Dictionary of Christianity / edited by J.C. Cooper.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cooper, J. C. (Jean C.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity--Dictionaries.

Christianity.

Saints--Dictionaries.

Saints.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 p.)

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First published in 1996 First published in 1996

A comprehensive reference guide to saints, popes, martyrs, orders, heresies, schisms and religious movements and practices, the Dictionary of Christianity is an alphabetically-arranged volume of essential facts about Christianity and the Christian church. It includes accounts of the lives of theologians, philosophers, and reformers whose works influenced the development of Christianity; biblical statistics and information about the chief editions of the Bible; the lives of saints, including their feast days; details about offices and vestments, rituals and festivals.

Notes:

First published 1996 by Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 6, 2014).

ISBN:

1-315-07404-4

1-134-26553-0

1-134-26546-8

9781315074047

OCLC:

958108139