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71Oxford Group — Not to be confused with the Anglo Catholicism Oxford Movement. The Oxford Group was a Christian movement that had a following in Europe, China, Africa, Australia, Scandinavia and America in the 1920s and 30s. It was initiated by an American… …
72literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
73Roman Catholicism — the faith, practice, and system of government of the Roman Catholic Church. [1815 25] * * * Largest single Christian denomination in the world, with some one billion members, or about 18% of the world s population. The Roman Catholic church has… …
74Union of Christendom — • Includes the Catholic Church together with the many other religious communions which have either directly or indirectly, separated from it Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Union of Christendom Union of Christend …
75AVEU — Le terme «aveu» (du latin advocare , appeler ou avoir recours) désignait, à l’époque féodale, l’acte par lequel le serviteur reconnaissait son maître et le maître son serviteur. Il a pris ensuite le sens général d’approbation ou consentement et,… …
76CALVINISME — Le calvinisme est une doctrine de la gloire de Dieu. «À Dieu seul la gloire», telle est sa devise. Avec une ferveur obstinée, Calvin rappelle sans cesse que Dieu est le Maître tout puissant du monde et des personnes, et que nos destinées sont… …
77RÉFORME — L’Église chrétienne d’Occident, qui a réussi à surmonter plusieurs hérésies au Moyen Âge, a vu au cours du XVIe siècle, entre 1517 et 1570, de larges secteurs géographiques lui échapper définitivement, une opposition se créant ainsi entre… …
78Lutheranism — Luther s Seal Book of Concord …
79Luther, Martin — • Leader of the great religious revolt of the sixteenth century in Germany; born at Eisleben, 10 November, 1483; died at Eisleben, 18 February, 1546 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Luther, Martin …
80Luther — Martin Luther † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Martin Luther Leader of the great religious revolt of the sixteenth century in Germany; born at Eisleben, 10 November, 1483; died at Eisleben, 18 February, 1546. His father, Hans, was a… …
