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National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America
(Encyclopedia)National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America, cooperative agency of 35 Protestant, Orthodox, and Anglican denominations. Formed in 1950, with headquarters in New York Cit...Eusebius of Caesarea
(Encyclopedia)Eusebius of Caesarea pămˈfĭlī [key], c.263–339?, Greek apologist and church historian, b. Palestine. He was bishop of Caesarea, Palestine (314?–339). In the controversy over Arianism, Eusebius...United Nations Security Council
(Encyclopedia)United Nations Security Council: see United Nations. ...United Nations Trusteeship Council
(Encyclopedia)United Nations Trusteeship Council: see trusteeship, territorial. ...Fife, council area, Scotland
(Encyclopedia)Fife, council area (1993 est. pop. 351,200), 510 sq mi (1,322 sq km), and former county, E Scotland, between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Tay. The land rises to 1,500 ft (457 m) in the Lomond H...Michael VIII, Byzantine emperor
(Encyclopedia)Michael VIII (Michael Palaeologus), c.1225–1282, Byzantine emperor (1261–82), first of the Palaeologus dynasty. Following the murder of the regent for Emperor John IV of Nicaea, he was appointed (...Adrian I, pope
(Encyclopedia)Adrian I, d. 795, pope (772–95), a Roman; successor of Stephen IV. At Adrian's urging, Charlemagne crossed the Alps and defeated the Lombard king, Desiderius, who had annexed papal territory. That d...Sino-Japanese War, Second
(Encyclopedia)Sino-Japanese War, Second, 1937–45, conflict between Japanese and Chinese forces for control of the Chinese mainland. The war sapped the Nationalist government's strength while allowing the Communis...United Nations Economic and Social Council
(Encyclopedia)United Nations Economic and Social Council: see Economic and Social Council. ...Nicephorus, Saint
(Encyclopedia)Nicephorus, Saint nīsĕfˈərəs [key], 758?–829?, patriarch of Constantinople (806–15), Byzantine historian and theologian. St. Nicephorus attended the Second Council of Nicaea as lay representa...Browse by Subject
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