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Elect

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Denotes in general one chosen or taken by preference from among two or more; as a theological term it is equivalent to "chosen as the object of mercy or Divine favour, as set apart for eternal life".

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Eleazar

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Includes information on three uses of this name.

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Elder, William Henry

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Third Bishop of Natchez, Mississippi, U.S.A., and second Archbishop of Cincinnati, b. in Baltimore, Maryland, 22 March, 1819; d. in Cincinnati, 31 Oct., 1904.

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Elder, George

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Educator, b. 11 August, 1793, in Kentucky, U.S.A.; d. 28 Sept., 1838, at Bardstown.

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Elba

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The largest island of the Tuscan Archipelago.

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Ekkehard of Aura

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Benedictine monk and chronicler, b. about 1050; d. after 1125.

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Ekkehard

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Name of five monks of the (Swiss) Abbey of St. Gall from the tenth to the thirteenth century.

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Eithne, Saint

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Irish princess, converted to Christianity by St. Patrick, died immediately after receiving her First Communion (433).

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Eisengrein, Martin

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Catholic theologian and polemical writer, born of Protestant parents at Stuttgart, 28 December, 1535; died at Ingolstadt, 4 May, 1578.

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Einsiedeln, Abbey of

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A Benedictine monastery in the Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland, dedicated to Our Lady of the Hermits.

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Eimhin, Saint

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Abbot and Bishop of Ros-mic-Truin, d. first half of the sixth century. Some believe that Eimhin is the author of the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick.

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Eichstätt

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Diocese in Bavaria, north of the Danube, and suffragan to Bamberg.

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Egyptian Church Ordinance

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An early Christian collection of thirty-one canons regulating ordinations, the liturgy, and other main features of church life.

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Egypt

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Provides information on history, religion, and literature.

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Egwin, Saint

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Third bishop of Worcester, founded the Benedictine monastery of Evesham, d. 717 or 720.

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Egoism

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Synopsis of this ethical system, and short refutation.

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Egmont, Lamoral, Count of

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Born at the Château de La Hamaide, in Hainault, 18 Nov., 1522; beheaded at Brussels, 5 June, 1568.

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