Discover essential, reliable information on
Discover essential, reliable information on over Christian personalities, groups, and literature to the end of the sixth century A.D. in this unique, concise volume. It includes descriptions of the principle sects and heresies that challenged orthodox Christianity on several fronts during the early years. A Dictionary of Christian Biography and Discover essential, reliable information on over Christian personalities, groups, and literature to the end of the sixth century A.D. in this unique, concise volume. It includes descriptions of the principal sects and heresies that challenged orthodox Christianity on several fronts during the early years.
A dictionary of Christian biography A Dictionary of Christian biography, literature, sects and doctrines: being a continuation of 'The dictionary of the Bible' by Smith, William, (Sir) ; Wace, Henry,
A 1911 religious encyclopedia of biographies. Discover essential, reliable information on over Christian personalities, groups, and literature to the end of the sixth century A.D. in this unique, concise volume. It includes descriptions.
This reference book is It features a complete overview of the major players of Christianity from its beginnings to the sixth century. The book also includes a profile of each of the major heresies and sects of Christianity though the ages and an analysis of the creeds and literature of the early church.
Title: A Dictionary of About the Author. Henry Wace (), former Dean of Canterbury and noted turn-of-the century scholar, author, and editor, is especially known for his work on the four-volume Dictionary of Christian Biography and with Philip Schaff on the fourteen-volume Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series.
Its four volumes and more than Designed to render to a wider circle, alike of clergy and of laity, the service which, as is generally admitted, has been rendered to the learned world by The Dictionary of Christian Biography, Literature, Sects, and Doctrines, published under the editorship of Dr. Wace and the late Dr. Wm. Smith, about twenty years ago, in four large volumes.
A dictionary of Christian The following is a translation of the epitaph: "Citizen of a chosen city I have made this (tomb) in my lifetime, that I may have here before the eyes of men (φανερῶς v.l. καιρῷ) a resting-place for my body—Avircius by name, a disciple of the pure Shepherd, who on the mountains and plains feedeth the flocks of His sheep, who hath eyes large and beholding all things.