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Matthew Tindal
Matthew Tindal , c.1655-1733, English deist. For a short time in the reign of James II he was a Roman Catholic, but in 1688 he returned to the Church of England. The first of his published writings to excite attention was The Rights of the Christian Church Asserted (1706), a defense of... Read more |
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Act of Uniformity
Uniformity, Act of in British history, any of four acts (especially that of 1662) establishing the foundations of the English Protestant Church and securing uniformity in public worship and use of a particular Book of Common Prayer. The first two Acts were passed in the reign of Edward VI but... Read more |
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chant
chant general name for one-voiced, unaccompanied, liturgical music. Usually it refers to the liturgical melodies of the Byzantine, Russian Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Anglican churches and is analogous to cantillation in Jewish liturgical music, Qur'anic chanting in Islam, and single-line... Read more |
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Frederick William Faber
Frederick William Faber , 1814-63, English theologian and hymn writer. A friend of John Henry Newman and an adherent of the Oxford movement , he became (1843) rector of Eton. In 1845 he entered the Roman Catholic Church and with some of his friends and parishioners founded a religious community in... Read more |
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Birmingham Political Union
Birmingham Political Union. Formed in 1830 by Thomas Attwood to press for parliamentary reform as a remedy for economic distress and inspired by the successful campaign for catholic emancipation. Led by local businessmen and manufacturers, the BPU aimed to unite middle- and working-class reformers... Read more |
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Alfred Firmin Loisy
Alfred Firmin Loisy , 1857-1940, French theologian, biblical critic, and leading exponent of biblical modernism . He was ordained (1879) a Roman Catholic priest and was (1881-93) professor at the Catholic Institute in Paris. His belief in greater freedom in interpreting the history and development... Read more |
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book
book 1. The totality of the purchases and sales that make up the position of a trader on financial markets. The terms long book, short book, and open book are used synonymously with long position, short position, and open position. 2. To record an item in the accounts, usually a sale. 3. Short for... Read more |
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Sax Rohmer
Ward, Arthur Henry (Sarsfield) (1883-1959) Author who wrote under the pseudonym "Sax Rohmer" and created the celebrated fictional character Dr. Fu-Manchu. Ward was also a student of the occult. Born of Irish Catholic parents in Birmingham, England, on February 15, 1883, Ward had no formal schooling... Read more |
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Books-A-Million Inc
Books-A-Million, Inc. 402 Industrial LaneBirmingham, Alabama 35211P.O. Box 19768Birmingham, Alabama 36219U.S.A.Telephone: (205)942-3737Fax: (205)942-6601Web site: http://www.booksamillion.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1964 as BooklandEmployees: 4,900Sales: $418.6 million (2001)Stock... Read more |
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Henry Charles Lea
Henry Charles Lea , 1825-1909, U.S. historian, b. Philadelphia. He was associated with the family publishing business for many years, but his real interest was in historical work. Working with primary sources, he produced a series of works on the Roman Catholic Church during the Middle Ages.... Read more |
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