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''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 and Henry Wace,
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(1836–1924) in English-language version, it is in the
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as of 2004. The
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has scanned the original printed copy. In 1999,
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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.


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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 {{bio-dict-stub