Encyclopedia - Sermon: Encyclopedia - Sermon
A sermon is an oration by a prophet or member of the clergy. Sermons address a Biblical, theological, or religious topic, usually expound...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sermon: Encyclopedia Ii - Sermon - The Delivery Of Sermons
Sermons are usually, but not always, delivered in a house of worship, most of which have a pulpit or ambo, an elevated architectural feat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sermon: Encyclopedia Ii - Sermon - Types Of Sermons
There are a number of different types of preaching, that differ both by their subject matter and by their intended audience. Not all type...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bernardino Of Siena: Encyclopedia - Bernardino Of Siena
Saint Bernardino of Siena (sometimes Bernardine) (September 8, 1380 – May 20, 1444) was an Italian preacher, Franciscan missionary and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Spurgeon: Encyclopedia - Charles Spurgeon
Charles Haddon Spurgeon, commonly C.H. Spurgeon, (June 19, 1834 – January 31, 1892) was a British Baptist preacher. Born in Kelvedon, E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Ellery Channing: Encyclopedia - William Ellery Channing
Dr. William Ellery Channing (April 7, 1780 – October 2, 1842) was the foremost Unitarian preacher in the United States in the early nin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antonio Vieira: Encyclopedia - Antonio Vieira
Antonio Vieira (February 6, 1608 - 1697), Portuguese Jesuit and writer, the "prince of Catholic pulpit-orators of his time," was born in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Billy Sunday: Encyclopedia - Billy Sunday
William Ashley "Billy" Sunday (November 19, 1862 – November 6, 1935) was noted first as a professional baseball player, and then more f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Wesley: Encyclopedia - John Wesley
Background Christianity Protestantism Pietism Anglicanism Arminianism Doctrinal distinctives Articles of Religion Prevenient Grace Govern...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caesarius Of Arles: Encyclopedia - Caesarius Of Arles
St. Caesarius, sometimes called of Châlons (Cabillonensis seu Cabellinensis) from his birthplace Châlons-sur-Saône; but more usually k...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norman Vincent Peale: Encyclopedia - Norman Vincent Peale
Norman Vincent Peale (May 31, 1898 – December 24, 1993) was a Christian preacher and author (most notably of The Power of Positive Thin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Chrysostom: Encyclopedia - John Chrysostom
John Chrysostom (347 - 407) was a notable Christian bishop and preacher from the 4th and 5th centuries in Syria and Constantinople. He is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bishop Beilby Porteus: Encyclopedia - Bishop Beilby Porteus
Rt Rev Beilby Porteus, DD, Bishop of Chester and London (May 8, 1731 – May 13, 1809) was an Anglican reformer and leading abolitionist....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Augustine Of Hippo: Encyclopedia - Augustine Of Hippo
Aurelius Augustinus, Augustine of Hippo ("The knowledgeable one") (November 13, 354–August 28, 430) is a saint and the pre-eminent Doct...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alan Campbell Pastor: Encyclopedia - Alan Campbell Pastor
Pastor Alan Campbell is the Pentecostal pastor of the Cregagh Covenant Peoples Fellowship in Belfast, Ireland, co-director of Open Bible ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jonathan Edwards Theologian: Encyclopedia - Jonathan Edwards Theologian
Background Christianity St. Augustine The Reformation Distinctives Calvin's Institutes Five Solas Five Points (TULIP) Regulative princip...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Turner: Encyclopedia - William Turner
William Turner (c. 1508 - 7 July 1568) was a British ornithologist and botanist. He is sometimes called "the father of English botany" a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Basil Of Caesarea: Encyclopedia - Basil Of Caesarea
Basil (ca. 330 - January 1, 379), also called Basil the Great, was bishop of Caesarea, a leading churchman in the 4th century. The Easter...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Irvine Scottish Evangelist: Encyclopedia - William Irvine Scottish Evangelist
History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Fath...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fundamentalist Christianity: Encyclopedia - Fundamentalist Christianity
History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Fath...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Methodism: Encyclopedia - Methodism
History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Fath...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brooke Foss Westcott: Encyclopedia - Brooke Foss Westcott
Brooke Foss Westcott (January 12, 1825–July 27, 1901) was an English churchman and theologian, Bishop of Durham from 1890 until his dea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Taze Russell: Encyclopedia - Charles Taze Russell
Charles Taze Russell, (February 16, 1852 - October 31, 1916), known as Pastor Russell, was an American evangelist from Pittsburgh, Pennsy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Father Divine: Encyclopedia - Father Divine
Father Divine (c. 1880 – September 10, 1965), was an African-American spiritual leader from about 1907 until his death. His full self-g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Henry Cardinal Newman: Encyclopedia - John Henry Cardinal Newman
The Venerable John Henry Cardinal Newman (February 21, 1801 – August 11, 1890) was an English convert to Catholicism, later made a card...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jesus: Encyclopedia - Jesus
History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Fath...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Knox: Encyclopedia - John Knox
Background Christianity St. Augustine The Reformation Distinctives Calvin's Institutes Five Solas Five Points (TULIP) Regulative principl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Westboro Baptist Church: Encyclopedia - Westboro Baptist Church
Westboro Baptist Church is an organisation based in Topeka, Kansas, headed by minister Fred Waldron Phelps, Sr. and notorious for running...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Evangelicalism: Encyclopedia - Evangelicalism
History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Fath...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pietism: Encyclopedia - Pietism
Background Christianity Protestantism Pietism Anglicanism Arminianism Doctrinal distinctives Articles of Religion Prevenient Grace Govern...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Al Sharpton: Encyclopedia - Al Sharpton
The Reverend Alfred Charles "Al" Sharpton Jr. (born October 3, 1954) is a minister, a political and civil rights activist and film actor....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Unitarianism: Encyclopedia - Unitarianism
Historic Unitarianism believed in the oneness of God as opposed to traditional Christian belief in the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prague: Encyclopedia - Prague
Prague (Czech: Praha, see also other names) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated on the Vltava river in centra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Huldrych Zwingli: Encyclopedia - Huldrych Zwingli
Huldrych (or Ulrich) Zwingli (January 1, 1484 – October 11, 1531) was the leader of the Protestant Reformation in Switzerland, and foun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Protestant Reformation: Encyclopedia - Protestant Reformation
History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Fath...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vestments Controversy: Encyclopedia - Vestments Controversy
The vestments controversy arose in the English Reformation, ostensibly concerning vestments, but more fundamentally concerned with Englis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colonial America: Encyclopedia - Colonial America
Starting in the late 16th century, the English, the French, the Spanish, and the Dutch began to colonize eastern North America. The first...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Catechism: Encyclopedia - Catechism
A catechism is a summary or exposition of doctrine, traditionally used in Christian religious teaching. Catechisms are doctrinal manuals ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dr. Seuss: Encyclopedia - Dr. Seuss
Theodor Seuss Geisel (March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991), better known by his pen name, Dr. Seuss, was a famous American writer and ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Margaret Thatcher: Encyclopedia - Margaret Thatcher
The Right Honourable Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925), is a British politician. She was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capital Punishment: Encyclopedia - Capital Punishment
Capital punishment, also referred to as the death penalty, is the execution of a convicted felon as a punishment for a crime (often calle...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elvis Presley: Encyclopedia - Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), also known as "The King of Rock 'n' Roll", was an American singer, song produc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia - Anti-semitism
Anti-Semitism (alternatively spelled antisemitism) is hostility toward or prejudice against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial group,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Civil Rights Movement 1955-1968: Encyclopedia - American Civil Rights Movement 1955-1968
The Civil Rights Movement in the United States has been a long, primarily nonviolent struggle to bring full civil rights and equality und...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Open-air Preaching: Encyclopedia Ii - Open-air Preaching - Open-air Preaching Within Christianity
One famous Biblical example of street preaching is that of Jonah, who reluctantly obeys the command of God to go to the city of Nineveh a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Al Sharpton: Encyclopedia Ii - Al Sharpton - Early Years
Al Sharpton was born in 1954 to a middle class family in Brooklyn, New York. His father was a boxer and landlord. Until the age of ten, h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Wesley: Encyclopedia Ii - John Wesley - Literary Work
Wesley was a logical thinker, and expressed himself clearly, concisely and forcefully in writing. His written sermons are characterized b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jonathan Eybeschutz: Encyclopedia Ii - Jonathan Eybeschutz - Biography
Eybeschutz's father was the rabbi in Ivančice (German: Eibenschütz, sometimes Eibeschutz), Moravia. On his father's death, Eybeschutz s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Augustine Of Hippo: Encyclopedia Ii - Augustine Of Hippo - Life
Saint Augustine was born in 354 in Tagaste, a provincial Roman city in North Africa. He was raised and educated in Carthage. His mother M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jan Hus: Encyclopedia Ii - Jan Hus - Indulgences
Archbishop Zbyněk Zajíc died in 1411, and with his death the religious movement in Bohemia entered a new phase — the disputes concern...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Morning Prayer: Encyclopedia Ii - Morning Prayer - Origins Of Liturgical Shape
The Breviary in its original monastic context contemplated recitation by two alternating groups of monks or nuns. This evolved into a rec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catechism: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catechism - Content
The Council intended the projected Catechism to be the Church's official manual of popular instruction. The seventh canon, "De Reformatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alan Campbell Pastor: Encyclopedia Ii - Alan Campbell Pastor - Brief Biography
Campbell was born in Belfast on August 6, 1949 into a staunchly Presbyterian home, in a Roman Catholic area. His grandmother was a very f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jean Paul: Encyclopedia Ii - Jean Paul - Life And Work
Jean Paul was born at Wunsiedel, in the Fichtelgebirge mountains (Bavaria). His father was a schoolmaster and organist at Wunsiedel, but ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gloucester: Encyclopedia Ii - Gloucester - Places Of Interest
Gloucester Cathedral, in the north of the city near the river, originates in the foundation of an abbey dedicated to Saint Peter in 681. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Fisher: Encyclopedia Ii - John Fisher - Bishop
By papal Bull dated October 14, 1504, Fisher was appointed Bishop of Rochester at the personal insistence of Henry VII. Rochester was the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gloucester: Encyclopedia Ii - Gloucester - Places Of Interest
Gloucester Cathedral, in the north of the city near the river, originates in the foundation of an abbey dedicated to Saint Peter in 681. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Henry Suso: Encyclopedia Ii - Henry Suso - Life
His father belonged to the noble family of Berg; his mother, a holy woman from whom he took his name, to a family of Sus (or Süs). When ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Basil Of Caesarea: Encyclopedia Ii - Basil Of Caesarea - Life
Basil was born about 330 at Caesarea in Cappadocia. He came from a wealthy and pious family which gave a number of saints, including his ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fundamentalist Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Fundamentalist Christianity - Brief History
A number of evangelicals in the 19th century prepared the way for the movement. American evangelist Dwight L. Moody (1837–1899) and Bri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theodore Of Mopsuestia: Encyclopedia Ii - Theodore Of Mopsuestia - Life And Work
Theodore was born at Antioch, where his father held an official position and the family was wealthy (Chrysostrom, ad Th. Laps. ii). Theod...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stephansdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Stephansdom - Interior
Stephansdom - Altars. There are 18 altars in the main part of the church, and more in the various chapels. The High Altar and the Wiene...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jesus: Encyclopedia Ii - Jesus - Life And Teachings Based Upon The Gospels
Jesus - Chronology. Main article: Chronology of Jesus The most detailed accounts of Jesus' birth are contained in the Gospel of Matth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jesus: Encyclopedia Ii - Jesus - Life And Teachings, Based Upon The Gospels
Jesus - Chronology. The most detailed accounts of Jesus' birth are contained in the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke. [1] There...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jesus: Encyclopedia Ii - Jesus - Life And Teachings Based Upon The Gospels
Jesus - Chronology. Main article: Chronology of Jesus The most detailed accounts of Jesus' birth are contained in the Gospel of Matth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Methodism: Encyclopedia Ii - Methodism - Methodism In The United States
The first American Methodist bishops were Thomas Coke and Francis Asbury, whose boyhood home, Bishop Asbury Cottage, in Sandwell, England...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pietism: Encyclopedia Ii - Pietism - History
Pietism - Founding. The direct originator of the movement was Philipp Jakob Spener. Born at Rappoltsweiler in Alsace on 13 January 1635...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Restoration Movement: Encyclopedia Ii - Restoration Movement - Church Of Christ Schisms
After the split between the Church of Christ and the Disciples of Christ movements, many Churches of Christ found that other issues still...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1270s: Encyclopedia Ii - 1270s - Culture
1270s - Science literature and industry. 1270 - Witelo translates Alhazen's 200-year-old treatise on optics, Kitab al-Manazir, from Ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Methodism: Encyclopedia Ii - Methodism - Methodism In The United States
The first American Methodist bishops were Thomas Coke and Francis Asbury, whose boyhood home, Bishop Asbury Cottage, in Sandwell, England...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philipp Melanchthon: Encyclopedia Ii - Philipp Melanchthon - Estimate Of His Works And Character
Melanchthon's importance for the Reformation lay essentially in the fact that he systematized Luther's ideas, defended them in public, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prague: Encyclopedia Ii - Prague - History
The area on which Prague was founded was settled in ancient times since the Paleolithic Age. Around 200 BCE the Celts had a settlement in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elvis Presley: Encyclopedia Ii - Elvis Presley - An American Phenomenon
According to Rolling Stone magazine "it was Elvis who made rock 'n' roll the international language of pop." A PBS documentary once descr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elvis Presley: Encyclopedia Ii - Elvis Presley - An American Phenomenon
According to Rolling Stone magazine "it was Elvis who made rock 'n' roll the international language of pop." A PBS documentary once descr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capital Punishment: Encyclopedia Ii - Capital Punishment - Scope Of Use
Some jurisdictions still practicing capital punishment restrict its use to a small number of criminal offences, principally murder, treas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Provençal Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Provençal Literature - Poetry Of The Troubadours
Though he was certainly not the creator of the lyric poetry of southern France, William, count of Poitiers, by personally cultivating it ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Protestant Reformation: Encyclopedia Ii - Protestant Reformation - History And Origins
Protestant Reformation - Roots and precursors: 14th Century and 15th Century. Anti-hierarchical movements: Catharism, Waldensianism, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Protestant Reformation: Encyclopedia Ii - Protestant Reformation - History And Origins
Protestant Reformation - Roots and precursors: 14th century and 15th century. Anti-hierarchical movements: Catharism, Waldensianism, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - Novel - History
Novel - Traditions of Prose Fiction: The Ancient World. As Pierre Daniel Huet noted in 1670, the tradition of epic works went back as f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - Novel - History
Novel - Traditions of Prose Fiction: The Ancient World. see also: Early novels. As Pierre Daniel Huet noted in 1670, the tradition of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Father Divine: Encyclopedia Ii - Father Divine - Preaching As God: 1912-1965
Father Divine - In the South: 1912-1914. The Messenger traveled south. He preached extensively in Georgia. In 1913, conflicts with loca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Dunciad: Encyclopedia Ii - The Dunciad - The Three-book Dunciad And The Dunciad Variorum
Pope first published The Dunciad in 1728 in three books, with Lewis Theobald as its "hero." The poem was not signed, and he used only ini...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Guiding Light: Encyclopedia Ii - Guiding Light - History
The series was created by Irna Phillips, who based it on personal experiences. After giving birth to a still-born baby at age 19, she fou...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap V - S
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages V - S . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. &...   » Read the article