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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".
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.
Elder, George
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Educator, b. 11 August, 1793, in Kentucky, U.S.A.; d. 28 Sept., 1838, at Bardstown.
Ekkehard of Aura
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Benedictine monk and chronicler, b. about 1050; d. after 1125.
Ekkehard
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Name of five monks of the (Swiss) Abbey of St. Gall from the tenth to the thirteenth century.
Eithne, Saint
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Irish princess, converted to Christianity by St. Patrick, died immediately after receiving her First Communion (433).
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.
Einsiedeln, Abbey of
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A Benedictine monastery in the Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland, dedicated to Our Lady of the Hermits.
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.
Eichstätt
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Diocese in Bavaria, north of the Danube, and suffragan to Bamberg.
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.
Egypt
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Provides information on history, religion, and literature.
Egwin, Saint
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Third bishop of Worcester, founded the Benedictine monastery of Evesham, d. 717 or 720.
Egoism
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Synopsis of this ethical system, and short refutation.
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.