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• Epée, Charles-Michel de l': A philanthropic priest and inventor of the sign alphabet ...
• Epact: (Greek épaktai hemérai; Latin dies adjecti ...
• Eparchy: ( eparchia ). Originally the name of one of the divisions ...
• Eperies: DIOCESE OF EPERIES (EPERIENSIS RUTHENORUM). Diocese of the ...
• Ephesians, Epistle to the: This article will be treated under the following heads: I. ...
• Ephesus: A titular archiespiscopal see in Asia Minor, said to have been ...
• Ephesus, Council of: The third ecumenical council, held in 431. THE OCCASION AND ...
• Ephesus, Robber Council of: (L ATROCINIUM ). The Acts of the first session of this ...
• Ephesus, Seven Sleepers of: The story is one of the many examples of the legend about a man ...
• Ephod: ( Hebrew aphwd or aphd ; Greek ’ís, ...
• Ephraem, Saint: (EPHREM, EPHRAIM). Born at Nisibis, then under Roman rule, ...
• Ephraemi Rescriptus, Codex: (Symbol C). The last in the group of the four great uncial ...
• Ephraim of Antioch: ( Ephraimios ). One of the defenders of the Faith of ...
• Epicureanism: This term has two distinct, though cognate, meanings. In its ...
• Epiklesis: Epiklesis ( Latin invocatio ) is the name of a prayer that ...
• Epimachus and Gordianus, Saints: Martyrs, suffered under Julian the Apostate , 362, ...
• Epiphania: A titular see in Cilicia Secunda, in Asia Minor, suffragan ...
• Epiphanius: Surnamed SCHOLASTICUS, or in modern terms, THE PHILOLOGIST, a ...
• Epiphanius of Constantinople: Died 535. Epiphanius succeeded John II (518-20) as Patriarch ...
• Epiphanius of Salamis: Born at Besanduk, near Eleutheropolis, in Judea, after 310; ...
• Epiphany: Known also under the following names: (1) ta epiphania , or ...
• Episcopal Subsidies: ( Latin subsidia , tribute, pecuniary aid, subvention) ...
• Episcopalians: The history of this religious organization divides itself ...
• Epistemology: ( Epistéme , knowledge, science, and lógos , ...
• Epistle (in Scripture): Lat. epistola ; Greek ’epistolé ; in Hebrew, ...
• Epping, Joseph: German astronomer and Assyriologist, b. at Neuenkirchen near ...

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