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		An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church Glossary definitions provided courtesy of Church Publishing Incorporated, New York, NY,(All Rights reserved) from "An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church, A User Friendly Reference for Episcopalians," Don S. Armentrout and Robert Boak Slocum, editors.  Click Here to Order A Aaronic Blessing Aaronic Blessing Abbess Abbey Abbot Abjuration Abjure Ablutions Absalom Jones Theological Institute Absolution Abstinence, Days of Acclamation Acolyte Adams, William Addison, James Thayer Adiaphora Administration, Sentences of Adonai Adoptionism Adoration Advent Advent Festival of Lessons and Music Advent Wreath Advowson Aelred Affirmation of St Affusion African Mission School Afro-American Churchman Agape Agnes Agnus Dei Aidan Aisle Alabama Plan, The Alabama, Diocese of Alaska, Diocese of Alb Alban, St. Albright, Raymond Wolf Alcuin Alexander, Cecil Frances Alexander, George Mayer Alfred the Great All Faithful Departed, Commemoration of All Hallows' Eve All Saints' Day All Saints' Episcopal College, Vicksburg, Mississippi All Souls' Day Alleluia Alleluia Verse Allen, Alexander Viets Griswold Allen, Benjamin Allen, Ethan Allen, Roland Allen, Sturges Allin, John Maury Alms Alms Basin Alphege Altar Altar Book, The Altar Cloth Altar Guild Altar Lights Altar of Repose Altar Rails Altar Stone Ambo Ambrose Ambulatory Amen American Church Monthly American Church Review American Churchman American Missal, The American Quarterly Church Review and Ecclesiastical Register, The American Standard Version of the Bible (1901) Amice Ampulla Anamnesis Anaphora Anathema Anchorite, Anchoress Andalusia College, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Anderson, Charles Palmerton Andrew, St. Andrewes, Lancelot Andros, Sir Edmond Andrus, Joseph Raphael Angel Angel Angelic Salutation, The Angelus Anglican and Episcopal History Anglican Catholic, The Anglican Chant Anglican Chant Psalter, The (1987) Anglican Communion, The Anglican Cycle of Prayer Anglican Digest, The Anglican Executive Officer Anglican Missal Anglican Opinion Anglican School of Theology and Institute of Contemplative Studies, Dallas Anglican Theological Review (ATR) Anglican World Anglican, The Anglicanism Anglo-Catholic Movement, Anglo-Catholicism Anglo-Catholic Movement, Anglo-Catholicism Anglo-Catholic Movement, Anglo-Catholicism Anking, Missionary District of Anne and Joachim Annunciation, The Anointing Anselm, St. Anskar Ante-Communion Antependium Anthem Anthon, Henry Antinomianism Antiphon Antiphonal Antiphonary Antony Apocrypha Apollinarianism Apologetics, Apologists, Apology Apophatic Apophatic Apophatic Apophthegm Apophthegmata Apostasy Apostasy Apostasy Apostate Apostle Apostles' Creed, The Apostolic Blessing Apostolic Constitutions Apostolic Succession Apostolic Tradition Apostolic Tradition of Hippolytus (215) Apostolicae Curae Apostolicity Apotheosis Apse Apthorp, East Aquinas, Thomas Arcae Archangel Archbishop Archbishop of Canterbury Archdeacon Archivist of the Episcopal Church Arculae Area Cluster (Ministry) Area Mission Arianism Arianism Arizona, Diocese of Arkansas Theological Chautauqua School Arkansas, Diocese of Armed Forces Prayer Book Armed Forces, Suffragan Bishop for Articles of Religion Ascension of Christ, The, or Ascension Day Asceticism Ash Wednesday Ashes, Blessed Asheville, Missionary District of Asperges Aspergillum Aspersion Aspirant Assistant Bishop Associate Mission Assumption of Mary Athanasian Creed Athanasius Atkinson, Thomas Atlanta, Diocese of Atonement Atonement Atrium Attrition Auchmuty, Samuel Augustine of Canterbury Augustine of Hippo Aumbry Auricular Confession Authority, Sources of (in Anglicanism) Authority, Sources of (in Anglicanism) Authority, Sources of (in Anglicanism) Autocephalic Churches AVE Ave Maria Ayres, Anne   B B.D. Baby Bishop Bach, Johann Sebastian Baldachino (Baldaquin) Baldachino (Baldaquin) Baldwin, Mary Briscoe Baltimore Declaration Banner of the Church Banner of the Cross, The Banns of Marriage Baptism Baptism Baptism in (of) the Spirit Baptism, Eucharist, and Ministry (BEM) Baptismal Covenant Baptismal Creed, The Baptismal Feasts Baptismal Feasts Baptismal Regeneration Baptismal Regeneration Baptismal Vows, The Renewal of Baptismal Vows, The Renewal of Baptistry, or Baptistery Baptistry, or Baptistery Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York Barnabas the Apostle, Saint Barnes, Calvin Rankin Baroque Architecture Barrett, Kate Harwood Waller Bartholomew the Apostle, Saint. One of the twelve apostles. His name appears only in the listings of the Twelve in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and Acts. Many believe he is the Nathanael mentioned in John. Tradition, based on the writings of Jerome and Eusebius, Basil the Great Basilica Basilica Bass, Edward Batterson, Hermon Griswold Bayne, Stephen Fielding, Jr. BCP Beach, Abraham Beardsley, Eben Edwards Beatific Vision Beatitudes Becket, Thomas Bede the Venerable Bedell, Gregory Thurston Bedell, Gregory Townsend Bedell, Harriet Beecher, Catharine Esther Believer's Baptism Bell, Bernard Iddings Bell, Wilbur Cosby Bells and Smells Bene Esse Benedicite, omnia opera Domini Benedict of Nursia Benedictine Spirituality Benediction Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament Benedictus Benedictus Dominus Deus Benedictus es, Domine Benedictus qui venit Bennett, Dennis Joseph Benson, Richard Meux Berakoth (singular Berakah) Berkeley Divinity School Berkeley, George Berkeley, William Bernard Berry, Martha McChesney Bethany, College of the Sisters of, Topeka, Kansas Bethlehem, Diocese of Betrothal Bexley Hall Bible, The Bidding Prayer Bier Bilateral Dialogues Bioethics Biretta Biretta Belt Bishop Bishop and Council Bishop Coadjutor Bishop Payne Divinity School Bishop Potter Memorial House Bishop Seabury University Bishop Visitor or Protector Bishop, Provisional Bishop-elect Bishops' Crusade Bishop's Staff Bishops, House of Black Fast Black Letter Days Black Rubric, The Blair, James Blandina Blasphemy Blessed Sacrament Blessing Bliss, William Dwight Porter Blood Theology Bloomer, Amelia Jenks Bloy House Blue Book Blue Book Blue Box (Bishop Gordon's Airplane in Alaska) Blue Box (UTO) Boise, Missionary District of Bonhoeffer, Dietrich Boniface Bonn Agreement Book Annexed, The Book Annexed, The Book of Common Prayer, The (BCP) Book of Common Prayer, The (BCP) Book of Homilies Book of Homilies Book of Occasional Services, The (BOS) Book of Occasional Services, The (BOS) Book of Offices, The Book of Offices, The Boone College, Wuchang, China Boone, William Jones Boone, William Jones, Jr. BOS BOS Bosher, Robert Semple Boucher, Jonathan Bowden, John Bowie, Walter Russell Boyle, Sarah Patton Bragg, George Freeman, Jr. Bratton, Theodore DuBose Bray, Thomas Bray's Associates Brazier Brazil, Missionary District of Bread Breaking of the Bread, The (The Fraction) Breastplate of St Breck, James Lloyd Brent, Charles Henry Breviary Bridges, Robert Seymour Briggs, Charles Augustus Brigid, or Bride Bristol College, Bristol, Pennsylvania Broad Church Movement Broad Church Movement Brooks, Phillips Brother Brown, Daniel Brown, Lelia Ann Brown, Ray Francis Brown, Robert Raymond Brown, William Montgomery Brownell, Thomas Church Browning, Edmond Lee Bruton Parish, Williamsburg, Virginia Brydon, George MacLaren Bucer, or Butzer, Martin Buck, or Bucke, Richard Burgess, John Melville Burial of the Dead Burlington College Burnham, Mary Douglass Burr, Nelson Rollins Burse Butler, Joseph BVM Byzantine Rite   C Cadle, Richard Fish Calendar of the Church Year, The California, Diocese of Callings Calvin, John Calvinism Cameron, James Gibbon Camm, John Campbell, Robert Erskine Candidate Candlemas Candles Candles Caner, Henry Cannon, Harriett Starr Canon Canon 9 Clergy Canonical Hours Canonical Residence Cantab Cantate Domino Cantemus Domino Canterbury Canterbury Cap Canterbury College Canterbury Statement Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canticle Cantor Cantoris Cantrix Canvass, Every Member Cape Palmas, Missionary District of Cappadocians, or Cappadocian Fathers. Three important theologians of the Patristic Era. Basil the Great of Caesarea Cardinal Rector Cardinal Virtues Carey, Arthur Carillon Carol Caroline Divines. This unorganized grouping of seventeenth-century churchmen and scholars flourished during the reign of King Charles I Case, Adelaide Teague Casserley, Julian Victor Langmead Cassock Casuistry Caswall, Henry Catafalque Cataphatic Catechesis Catechesis Catechesis Catechism Catechist Catechumen Catechumenate Cathedra Cathedral Cathedral Car Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in the City and Diocese of Washington, The Cathedral of Our Merciful Saviour, Faribault, Minnesota Cathedral of St John the Divine, New York City Catherine of Siena, St. Catholic Catholic Champion Catholicity Caution, Tollie LeRoy CDO Personal Profile Celebrant Celebration and Blessing of a Marriage Celebration for a Home Celebration of a New Ministry Celibacy Celibate Cell Cella Celtic Spirituality Cense Censer Centering Prayer Central America, Missionary District of Central and South Mexico, Diocese of Central Brazil, Missionary District of Central Florida, Diocese of Central Gulf Coast, Diocese of Central New York, Diocese of Central Pennsylvania, Diocese of Central Philippines, Diocese of Certain Trumpet, The Certificate of Membership Chad, or Ceadda, Bishop of Lichfield Chalcedon, Council of Chalcedonian Definition Chancellor Chandler, Thomas Bradbury Chantry Chaplaincy Chaplet Chapter Chapter House Character (Sacramental) Charismata, or Charismatic Gifts Charismatic Charismatic Renewal, or Neo-Pentecostalism Charisms Charleston, College of, Charleston, South Carolina Chase, Carlton Chase, Philander Chase, Salmon Portland Chastity Checkley, John Cheney, Charles Edward Cherubim Cheshire, Joseph Blount, Jr. Chicago, Diocese of Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral China, Missionary District of Chi-Rho Chorley, Edward Clowes Christ Christ Church, Alexandria, Virginia Christ Church, Philadelphia Christ School, Arden, North Carolina Christ the King Sunday Christendom Christian Challenge, The Christian Communities Christian Foundations Christian Initiation Christian Journal and Literary Register, The Christian Nurture Series Christian Socialism Christmas, or Christ's Mass Christmas, or Christ's Mass Christmas, or Christ's Mass Christmas, or Christ's Mass Christology Christology Christus Rex Christus Rex Chronicle of the Church Chronicle, The Chronos Chrysom Chrysostom, John Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui Church Church Advocate (Baltimore) Church Advocate (Lexington) Church and State Church and the World, The Church at Work, The Church Deployment Office Personal Profile Church Divinity School of the Pacific (CDSP) Church Eclectic, The Church in Japan, The Church Intelligencer, The Church Journal, The Church Missions House Church Monthly Church of England Church of St Mary the Virgin, New York City Church of the Advent, Boston Church of the Advocate, Philadelphia Church of the Carpenter, Boston Church of the Holy Communion, New York Church of the Transfiguration, New York Church Orders Church Record, The Church Review and Ecclesiastical Register, The Church Review, The Church Standard, The Church Training and Deaconess House of the Diocese of Pennsylvania Church Weekly Church Work Church, The Church, The Church, The Churching of Women Churchman, Churchmanship Churchman, The Churchman's Human Quest, The Churchman's Magazine, The Churchman's Monthly Magazine, The Church's Teaching Series, The Cincinnati Summer School Circumcision, Feast of the Claggett, Thomas John Clare Clark, Lois Carter Clark, Thomas March Clarkson College, Omaha, Nebraska Clebsch, William Anthony Clement of Alexandria Clement of Rome Clerestory, or clearstory Clergy, Members of the Clerical Clericalism Clericals Clericus Clerk (Vestry) Clothing Day Cobbs, Nicholas Hamner Coffin, Margaret Coit, Henry Augustus Coit, Thomas Winthrop Cole, Azel Dow Coleman, Leighton College of Philadelphia College of Preachers Collegiality Colombia, Diocese of Colorado School of Mines Colorado, Diocese of Columba, St. Come Celebrate! A Hymnal Supplement Commination Commissary Commission on Ministry Commission on Ministry Commission on Ministry Commissions of the General Convention Companion Diocese Companion Diocese Compasrose, The Compass Rose Compline Compton, Henry Concelebration Concelebration Concomitance Confession of Faith Confession of Saint Peter the Apostle, The Confession of Sin Confessionalism Confessor Confirmation Confirmation Confirmation Confirmation Congregant Connecticut, Diocese of Conscience Conscience Clause Consecration Consecration of Samuel Seabury, First American Bishop, Feast of Consents for Ordination Constance, Nun, and her Companions Constantine I Constitution of the Episcopal Church Constructive Quarterly, The Consubstantial Consubstantiation Contemplation Contemplative Order Contrition Convent Conversion Conversion Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle, The Convocation Convocation of American Churches in Europe Cooper, Susan Augusta Fenimore Cornelius the Centurion Corporeal Presence Corpus Christi, Feast of Corpus Christi, Feast of Corpus Christi, Feast of Corpus Christi, Feast of Corpus Christi, Feast of Corrigan, Daniel Costa Rica, Missionary District of Course of Ecclesiastical Studies Court for the Trial of a Bishop Court of Review of the Trial of a Bishop Covenant Covenant Covenant Coverdale's Bible Coverdale, Miles Cowley Fathers Cowley Publications Cowper, William Coxe, Arthur Cleveland Cram, Ralph Adams Cranmer, Thomas Crapsey, Algernon Sidney Creationism Cremation Croes, John Cross Cross Cross Cross Cross, Wilford Oakland Crossroads: The Journal of the Rural Workers' Fellowship Croswell, William Crucifixion Crummell, Alexander Cry Hosanna Cuba, Missionary District of Cuernavaca, Diocese of Cully, Kendig Brubaker Cummings, Archibald Cummins, George David Cuthbert Cutler, Timothy Cuttington University College, Liberia Cuttington University College-in-Exile (Lawrenceville, Virginia) Cyprian Cyril Cyril of Jerusalem		SEND TO A FRIEND