THE NEW

SCHAFF-HERZOG ENCYCLOPEDIA

or

RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE

KDITKD BY

SAMUEL MACAULEY JACKSON, D.D., LL.D.

(EdUor-tn-Chief)

WITH

CHARLES COLEBROOK SHERMAN

[VOLUMES I— VI]

AKD

GEORGE WILLIAM GILMORE, M.A.

{Aisociale Editors')

AND THE FOLLOWINa OCPARTMCNT EDITORS

CURENCE AUGUSTINE BECKWITH, D.D.

(Department of Sytlematic Theology )

HENRY KING CARROLL, LL.D.

(Departmeni of Minor Denominationt) JAMES FRANCIS DRISCOLL, D.D.

(Department of Liturgies and Religioua Orders)

JAMES FREDERIC McCURDY, PH.D., LL.D.

(Department of tJie Old Testament)

HENRY SYLVESTER NASH, D.D.

{Department of the New Testament)

ALBERT HENRY NEWMAN, D.D., LL.D.

(Department of Church History)

FRANK HORACE VIZETELLY, F.8.A.

(Dqf)artment of Pronunciation and Typography)

Complete in ITwelve IPolumes

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