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Encyclopedia - Archpriest: Encyclopedia - Archpriest
An archpriest is the title of a priest which has supervisory duties over a number of parishes. The term is most often used in Eastern Ort...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - St Braulio Of Zaragoza: Encyclopedia - St Braulio Of Zaragoza
Saint Braulio, bishop of Zaragoza (d.651), was a learned cleric of seventh-century Spain. He succeeded his brother John in the see where ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Urban Ii: Encyclopedia - Pope Urban Ii
Urban II, né Otho of Lagery (or Otto or Odo) (1042 - July 29, 1099), was a pope from 1088 to July 29, 1099. He is most known for startin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shroud Of Turin: Encyclopedia - Shroud Of Turin
The Shroud of Turin (or Turin Shroud) is a linen cloth bearing the image of a man who appears to have been physically traumatized in a ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1115: Encyclopedia - 1115
1115 - Events. Clairvaux Abbey is founded by St. Bernard. Anselm of Laon becomes archdeacon of Laon. Hugh of St. Victor joins the Vict...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Avignon Pope Benedict Xiii: Encyclopedia - Avignon Pope Benedict Xiii
Benedict XIII, born Pedro Martínez de Luna, (b. Illueca, Aragon, 1328; d. Peñíscola, near Valencia, 1423) was an Aragonese, and is con...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anglican Terminology: Encyclopedia - Anglican Terminology
The following terms have traditional meanings for the Anglican Church, and possibly beyond: A churchman is in principle a member of a ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Ralph Inge: Encyclopedia Ii - William Ralph Inge - Works
He wrote several books on Mysticism. William Ralph Inge - Bibliography. "Christian Mysticism", 1899 "Light, Life and Love" (Selections...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shroud Of Turin: Encyclopedia Ii - Shroud Of Turin - The Controversy
The origin of the relic is hotly disputed. Those who believe it to have been used in Christ's burial have coined the term sindonology to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Urban Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope Urban Ii - Crusades
Urban's crusading movement took its first public shape at the Council of Piacenza, where in March 1095 Urban received an ambassador from ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Eugenius I: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope Eugenius I - The Constantinople Letter Affair
One of the first acts of the new pope was to send legates to Constantinople with letters to Emperor Constans II, informing him of his ele...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scottish Episcopal Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Scottish Episcopal Church - Governance And Administration
The Scottish Episcopal Church, is a Scottish church in full communion with, but distinct from, the Church of England, and is composed of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amalric I Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - Amalric I Of Jerusalem - Conflicts With The Muslim States
As a Crusader state Jerusalem was constantly in a state of war. Since Baldwin III's blunder by attacking allied Damascus during the Secon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prince Edmund Blackadder: Encyclopedia Ii - Prince Edmund Blackadder - Battle Of Bosworth Field
There is no contemporaneous account of Prince Edmund's life until 21 August 1485. His first appearance on record seems to have been at a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Giulio Carlo De' Toschi Di Fagnano: Encyclopedia Ii - Giulio Carlo De' Toschi Di Fagnano - Work
He is best known for investigations on the length and division of arcs of certain curves, especially the lemniscate; this seems also to h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Diocese Of Skara: Encyclopedia Ii - Diocese Of Skara - History
It was suffragan to the Archdiocese of Hamburg (990-1104), to the Archdiocese of Lund (1104-64), and finally to the Archdiocese of Uppsal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patriarch Athenagoras I Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Patriarch Athenagoras I Of Constantinople - Life
Patriarch Athenagoras was born Aristokles Spyrou in Vasilikón, near Ioánnina, Epirus, Greece, on March 25, 1886. The son of the village...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Royal Army Chaplains' Department: Encyclopedia Ii - Royal Army Chaplains' Department - Representative Denominations In The Rachd
Chaplains are either classified as Jewish (currently only in the Territorial Army) or as a member of one of the following five Christian ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: Encyclopedia Ii - The Hunchback Of Notre Dame - Plot Summary
The work is divided into eleven books each consisting of two to eight chapters. The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Book one. The reader is i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Reformation: Encyclopedia Ii - English Reformation - The Break With Rome
Henry therefore called a Parliament in 1529, to deal with the divorce, which lasted for seven years and has subsequently become to be kno...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Henry Edward Cardinal Manning: Encyclopedia Ii - Henry Edward Cardinal Manning - Anglican Clergyman
Returning to Oxford, he gained election as a fellow of Merton College, and received ordination; and in 1833 he became rector of Lavington...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dean Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Dean Religion - Anglican Communion
In most of the Anglican Communion the dean is the chief resident clergyperson of a cathedral or other collegiate church and the head of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edmund Bonner: Encyclopedia Ii - Edmund Bonner - An Agent Of Royal Supremacy
In 1529 he was Thomas Cardinal Wolsey's chaplain, which brought him to the notice of the king and Thomas Cromwell. After the fall of Wols...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theophilus Of Adana: Encyclopedia Ii - Theophilus Of Adana - Legend
Theophilus was the archdeacon of Adana, Cilicia which is part of modern Turkey. He was unanimously elected to be a bishop, but turned the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Barbour: Encyclopedia Ii - John Barbour - Biography
In a letter of safe-conduct dated 1357, allowing him to go to the University of Oxford for study, he is described as archdeacon of Aberde...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Ralph Inge: Encyclopedia Ii - William Ralph Inge - Background
He was born at Crayke, Yorkshire, England. His father was William Inge (a provost at Worcester College, Oxford) and his mother Susanna (C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prince Edmund Blackadder: Encyclopedia Ii - Prince Edmund Blackadder - Accused Of Being A Witch
At this point Pursuivant suggested a less violent test for Edmund himself. The procedure for it sounded simpler. "I place before the susp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prince Edmund Blackadder: Encyclopedia Ii - Prince Edmund Blackadder - Introduction To The Witchsmeller
The Witchsmeller apparently arrived at court before Prince Edmund did. Pursuivant attempted to explain his role to Prince Harry. He had t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theophilus Of Adana: Encyclopedia Ii - Theophilus Of Adana - Connection To Classical Literature
Although the tale of Theophilus may seem to be original, with the hero lost but for the intercession of a female deity appropriately insp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prince Edmund Blackadder: Encyclopedia Ii - Prince Edmund Blackadder - A Witch-hunt Begins
An angry Edmund confronted Lord Percy over this decision. Remarking that "Honestly, Percy, I bet you are just the sort of person who thin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prince Edmund Blackadder: Encyclopedia Ii - Prince Edmund Blackadder - Engagement
Edmund had recently fallen in love with an unnamed woman and was bitter about being violently turned down by her. Both Baldrick and Lord ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prince Edmund Blackadder: Encyclopedia Ii - Prince Edmund Blackadder - The Next Few Years
The activities of Edmund for the following several years remain unknown. His return to prominence occurred in 1492. That year, according ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prince Edmund Blackadder: Encyclopedia Ii - Prince Edmund Blackadder - First Attempt At Marriage
The Infanta did notice but thought that Edmund was only dressing as a Spanish man to delight her! Edmund however had another plan in mind...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prince Edmund Blackadder: Encyclopedia Ii - Prince Edmund Blackadder - Marriage
The last night of his unmarried life found Edmund thoroughly depressed. Even his own stag party was depressing. Consisting of only him, P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prince Edmund Blackadder: Encyclopedia Ii - Prince Edmund Blackadder - Black Plague
Nothing is known about the activities of Edmund for the following three years. However this period of presumably peaceful existence would...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prince Edmund Blackadder: Encyclopedia Ii - Prince Edmund Blackadder - Beginning Of A Witch Trial
The trial begun as planned. But the audience was already obviously biased against the accused Prince. Edmund was allowed to have a defens...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prince Edmund Blackadder: Encyclopedia Ii - Prince Edmund Blackadder - Conclusion Of The Witch Trial
The second day of the trial begun with exhibitions of hostility between the audience and the accused. Pursuivant then informed Edmund tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prince Edmund Blackadder: Encyclopedia Ii - Prince Edmund Blackadder - Poisoned
However, the supposed maids were in fact Percy and Baldrick in disguise. They had poisoned the wine to foil the Black Seal's plot. Just a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Ralph Inge: Encyclopedia Ii - William Ralph Inge - Personal
His wife was Mary Catharine Inge (née Spooner), daughter of Henry Maxwell Spooner. She died in 1949. See Portraits of Mary Catharine Ing...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prince Edmund Blackadder: Encyclopedia Ii - Prince Edmund Blackadder - Assassination Attempt
However this gratitude did not secure his life. Edmund was the subject of a discussion between Richard IV and Gertrude. The latter was al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Ralph Inge: Encyclopedia Ii - William Ralph Inge - Clergy
In 1888 he was ordained as a deacon. In 1911 he was chosen by Prime Minister Asquith to be the Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral in London. He...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prince Edmund Blackadder: Encyclopedia Ii - Prince Edmund Blackadder - Conspiracy Plans
The seven men were soon discussing their plans in an inn while emptying goblets of beer. Friar Bellows suggested the motto of their enter...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prince Edmund Blackadder: Encyclopedia Ii - Prince Edmund Blackadder - Treachery
The first person Edmund met after escaping from prison was a man seeking to sell six black homing pigeons. While the seller's initial ask...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Ralph Inge: Encyclopedia Ii - William Ralph Inge - Professional Life
He was a tutor at Hertford College, Oxford starting in 1888. In 1907 he became a professor of divinity at Jesus College, Cambridge, holdi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prince Edmund Blackadder: Encyclopedia Ii - Prince Edmund Blackadder - Recruiting Conspirators
Edmund set forth into England in search of the six other "Most Evil Men in the Kingdom". He intended to recruit them in an effort to take...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prince Edmund Blackadder: Encyclopedia Ii - Prince Edmund Blackadder - The Hawk
After his comrades dispersed, Edmund's plan hit a severe setback. His supposed new friend the Morris Dancer cast off his disguise of an e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prince Edmund Blackadder: Encyclopedia Ii - Prince Edmund Blackadder - Legacy
The book Blackadder : The Whole Damn Dynasty chronicled that following the death of the entire Royal Family, Henry Tudor usurped the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prince Edmund Blackadder: Encyclopedia Ii - Prince Edmund Blackadder - Awaiting Execution
While awaiting execution, Edmund and his two companions had their heads shaved. Each prisoner was attached to a ball and chain. Their att...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prince Edmund Blackadder: Encyclopedia Ii - Prince Edmund Blackadder - Failed Execution
The hour of the execution eventually arrived. Edmund, Percy and Baldrick were carried on wooden racks to their place of execution in the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prince Edmund Blackadder: Encyclopedia Ii - Prince Edmund Blackadder - Disgruntled Prince
According to the introduction many were the tales told of the Black Adder and his faithful henchmen Lord Percy Percy and Baldrick, son of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prince Edmund Blackadder: Encyclopedia Ii - Prince Edmund Blackadder - Incarceration
Edmund shared a cell with fellow accused witches Percy and Baldrick for the rest of that day. At some point they were visited by the Quee...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amalric I Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - Amalric I Of Jerusalem - Death
Nur ad-Din died in 1174, upon which Amalric immediately besieged Banias. On the way back after giving up the siege he fell ill from dysen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Henry Edward Cardinal Manning: Encyclopedia Ii - Henry Edward Cardinal Manning - Early Life
He was born at Totteridge, Hertfordshire, the third and youngest son of William Manning, a West India merchant, who served as a director ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Reformation: Encyclopedia Ii - English Reformation - Background
Henry was a devout Roman Catholic and in 1521 he had defended the Papacy from Martin Luther's accusations of heresy in a book he wrote ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Henry Edward Cardinal Manning: Encyclopedia Ii - Henry Edward Cardinal Manning - Conversion To Catholicism
Manning's belief in Anglicanism was shattered in 1850, when the Privy Council successfully ordered the Church to institute a clergyman w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Barbour: Encyclopedia Ii - John Barbour - The Brus
The Brus, in 14,000 octosyllabic lines and twenty books, is a narrative poem with a purpose partly historical, partly patriotic. It celeb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: Encyclopedia Ii - The Hunchback Of Notre Dame - Thematic Concerns
As stated by many critics and scholars, the Cathedral of Notre Dame appears to be the main setting, which is almost elevated to the statu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patriarch Athenagoras I Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Patriarch Athenagoras I Of Constantinople - Legacy
His meeting with Pope Paul VI in 1964 in Jerusalem led to rescinding the 1054 excommunications of the Great Schism. This was a significan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edmund Bonner: Encyclopedia Ii - Edmund Bonner - Realignment With Catholicism
Bonner resisted the visitation of August 1547, and was committed to the Fleet Prison; but he withdrew his opposition, and was released in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edmund Bonner: Encyclopedia Ii - Edmund Bonner - Early Life
He was the son of Elizabeth Frodsham, who was married to Edmund Bonner, a sawyer of Hanley in Worcestershire. John Strype (Eccles. Mem. I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shroud Of Turin: Encyclopedia Ii - Shroud Of Turin - History
Shroud of Turin - Possible history before the 14th century: The Image of Edessa. There are numerous reports of Jesus' burial shroud, or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shroud Of Turin: Encyclopedia Ii - Shroud Of Turin - General Observations
The shroud is rectangular, measuring approximately 4.4 x 1.1 m (14.4 x 3.6 ft). The cloth is woven in a herringbone twill and is composed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shroud Of Turin: Encyclopedia Ii - Shroud Of Turin - The Shroud In The Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, owners of the shroud, have made no pronouncements claiming it is Christ's burial shroud, or that it is a forgery. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shroud Of Turin: Encyclopedia Ii - Shroud Of Turin - Conclusions
The Carbon-14 dating, which was intended to settle the issue conclusively, and did so for many scientists, has not quelled speculation ab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dean Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Dean Religion - Roman Catholic Church
In the Roman Catholic Church, a dean is a priest responsible for a number of parishes within a diocese. The office is sometimes referred ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scottish Episcopal Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Scottish Episcopal Church - History
On the refusal of the bishops to recognize William III (1689), the presbyterian polity was established in the kirk, the effect of which o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scottish Episcopal Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Scottish Episcopal Church - Current Issues
There were 356 congregations, with a total membership of 124,335, and 324 working clergy in 1900. No existing ministry can claim regular ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prince Edmund Blackadder: Encyclopedia Ii - Prince Edmund Blackadder - First Encounter With Dougal Mcangus
Dougal McAngus soon arrived with recently won Turkish treasures and news from the crusaders. He also transported the regards of his fathe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prince Edmund Blackadder: Encyclopedia Ii - Prince Edmund Blackadder - Service Under A Regent
In 1486, the second year of his reign and reportedly "the year in which the egg replaced the worm as the lowest form of currency", King R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prince Edmund Blackadder: Encyclopedia Ii - Prince Edmund Blackadder - Claiming The Throne
Later, Edmund had the chance to examine the letters himself. They were dated 1460, year of birth for his brother. McAngus even suggested ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prince Edmund Blackadder: Encyclopedia Ii - Prince Edmund Blackadder - The Murder Of An Archbishop
November, 1487 started a new chapter in the conflicts between The Crown and Church of England. The Duke of Winchester, greatest landowner...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prince Edmund Blackadder: Encyclopedia Ii - Prince Edmund Blackadder - A Shrewd Prince
Edmund was already interested in the fate of the Duke and his lands. His informant Baldrick, however, had news only on the Duchess of Glo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prince Edmund Blackadder: Encyclopedia Ii - Prince Edmund Blackadder - The Black Adder
Edmund resolved to become more assertive, giving himself the title The Black Vegetable. Baldrick instead suggested The Black Adder, which...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: Encyclopedia Ii - The Hunchback Of Notre Dame - Thematic Concerns
As stated by many critics and scholars, the Cathedral of Notre Dame appears to be the main setting, which is almost elevated to the statu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scottish Episcopal Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Scottish Episcopal Church - Theology And Sociology
The Scottish Episcopal Church embraces three orders of ministry: Deacon, Priest (referred to as Presbyter) and Bishop. Increasingly, an e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scottish Episcopal Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Scottish Episcopal Church - Name
The Scottish Episcopal Church was previously called the Episcopal Church in Scotland, reflecting its role as the Scottish province of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Royal Army Chaplains' Department: Encyclopedia Ii - Royal Army Chaplains' Department - Ranks
Chaplains are the only British Army officers who do not carry standard officer ranks. They are officially designated Chaplain to the Forc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amalric I Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - Amalric I Of Jerusalem - Youth
After the death of Amalric's father, the throne passed jointly to his mother Melisende and his older brother Baldwin III. Melisende did n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amalric I Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - Amalric I Of Jerusalem - Physical Characteristics
William was a good friend of Amalric and described him in great detail. "He had a slight impediment in his speech, not serious enough to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prince Edmund Blackadder: Encyclopedia Ii - Prince Edmund Blackadder - Archbishop Of Canterbury
Edmund decided to discuss the appointment with his father. Richard informed him that "Do not be mistaken about this appointment, Edward. ...   » Read the article