONOPHYSITES
- Acacius of Melitene
- Acca
- Accad (Akkad). See BABYLONIA, IV., § 11
- Acceptants
- Accolti
- Accommodation
- Achelis, Ernst Christian
- Achelis, Hans
- Achery, Jean Luc
- Achterfeldt, Johann Heinrich. See HERMES, GEORG
- Acœmeti
- Acolyte
- Acosta, Jose de
- Acosta, Uriel
- Acta Martyrum, Acta Sanctorum
- Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg
- Acts of the Apostles. See LUKE II. For Apocryphal Books of Acts, see APOCRYPHA, B, II
- Adalbert (Adelbert, Aldebert)
- Adalbert of Hamburg-Bremen
- Adalbert of Prague
- Adalbold
- Adaldag
- Adalgar
- Adalhard and Wala
- Adam
- Adam, Books of. See PSEUDEPIGRAPHA, OLD TESTAMENT, II., 39
- Adam of Bremen
- Adam, Melchior
- Adam of Saint Victor
- Adam the Scotchman
- Adamites (Adamiani)
- Adamnan
- Adams, George Moulton
- Adams, James Alonzo
- Adams, John Coleman
- Adams, Sarah (Fuller) Flower
- Adams, Thomas
- Adams, William
- Adams, William Forbes
- Adamson, Patrick
- Adamson, William
- Addicks, George B.
- Addis, William Edward
- Addison, Daniel Dulany
- Adelbert. See ADALBERT
- Adelmann
- Adelophagi
- Adeney, Walter Frederic
- Adeodatus
- Adiaphora, and the Adiaphoristic Controversies
- Adler, Cyrus
- Adler, Felix
- Adler, Hermann Nathan
- Adler, Nathan Marcus
- Ado
- Adonai. See YAHWEH
- Adonai Shomo. See COMMUNISM, II., 1
- Adoption
- Adoptionism (Adoptianism)
- Adoration of the Sacrament
- Ad Quercum, Synodus. See CHRYSOSTOM
- Adrammelech
- Adrian
- Adso
- Adultery. See MARRIAGE
- Advent
- Advent Christians. See ADVENTISTS, 3
- Adventists
- Advertisements of Elizabeth
- Advocate of the Church
- Advocates, Consistorial
- Advocates of St. Peter
- Advocates Dei, Diaboli. See CANONIZATION
- Advowson
- Ædituus
- Ægidius, Saint. See GILES, SAINT
- Ægidius de Columna
- Ægidius of Viterbo
- Ælfred, Ælfric. See Alfred, Alfric
- Æneas of Gaza
- Æneas of Paris
- Æneas Sylvius Piccolomini. See PIUS II., POPE
- Æpinus, Johannes (Johann Hoeck)
- Aerius
- Aetius. See ARIANISM, I., 3, § 6
- Affre, Denis Auguste
- Afra, Saint
- Africa
- Aachen, Synods of
- Agape
- Agapetus
- Agapios Monachos
- Agatha, Saint
- Agathists. See CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE, SOCIETY OF.
- Agatho
- Agde, Synod of
- Age, Canonical
- Agelli, Antonio
- Agenda
- Age-to-Come-Adventists. See ADVENTISTS, 6.
- Agier, Pierre Jean
- Agilbert
- Agliardi, Antonio
- Agnellus
- Agnes, Saint
- Agnoetae
- Agnosticism
- Agnus Dei
- Agobard
- Agonizants
- Agrapha
- Agreda, Maria de. See MARIA DE AGREDA.
- Agricola
- Agricola, Johann
- Agricola, Stephan
- Agriculture, Hebrew
- Agrippa I and II., kings of Judea. See HEROD AND HIS FAMILY.
- Agrippa Castor
- Agrippa Von Nettesheim
- Aguirre, Joseph Saenz
- Agur. See PROVERBS.
- Ahab
- Ahasuerus
- Ahaus, Henrich Von
- Ahaz
- Ahaziah
- Ahimelech
- Ahithophel
- Ahlfeld, Johann Friedrich
- Aichspalt
- Aidan, Saint
- Aiken, Charles Augustus
- Ailly, Pierre D'
- Ailred
- Aimoin
- Ainger, Alfred
- Ainsworth, Henry
- Aitken, William Hay Macdowall Hunter
- Aix-La-Chapelle. See Aachen
- Aked, Charles Frederic
- Akiba
- Akkad. See BABYLONIA, IV., §11
- Akominatos. See NICETAS
- Alacoque, Marguerite Marie. See SACRED HEART OF JESUS, DEVOTION TO
- Alanus
- Alaric. See GOTHS, §3
- A Lasco, Johannes. See LASCO
- Alb
- Alban, Saint, of Mainz
- Alban, Saint, of Verulam
- Albanenses
- Albati. See FLAGELLATION, FLAGELLANTS, II., §5
- Alber, Erasmus
- Alber, Matthaeus
- Albert of Aix
- Albert, antipope, 1102. See PASCHAL II., POPE
- Albert V. of Bavaria and the Counter-Reformation in Bavaria
- Albert of Brandenburg
- Albert the Great. See ALBERTUS MAGNUS
- Albert of Prussia
- Albert of Riga
- Alberti, Valentin
- Albertini, Johann Baptist Von
- Albertus Magnus
- Albigenses. See NEW MANICHEANS. II
- Albizzi, Antonio
- Albizzi, Bartolomeo
- Albo, Joseph
- Albrecht. See ALBERT
- Albrecht, Otto Wilhelm Ferdinand
- Albright, Jacob
- Alcantara, Order of
- Alcimus. See HIGH PRIEST
- Alcuin
- Aldebert. See ADALBERT
- Aldenburg, Bishopric of. See LUBECK, BISHOPRIC OF
- Aldhelm (Ealdhelm), Saint
- Aleandro, Girolamo
- Alegambe, Philippe D'
- Alemanni
- Alesius, Alexander
- Alexander
- Alexander: Patriarch of Alexandria 313-328. See ARIANISM, I., 1
- Alexander Balas. See SELEUCIDÆ
- Alexander of Hales
- Alexander of Hierapolis
- Alexander Jannaeus. See HASMONEANS
- Alexander of Lycopolis
- Alexander Nevski, Saint
- Alexander Severus (Marcus Aurelius Alexander Severus)
- Alexander, Archibald
- Alexander, Charles McCallon
- Alexander, George
- Alexander, Gross
- Alexander, James Waddell
- Alexander, Joseph Addison
- Alexander, William
- Alexander, William Lindsay
- Alexandria, Patriarchate of
- Alexandria, School of
- Alexandria, Synods of
- Alexians
- Alexius I, Comnenus
- Alford, Henry
- Alfred (Aelfred) the Great
- Alfric (Aelfric)
- Alger of Liege (Alger of Cluny)
- Alger, William Rounseville
- Algeria. See Africa, II
- Allard, Paul
- Allatius, Leo (Leone Alacci)
- Allegorical Interpretation. See EXEGESIS OR HERMENEUTICS, III., §§2-5
- Allegri, Gregorio
- Alleine, Joseph
- Alleine, Richard
- Allemand (Aleman), Louis D'
- Allen, Alexander Viets Griswold
- Allen, Henry
- Allen, John
- Allen, Joseph Henry
- Allen, William
- Alley, William
- Alliance, Evangelical. See EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE
- Alliance of the Reformed Churches
- Allies, Thomas William
- Allioli, Josef Franz
- Allix, Pierre
- Allon, Henry
- All, Saints' Day
- All Souls' Day
- Almain, Jacques
- Almeida, Manoel
- Almoner
- Alms
- Alogi
- Alombrados (modern spelling, Alumbrados)
- Aloysius, Saint, of Gonzaga (Luigi Gonzaga)
- Alpha and Omega
- Alphaeus
- Alsace-Lorraine
- Alsted, Johann Heinrich
- Altar
- Altar-Bread
- Altar-Cards
- Altar-Cloths. See ALTAR, III., 1, a. §2
- Altenburg, Colloquy of
- Altenstein, Karl Freiherr Von Stein Zum
- Althamer, Andreas
- Althaus, Paul
- Alting, Johann Heinrich
- Altmann
- Altmann, Wilhelm
- Altruist Community. See COMMUNISM, II., 2
- Alumbrados. See ALOMBRADOS
- Alumnate
- Alvar of Cordova (called also Paul Alvar)
- Alypius, Saint
- Alzog, Johann Baptist
- Amadeists. See FRANCIS, SAINT, OF ASSISI, AND THE FRANCISCAN ORDER, III., §7
- Amalarius of Metz (Amalarius Symphosius)
- Amalarius of Treves (Amalarius Fortunatus)
- Amalek, Amalekites
- Amalric of Bena and the Amalricians
- Amana Society. See COMMUNISM, II., 3
- Amandus
- Amandus, Johannes. See ALBERT OF PRUSSIA, §2
- Amarna Tablets
- Amaziah
- Ambo
- Ambrose of Alexandria
- Ambrose the Camaldolite (Ambrogio Traversari, Lat. Traversarius)
- Ambrose (Lat. Ambrosius), Saint, of Milan
- Ambrose, Isaac
- Ambrosian Chant
- Ambrosians
- Ambrosiaster
- Amen. See Liturgical Forumlas
- American Baptist Missionary Union. See BAPTISTS, II., 3, §7
- American Baptist Pulbication Society. See BAPTISTS, II., 3, §7
- American Bible Society. See BIBLE SOCIETIES, III., 1
- American Bible Union. See BIBLE SOCIEITES, III., 2
- American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. See CONGREGATIONALISTS, I., 4, §11, Missions
- American and Foreign Bible Society. See BIBLE SOCIETIES, III., 2
- American and Foreign Christian Union
- American Lectures on the History of Religions
- American Missionary Association. See CONGREGATIONALISTS, I., 4, §10
- American Reform Tract and Book Society. See TRACT SOCIETIES
- American Seamen's Friend Society. See SEAMEN, MISSIONS FOR
- American Sunday-School Union. See SUNDAY-SCHOOLS
- American Tract Society. See TRACT SOCIETIES
- Ames, William
- Amice
- Amiot, Joseph Maria
- Amish. See MENNONITES
- Amling, Wolfgang
- Ammianus Marcellinus
- Ammon, Christoph Friedrich Von
- Ammonites
- Ammonius of Alexandria
- Ammonius (Ammon, Amun) the Hermit. See MONASTICISM
- Ammonius, Saccas
- Amolo
- Amon, Egyptian Diety
- Amon, King of Judah
- Amorites
- Amos
- Amphilochius, Saint
- Ampullae
- Amraphel. See HAMMURABI AND HIS CODE, I., §1
- Amsdorf, Nikolaus Von
- Amulet
- Amyot. See AMIOT
- Amyraut, Moise (Lat. Moses Amyraldus)
- Anabaptists
- Anachorite. See ANCHORET
- Anacletus
- Anagnost. See LECTOR
- Anammelech
- Ananias
- Anaphora
- Anastasius (patriarchs)
- Anastasius (antipope)
- Anastasius Bibliothecarius
- Anathema
- Anatolius of Constantinople
- Anatolius of Laodicea
- Anchieta, José de
- Anchoret (Anchorite, Anachorite)
- Ancillon
- Ancyra, Synod of
- Anderson, Charles Palmerston
- Anderson, Galusha
- Anderson, Joseph
- Anderson, Lars. See ANDREÄ, LORENZ
- Anderson, Martin Brewer
- Anderson, Rufus
- Anderson, William Franklin
- Andrada, Antonio D'
- Andrada, Didacus (Diogo) Payva D'
- Andreä, Jakob
- Andreä, Johann Valentin
- Andreä, Lorenz (Lars Anderson)
- Andrew the Apostle
- Andrew of Caesarea
- Andrew of Carniola
- Andrew of Crete
- Andrew of Lund (Anders Sunesön)
- Andrew and Philip, Brotherhood of
- Andrewes Lancelot
- Andrews, Edward Gayer
- Andrews, Elisha Benjamin
- Andrews, Samuel James
- Andrews, William Watson
- Angariae
- Angel
- Angel of Brescia. See MERICI ANGELA
- Angelicals
- Angelis, Girolamo
- Angelus
- Angilbert or Englebert, Saint
- Angilram
- Anglican Church or Communion
- Anglo-Saxons, Conversion of the
- Anglus, Thomas. See WHITE, THOMAS
- Angola. See AFRICA, II
- Angus, Joseph
- Anhalt
- Anicetus
- Animals
- Animism. See COMPARATIVE RELIGION, V., 1, a, §§1-4; HEATHENISM, §§2, 6
- Anna
- Anna, Comnena
- Annas
- Annats (Annates). See TAXATION, ECCLESIASTICAL
- Anne (Anna), Saint
- Annet, Peter. See DEISM
- Anni Cleri
- Annihilationism
- Anniversarius, Anniversarium
- Anno
- Annotated Bibles. See BIBLES, ANNOTATED
- Annulus Piscatoris
- Annunciation, Feast of the
- Annunciation, Orders of the (Annunciades)
- Annus Carentiae
- Annus Claustralis
- Annus Decretorius
- Annus Deservitus or Annus Gratiae
- Annus Luctus
- Anointing. See OINTMENT; SACRAMENTALS
- Anomoios, Anomoians (Anomoeans). See ARIANISM
- Anrich, Gustav Adolf
- Ansegis (abbreviated form of Ansegisil)
- Anselm, Saint, of Canterbury
- Anselm of Havelberg
- Anselm of Laon (Lat. Laudunensis; called also Scholasticus)
- Anselm of Lucca
- Ansgar or Anskar
- Anso
- Anterus
- Anthonists. See ANTHONY, SAINT, ORDERS OF
- Anthony, Alfred Williams
- Anthony, Saint, the Hermit. See MONASTICISM
- Anthony, Saint, Orders of
- Anthony, Saint, of Padua
- Anthropology. See THEOLOGY
- Anthropomorphism and Anthropopathism
- Antichrist
- Antidicomarianites
- Antilegomena. See CANON OF SCRIPTURE
- Antimensium
- Antinomianism and Antinomian Controversies
- Antioch, Patriarchate of. See PATRIARCH; SYRIA
- Antioch, School of
- Antioch, Synod of, 341 A.D.
- Antiochus (kings)
- Antiochus (abbot)
- Antipas: Son of Herod the Great. See HEROD AND HIS FAMILY
- Antipater of Bostra
- Antiphon
- Antipope
- Antitactae
- Antitrinitarianism
- Anton, Paul
- Antonelli, Giacomo
- Antonians or Antonines
- Antoninus, Pius
- Antoninus, Saint, of Florence (Antonio Pierozzi)
- Antonio de Lebrija
- Antwerp Polyglot. See BIBLES, POLYGLOT
- Anachorite. See ANCHORET
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Apharsachites, Apharsathchites, Apharsites
- Aphraates
- Aphthartococetae. See MONOPHYSITES
- Apion
- Apocalypse, The. See JOHN THE APOSTLE, II., 1. For apocryphal apocalypses, See APOCRYPHA, B. IV.; see also PSEUDEPIGRAPHA, OLD TESTAMENT, II., 4-21, and APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE, JEWISH
- Apocalyptic Literature, Jewish
- Apocatastasis
- Apocrisiarius
- Apocrypha
- Apollinaris (Apollinarius), Claudius
- Apollinaris of Laodicea
- Apollonia, Saint
- Apollonius
- Apollonius of Tyana
- Apologetics
- Aportanus, George (Jurien, or Jürjen, van der Dare, Daere, or Dure)
- Apostasy
- Apostle
- Apostles' Creed
- Apostles, Teaching of the Twelve. See Didache
- Apostleship of Prayer. See CONFRATERNITIES, RELIGIOUS; SACRED HEART OF JESUS, DEVOTION TO
- Apostolic Brethren
- Apostolic Church Directory
- Apostolic Constitutions and Canons
- Apostolic Council at Jerusalem
- Apostolic Fathers
- Apostolic King
- Apostolic Mennonites. See MENNONITES
- Apostolic Succession
- Apostolici
- Appeals to the Pope
- Appel, Theodore
- Appellants
- Appleton, Jesse
- Apponius
- Approbation of Books. See CENSORSHIP
- Apse (Apsis)
- Aphraates
Aquarii Aquaviva, Claudio Aquila Aquila (Adler) Kasper Aquileia, Patriarchate and Synods Aquileian Creed Aquinas. See THOMAS AQUINAS Arabia Arabians Arabic Gospel of the Infancy. See APOCRYPHA, B, 1., 6 Arakin. See TALMUD Aram, Arameans, and the Aramaic Language Arator Arcadius, Flavius Arcani, Disciplina Archbishop Archdall, Mervyn Archdeacon and Archpriest Archelaus. See HEROD AND HIS FAMILY Archeology, Biblical Archeology, Christian Arches, Court of Archevites Archicapellanus Archiereus Archimandrite Architecture, Ecclesiastical Architecture, Hebrew Archives, Ecclesiastical Archontici. See GNOSTICISM Archpresbyter. See ARCHDEACON Arcimboldi, Giovanni Angelo Areopagus. (Gk. Areios Pagos, "Mars's Hill"). See GREECE, I. Aretas Arethas Aretius, Benedictus Argentina Arianism Arias, Benedictus (called Monatus) Aristeas Aristides, Marcianus Aristo of Pella Aristobulus Aristotle Arius Ark of the Covenant Arkites Arles, Archbishop of Arles, Synods of Armagh, Bishopric of Armenia Arminius, Jacobus (Jakob Hermanes), and Arminianism Armitage, Thomas Army. See WAR Arnaud, Henri Arnauld Arndt, Augustin Arndt, Johann Arndt, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Arno of Reichersbert Arno of Salzburg Arnobius Arnobius the Younger Arnold of Brescia Arnold, Carl Franklin Arnold, Gottfried Arnold, Matthew Arnold, Nikolaus Arnold, Thomas Arnoldi, Bartholomaeus Arnoldists. See ARNOLD OF BRESCIA Arnot, William Arnulf of Lisieux Arnulf, Saint, of Metz Arrowsmith, John Arsenius Art and Church Art, Hebrew Artaxerxes Artemon or Artemas Arthur, William Articles, Irish, Lambeth, Thirty-Nine, Etc. See IRISH ARTICLES, LAMBETH ARTICLES, THIRTY-NINE ARTICLES, ETC. Arundel, Thomas
- Asa
- Asaph. See PSALMS
- Asbury, Francis
- Ascension, Feast of the
- Ascension of Paul. See APOCRYPHA, B, IV
- Ascetiscism
- Aschheim, Synod of
- Asherah
- Ashima
- Ashtoreth
- Asia Minor in the Apostolic Time
- Asinarii
- Asmodeus
- Asmoneans. See HASMONEANS
- Aspersion with Holy Water
- Ass
- Ass, Brothers of the (Ordo asinorum). See TRINITARIANS
- Ass, Feast of the
- Asseburg, Rosamunde Juliane Von
- Assemani
- Assembly, General
- Asser
- Ashur: 1. City of Assyria. See ASSYRIA, IV, §1. 2. Assyrian God. See ASSYRIA, VII, §2.
- Asshurbanipal. See ASSYRIA, VI, 3 §§14-15.
- Assistants in Public Worship
- Assmann, Johann Baptist Maria
- Associate Church of North America. See PRESBYTERIANS
- Associate Reformed Synod of the South. See PRESBYTERIANS
- Assumption, Feast of the
- Assumption, Augustinians of the
- Assurance
- Assyria
- Astarte. See ASHTORETH
- Asterius
- Astie, Jean Frédéric
- Astrology and Astronomy. See STARS
- Astruc, Jean
- Asylum, Right of
- Asaph. See PSALMS
- Atargatis
- Athanasian Creed
- Athanasios Parios
- Athanasius
- Atheism
- Athenagoras
- Athens. See GREECE, I., §2
- Athos
- Atkins, James
- Atmiya Sabha. See INDIA, III, 1
- Atonement
- Atonement, Day of
- Atrium
- Atterbury, Francis
- Atterbury, William Wallace
- Atticus
- Atto
- Attributes of God. See GOD, II, §3
- Attrition. See PENANCE
- Atwater, Lyman Hotchkiss
- Atwill, Edward Robert
- Atwood, Isaac Morgan
- Atzberger, Leonhard
- Athanasian Creed
- Auberlen, Karl August