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Corpus Christi, in Christianity

(Encyclopedia) Corpus Christi [Lat.,=body of Christ], feast of the Western Church, observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday (or on the following Sunday). The feast, which celebrates the founding…

Trinity , doctrine in Christianity

(Encyclopedia) Trinity [Lat.,=threefoldness], fundamental doctrine in Christianity, by which God is considered as existing in three persons. While the doctrine is not explicitly taught in the New…

Niebuhr, Reinhold

(Encyclopedia) Niebuhr, ReinholdNiebuhr, Reinholdrīnˈhōld nēˈb&oobreve;r [key], 1892–1971, American religious and social thinker, b. Wright City, Mo. A graduate of Yale Divinity School, he served…

Duran

(Encyclopedia) Duran,&sp;DurandDuran,both: düräNˈ [key], or DuranteDuran,düräNtˈ [key], Jewish family of scholars. Profiat Isaac ben Moshe ha-Levi Duran, 1350–1414, called Efodi, was born…

Wenceslaus, Saint, duke of Bohemia

(Encyclopedia) Wenceslaus, SaintWenceslaus, Saintwĕnˈsəsləs [key], d. 929, duke of Bohemia. He was reared in the Christian faith by his grandmother, St. Ludmilla. He became duke at an early age, and…

Dunkeld

(Encyclopedia) DunkeldDunkelddŭnˌkĕldˈ [key], village, Perth and Kinross, central Scotland. It was a center of Celtic Christianity and the seat of the early Scottish kings.

Christian Markle STRAUB, Congress, PA (1804)

STRAUB Christian Markle , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Milton, Pa., in 1804; studied law; was admitted to the bar; prothonotary of Schuylkill County in 1845; sheriff of…

Christian TARR, Congress, PA (1765-1833)

TARR Christian , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Baltimore, Md., May 25, 1765; received a limited schooling; moved to Westmoreland County, Pa., in 1794 and engaged in agricultural…