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2 Fessenden & Co.'s Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge (J. Newton Brown, ed.) [i] (1835)

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                     FESSENDEN &.CO.'S

              ENCYCLOPEDIA
                             OF

       RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE:
                             OR,

                    DICTIONARY
                             OF
THE BIBLE, THEOLOGY, RELIGIOTS BIOGRAPHY, ALL
        RELIGIONS, ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY,
                    AND MISSIONS;
                           CONTAINING
            DEFINITIONS OF ALL RELIGIOUS TERMS;
                       AN IMFARTIAL ACCOUNT OF
  THE   PRINCIPAL      CHRISTIAN      DENOMINATIONS
       THAT HAVE EXISTED IN THE WORLD FROM THE BIRTH OF CHRIST !&0 THE PRESENT DAY,
                            W ITH
            THEIR DOCTRINES, RELIGIOUS RITES AND CEREMONIES,
                       AS WELL AS THOSE OF THE
JEWS, MOHAMMEDANS, AND             HEATHEN      NATIONS
                         TOGETHER WITH
      THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE EAST,
             ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES,
                             AND
  A DESCRIPTION OF THE QUADRUPEDS, BIRDS, FISHES, REPTILES, INSECTS, TREES,
            PLANTS, AND MINERALS, MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE;
        A STATEMENT OF THE MOST REM1ARKABLE TRANSACTIONS AND EVENTS IN
             ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY;
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF THE EARLY MARTYRS AND DISTINGUISHED
      RELIGIOUS WRITERS AND CHARACTERS OF ALL AGES.
                         TO WHICH IS ADDED
           A MISSIONARY GAZETTEER,
                           CONTAINING
    DESCRIPTIONS OF THE VARIOUS MISSIONARY STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE GLOBE;
                  BY REV. B. B. EDWARDS,
                      EDITOR OF QUARTERLY OBSERVER.

THE WHOLE BROUGHT DOWN TO THE PRESENT TIME, AND EMBRACING, UNDER ONE ALPHABET, THE MOST VALUABLE PART OF
  CALMET'S AND BROWN'S DICTIONARIES OF THE BIBLE; BUCK'S THEOL: DICTIONARY;
       ABBOTT'S SCRIPTURE NATURAL HISTORY; WELLS' GEOGRAPHY OF THE
                BIBLE; JONES' BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY;
                   AND NUMEROUS OTHER SIMILAR WORKS.
                          DESIGNED AS A
      COMPLETE BOOK OF REFERENCE ON ALL RELIGIOUS SUBJECTS;
                             AND
            COMPANION TO THE BIBLE;
                           FORMING
   A CHEAP AND COMPACT LIBRARY OF RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE.
                           EDITED BY
                  REV. J. NEWTON BROWN.

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           PUBLISHED BY FESSENDEN AND CO.

                            1835.

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