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81Old Testament — • The Apostle St. Paul declares himself (II Cor., iii, 6) a minister of the new testament , and calls (iii, 14) the covenant entered into on Mount Sinai the old testament Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Old Testament …
82Apostolic Constitutions — The Apostolic Constitutions is a late 4th century collection, in 8 books, of independent, though closely related, treatises on Early Christian discipline, worship, and doctrine, intended to serve as a manual of guidance for the clergy, and to… …
83Apocrypha — The term Apocrypha generally refers to those ancient Hebrew books that were originally included in the Latin Vulgate Bible compiled and edited by St. Jerome (c. 347 419/420), even though they were not considered canonical by most Jews at the… …
84Apocalypse — Apocalypse † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Apocalypse Apocalypse, from the verb apokalypto, to reveal, is the name given to the last book in the Bible. It is also called the Book of Revelation. Although a Christian work, the Apocalypse… …
85Bible — /buy beuhl/, n. 1. the collection of sacred writings of the Christian religion, comprising the Old and New Testaments. 2. Also called Hebrew Scriptures. the collection of sacred writings of the Jewish religion: known to Christians as the Old… …
86Bible — The Protestant Bible includes both the Hebrew Old Testament (the Jewish scriptures) and the Greek New Testament, though it is almost always read in translation in the vernacular of each national church. To understand Protestantism, one must… …
87Epistles of Saint John — Epistles of Saint John † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Epistles of Saint John Three canonical books of the New Testament written by the Apostle St. John. The subject will be treated under the following heads: FIRST EPISTLE I.… …
88St. Paul — St. Paul † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Paul I. PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS A. Apocryphal Acts of St. Paul Professor Schmidt has published a photographic copy, a transcription, a German translation, and a commentary of a Coptic… …
89Thirty-Nine Articles — The Thirty Nine Articles of Religion were established in 1563, and are the historic defining statements of Anglican doctrine in relation to the controversies of the English Reformation; especially in the relation of Calvinist doctrine and Roman… …
90Oxyrhynchus Papyri — Grenfell (left) and Hunt (right) in about 1896 The Oxyrhynchus Papyri are a very numerous group of manuscripts discovered by archaeologists including Bernard Pyne Grenfell and Arthur Surridge Hunt at an ancient rubbish dump near Oxyrhynchus in… …
