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Amana Church Society

(Encyclopedia)Amana Church Society əmănˈə [key], corporate name of a group of seven small villages in E central Iowa, clustered around the Iowa River NW of Iowa City; settled 1855 by members of the Ebenezer Soc...

Bernardine of Siena, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Bernardine of Siena, Saint bûrˈnərdĭn, sēĕnˈə [key], 1380–1444, Italian preacher. He was a Franciscan of the Observant congregation and one of the most effective and most widely known preach...

Rolle of Hampole, Richard

(Encyclopedia)Rolle of Hampole, Richard rōl [key], c.1300–c.1349, English religious writer, a Yorkshire hermit. He wrote mainly in Latin, but his English works are important for the history of the language. Some...

Catena, Vincenzo di Biagio

(Encyclopedia)Catena, Vincenzo di Biagio vēnchĕnˈtsō dē byäˈjō kätāˈnä [key], c.1470–1531, Venetian painter. His early work, reflecting the influence of Giovanni Bellini, includes the two paintings of...

Reformed Episcopal Church

(Encyclopedia)Reformed Episcopal Church: see Episcopal Church. ...

Episcopal Church, Reformed

(Encyclopedia)Episcopal Church, Reformed: see Episcopal Church. ...

Protestant Episcopal Church

(Encyclopedia)Protestant Episcopal Church: see Episcopal Church. ...

Old Church Slavonic

(Encyclopedia)Old Church Slavonic: see Church Slavonic. ...

Russian Orthodox Church

(Encyclopedia)Russian Orthodox Church: see Orthodox Eastern Church. ...

German Reformed Church

(Encyclopedia)German Reformed Church: see Evangelical and Reformed Church. ...