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Donauwörth

(Encyclopedia)Donauwörth dōˈnouvört [key], town, Bavaria, SW Germany, a port at the confluence of the Donau ...

Half-Way Covenant

(Encyclopedia)Half-Way Covenant, a doctrinal decision of the Congregational churches in New England. The first generation of Congregationalists had decided that only adults with personal experience of conversion we...

Harnack, Adolf von

(Encyclopedia)Harnack, Adolf von äˈdôlf fən härˈnäk [key], 1851–1930, German theologian and church historian. He was professor of church history successively in the universities of Leipzig, Giessen, Marbur...

Stillingfleet, Edward

(Encyclopedia)Stillingfleet, Edward, 1635–99, English prelate and author. A fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, he became (1657) rector of Sutton, Bedfordshire. In 1661 he published Irenicum, a treatise on c...

Strachan, John

(Encyclopedia)Strachan, John strôn [key], 1778–1867, Canadian Anglican prelate, b. Scotland. As a member of the executive council of Upper Canada (1815–36) and of the legislative council (1820–41), he was an...

Warwick, town and district, England

(Encyclopedia)Warwick, town (1991 pop. 21,701) and district, county seat of Warwickshire, central England, on the Avon River. The town has some commerce and manufacturing. Warwick is best known for Warwick Castle, ...

Beverley

(Encyclopedia)Beverley, town, East Riding of Yorkshire, NE England. Beverley is primarily a market town with some shipbuilding and such light industries as the manufa...

Metz, Christian

(Encyclopedia)Metz, Christian: see Amana Church Society. ...

Byzantine rite

(Encyclopedia)Byzantine rite: see Orthodox Eastern Church. ...

Hubbard, L. Ron

(Encyclopedia)Hubbard, L. Ron: see Scientology, Church of. ...