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• Esau: ( ‘sw , hairy). The eldest son of Isaac and ...
• Esch, Nicolaus van: (ESCHIUS) A famous mystical theologian, b. in Oisterwijk ...
• Eschatology: That branch of systematic theology which deals with the ...
• Escobar y Mendoza, Antonio: Born at Valladolid in 1589; died there, 4 July, 1669. In his ...
• Escobar, Marina de: Mystic and foundress of a modified branch of the Brigittine ...
• Escorial, The: A remarkable building in Spain situated on the south-eastern ...
• Esdras: (Or EZRA.) I. ESDRAS THE MAN Esdras is a famous priest and ...
• Esglis, Louis-Philippe Mariauchau d': Eighth Bishop of Quebec, Canada ; born Quebec, 24 April, ...
• Eskil: Archbishop of Lund, Skåne, Sweden ; b. about 1100; d. ...
• Eskimo: A littoral race occupying the entire Arctic coast and outlying ...
• Esnambuc, Pierre Belain, Sieur d': Captain in the French marine, b. 1565, at Allouville, near ...
• ESP: ( tele , far, and pathein , to experience) A term ...
• Espejo, Antonio: A Spanish explorer, whose fame rests upon a notable ...
• Espen, Zeger Bernhard van: (also called ESPENIUS) A Belgian canonist, born at ...
• Espence, Claude D': (ESPENCÆUS) A French theologian, born in 1511 at ...
• Espinel, Vincent: Poet and novelist; born at Ronda (Malaga), Spain, 1544; died at ...
• Espinosa, Alonso De: Spanish priest and historian of the sixteenth century. Little ...
• Espousals: An Espousal is a contract of future marriage between a man ...
• Espousals of the Blessed Virgin Mary: (DESPONSATIO BEATÆ MARIÆ VIRGINIS) A feast of ...
• Essence and Existence: ( Latin essentia, existentia ) Since they are ...
• Essenes: One of three leading Jewish sects mentioned by Josephus as ...
• Est, Willem Hessels van: (ESTIUS.) A famous commentator on the Pauline epistles, ...
• Establishment, The: (Or ESTABLISHED CHURCH) The union of Church and State ...
• Estaing, Comte d': JEAN-BAPTISTE-CHARLES-HENRI-HECTOR, COMTE D'ESTAING (MARQUIS DE ...
• Esther: (From the Hebrew meaning star, happiness ); Queen of Persia ...
• Estiennot de la Serre, Claude: Benedictine of the Congregation of Saint-Maur, b. at Varennes, ...

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