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Showing 1 to 20 of 108 for “"Episcopal"”.
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An episcopal seminary
The site for this seminary is located within the northwest quadrant of the District of Columbia. The site consists of a ridge approximately one hundred and ten feet in elevation bounded by Clark Street at its north western tip and a rocky promontory a quarter of a mile to the southeast. Along its …
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An Episcopal church for Brooklyn, New York
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‘Episcopal Power in Anglo-Norman England, 1066-1135’
The thesis presents an empirical view of episcopal power in England from 1066 to 1135. For simplicity’s sake, ‘power’ is defined as efficacy, or the ability to achieve one’s ends. No formal distinction is made here between ‘power’ and ‘authority’. The bulk of the thesis (Chapters 3-5) consists of …
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Cultural expressions of episcopal power 1070- c.1150
This thesis investigates cultural expressions of episcopal power in Anglo-Norman England. Bishops were powerful men who operated within a complex power structure. It addresses three key cultural themes: language, the body and space. Using a variety of source material this study offers a …
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Polemic and episcopal authority in fourth-century Christianity
This thesis explores the employment of polemical literature by mid-fourth-century Christian authors as a means of promoting themselves as authoritative and orthodox figures during a period of doctrinal uncertainty. It focuses on the writings of four bishops (Athanasius of Alexandria, Hilary of …
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Culture, change and individual differences in the Scottish episcopal church.
… This study considers the impact of the Scottish Episcopal Churchs strategy, Mission 21, during 1999-2004, initially under the controversial leadership of Primus Richard Holloway. Its explicit aim was to create a postmodern church, attractive to those on the margins of faith. The research …
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The Irish Catholic Episcopal Corps, 1657-1829: A Prosopographical Analysis (2 vols)
… and economic worlds of the Irish Catholic episcopal corps appointed between 1657 and 1829 by creating a prosopographical profile of this episcopal cohort. The central aim of this study is to reconstruct the profile of this episcopate to serve as a context to evaluate the ‘achievements’ of …
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The Passion of Christ in Episcopal and Archidiaconal Sermons, c.1090-c.1210
… itself at the juncture between the study of ‘episcopal’ and ‘archidiaconal’ sermonising and the devotional ‘shift’ of the age, by exploring how the passion was represented in these texts and the influences that worked to shape that imagery . In doing so, it highlights the engagement of these …
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Constructing Episcopal Sainthood in Late Medieval Sweden : The Cases of Brynolphus Algoti and Nicolaus Hermanni
The doctoral dissertation Constructing Episcopal Sainthood in Late Medieval Sweden: The Cases of Brynolphus Algoti and Nicolaus Hermanni examines the canonization process cases of two medieval Swedish bishops, Brynolphus Algoti of Skara (ca. 1240–1317) and Nicolaus Hermanni of Linköping …
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The sovereignty of the African districts of the African Methodist Episcopal Church :a historical assessment
… the African districts of the African Methodist Episcopal Church during the period from 1896 to 2004. It investigates the factors which led to the tensions emerged in the relationship between the American districts and the African districts. It specifically investigates the reasons for the five …
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Right Reverend Stephen Elliott: Political Influence and the Protestant Episcopal Church in Georgia, 1840-1866
… Assserting great influence as the presiding Episcopal bishop of the Confederacy, the Right Reverent Steven Elliott, Jr., aggressively participated in contriving a religious culture that discerned threats to Southern society as challenges to Christian civilization.
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The gospel of justice : community, faith, and the integration of St. Andrew's Episcopal School
… on the struggle to integrate St. Andrew’s Episcopal School, a small private school in Austin, Texas. A close examination of the history of this community sheds light on how privileged whites navigated questions of integration, especially in Christian communities. Pro-integration whites in …
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The Free Church of England: otherwise called the Reformed Episcopal Church - c.1845 to c.1927
… Church of England, together with the Reformed Episcopal Church (United Kingdom) and the Reformed Church of England which grew from it. A study of the processes of denominational development and growth, division, and finally re-union in 1927. Containing also a survey of the united denomination …
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The gospel of justice : community, faith, and the integration of St. Andrew's Episcopal School
… on the struggle to integrate St. Andrew’s Episcopal School, a small private school in Austin, Texas. A close examination of the history of this community sheds light on how privileged whites navigated questions of integration, especially in Christian communities. Pro-integration whites in …
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Paved with Good Intentions: The Road to Racial Unity in the Episcopal Diocese of Southwestern Virginia
… decision and just over a decade after the Episcopal Church's General Convention formally opposed racial discrimination. A diocesan conference center in Hungry Mother State Park, purchased soon after his consecration, sparked a controversy that was to smolder and flame for the first decade …
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The Growth of Private Education: A Study of the Parents of Children Attending an Episcopal Day School
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-08T21:24:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6706668.pdf: 6500588 bytes, checksum: 241e3a688c05bdfc29624f1d65037505 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1966
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Mission policies of the Episcopal Church in the Philippines (ECP), 1901-1980: their contribution to the regional character of the Church
… 1901 to 1980 to the regional character of the Episcopal Church in the Philippines (ECP). The policy of concentration from 1901 to 1919, which focused church’s work in certain areas of Luzon and Mindanao, continued to impact the development of its mission in spite of the adoption of new policies …
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