''A Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century A.D., with an Account of the Principal Sects and Heresies'' is a 1911 religious encyclopedia of biographies.
Edited by
William C. Piercy
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and
Henry Wace,
Dean of Canterbury
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(1836–1924) in English-language version, it is in the
public domain
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as of 2004. The
Christian Classics Ethereal Library
The Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL) is a digital library that provides free electronic copies of Christian scripture and literature texts.
Description
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has scanned the original printed copy. In 1999,
Hendrickson Publishers
Hendrickson Publishers is an American academic and reference book house founded in 1980. It is based in Peabody, Massachusetts.
History
The company was established on 12 May 1980 and incorporated in Massachusetts. Apart from working as book publ ...
reprinted it under the title ''A Dictionary of Early Christian Biography''.
Its predecessor was ''A Dictionary of Christian Biography, Literature, Sects and Doctrines'' (four volumes, 1877–1887) edited by Wace and
William Smith.
That in turn represented an updated version of ''
Smith's Bible Dictionary
''Smith's Bible Dictionary'', originally named ''A Dictionary of the Bible'', is a 19th-century Bible dictionary containing upwards of four thousand entries that became named after its editor, William Smith. Its popularity was such that condense ...
'' of 1863.
References
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1911 non-fiction books
Books about ancient Christianity
Christian encyclopedias
Reference works in the public domain
Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century
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