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• Ecclesiastes: (Septuagint èkklesiastés , in St. Jerome also ...
• Ecclesiastical Addresses: It is from Italy that we derive rules as to what is fitting ...
• Ecclesiastical Architecture: The best definition of architecture that has ever been given is ...
• Ecclesiastical Archives: Ecclesiastical archives may be described as a collection of ...
• Ecclesiastical Art: Before speaking in detail of the developments of Christian art ...
• Ecclesiastical Buildings: This term comprehends all constructions erected for the ...
• Ecclesiastical Forum: That the Church of Christ has judicial and coercive power is ...
• Ecclesiasticus: (Abbrev. Ecclus.; also known as the Book of Sirach.) The ...
• Eccleston, Samuel: Fifth Archbishop of Baltimore, U.S.A. born near ...
• Eccleston, Thomas of: Thirteenth-century Friar Minor and chronicler, dates of ...
• Echard, Jacques: Historian of the Dominicans, born at Rouen, France, 22 ...
• Echave, Baltasar de: Painter, born at Zumaya, Guipuzcoa, Spain, in the latter part ...
• Echinus: A titular see of Thessaly, Greece. Echinus, ( Echinos , ...
• Echter von Mespelbrunn, Julius: Prince- Bishop of Würzburg, b. 18 March, 1545, in the ...
• Echternach, Abbey of: (Also EPTERNACH, Latin EPTERNACENSIS). A Benedictine ...
• Eck, Johann: Theologian and principal adversary of Luther, b. 15 Nov., ...
• Eckart, Anselm: Missionary, born at Bingen, Germany, 4 August, 1721; died at ...
• Eckebert: (Ekbert, Egbert) Abbot of Schönau, born in the early ...
• Eckhart, Johann Georg von: (Called Eccard before he was ennobled) German historian, b. ...
• Eckhart, Meister: ( Also spelled Eckard, Eccard. Meister means "the Master"). ...
• Eckhel, Joseph Hilarius: German numismatist, b. 13 January, 1737, at Enzesfeld near ...
• Eclecticism: (Greek ek, legein ; Latin eligere , to select) A ...
• Economics: S CIENCE OF P OLITICAL E CONOMY (E CONOMICS ). I. ...
• Ecstasy: Supernatural ecstasy may be defined as a state which, while it ...
• Ecuador: R EPUBLIC OF E CUADOR (L A R EPÚBLICA DEL E ...
• Ecumenical Councils: This subject will be treated under the following heads: ...
• Ecumenism: The Catholic Church is by far the largest, the most ...

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