A Brighter Day Begins with His Word.

New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge • VOLUME 6

THE NEW

['Herzog, J. J. (Johann Jakob), 1805-1882', 'Schaff, Philip, 1819-1893', 'Hauck, Albert, 1845-1918', 'Jackson, Samuel Macauley, 1851-1912', 'Sherman, Charles Colebrook, 1860-1927', 'Gilmore, George W. (George William), 1858-1933'] • Public-domain historical edition in the United States (published 1908); OCR from Internet Archive scan

THE NEW

SCHAFF-HERZOG ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF

RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE

EDITED BY

SAMUEL MACATTLEY JACKSON, D.D., LL.D.

( Editor-in- Chief )

WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF

CHARLES COLEBROOK SHERMAN

[VOLUMES I— VI]

AND

GEORGE WILLIAM GILMORE, M.A.

(Associate Editors)

AND THE FOLLOWING DEPARTMENT EDITORS

CLARENCE AUGUSTINE BECKWITH, D.D.

(Department of Systematic Theology )

HENRY KING CARROLL, LL.D.

(Department of Minor Denominations)

JAMES FRANCIS DRISCOLL, D.D.

(Department of Liturgies and Religious Orders)

JAMES FREDERIC McCURDY, PH.D., LL.D.

(Department of the Old Testament)

HENRY SYLVESTER NASH, D.D.

(Department of the New Testament)

ALBERT HENRY NEWMAN, D.D., LL.D.

(Department of Church History)

FRANK HORACE VIZETELLY, F.S.A.

(Department of Pronunciation and Typography)

VOLUME VI INNOCENTS — LIUDGER

FUNK AND WAGNALLS COMPANY

NEW YORK AND LONDON

Copyright, 1910, by FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY

Registered at Stationers' Hall, London, England

[Printed in the United States of America} Published February, 1910

EDITORS

SAMUEL MACAULEY JACKSON, D.D., LL.D.

(Editor-in-Chief. ) Professor of Church History, New York University.

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

CHARLES COLEBROOK SHERMAN

Editor in Biblical Criticism and Theology on "The New International Encyclopedia," New York.

GEORGE WILLIAM GILMORE, M.A.

New York, Formerly Professor of Biblical History and

Lecturer on Comparative Religion, Bangor Theological

Seminary.

DEPARTMENT EDITORS, VOLUME VI

CLARENCE AUGUSTINE BECKWITH, D.D.

(Department of Systematic Theology.)

Professor of Systematic Theology, Chicago Theological Seminary.

HENRY KING CARROLL, LL.D.

(Department of Minor Denominations.)

Secretary of Executive Committee of the Western Section for the Fourth Ecumenical Methodist Conference.

JAMES FRANCIS DRISCOLL, D.D.

(Department of Liturgies and Religious Orders.) President of St. Joseph's Seminary, Yonkers, N. Y.

JAMES FREDERICK McCURDY, Ph.D., LL.D.

(Department of the Old Testament.)

Professor of Oriental Languages, University College,

Toronto.

HENRY SYLVESTER NASH, D.D.

(Department of the New Testament.) Professor of the Literature and Interpretation of the New Testament, Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, Mass.

ALBERT HENRY NEWMAN, D.D., LL.D.

(Department of Church History.)

Professor of Church History, Baylor Theological Seminary

(Baylor University), Waco, Tex.

FRANK HORACE VIZETELLY, F.S.A.

(Department of Pronunciation and Typography.)

Managing Editor of the Standard Dictionary, etc.,

New York City.

CONTEIBUTOKS AND COLLABOKATOES, VOLUME VI

HANS ACHELIS, Ph.D., Th.D.,

Professor of Theology University of Halle.

WILHELM ALTMANN, Ph.D.,

Director of the Deutsche Musiksammlung, Berlin.

FRANKLIN CARL ARNOLD, Ph.D., Th.D.,

Professor of Church History, University of Breslau.

BENJAMIN WISNER BACON, D.D., LL.D., Litt.D.,

Professor of New Testament Exegesis, Yale Divinity School.

FERENCZ BALOGH,

Professor of Church History, Reformed Theological Academy, Debreczin, Hungary.

GEORGE JAMES BAYLES, Ph.D.,

Writer on Civil Church Law.

CLARENCE AUGUSTINE BECKWITH, D.D.,

Professor of Systematic Theology, Chicago Theological

Seminary.

JOHANNES BELSHEIM (f),

Late Pastor Emeritus, Christiania, Norway.

RUDOLF BENDIXEN (f),

Late Diaconus in Grimma, Saxony.

KARL BENRATH, Ph.D., Th.D.,

Professor of Church History, University of Kbnigsberg.

IMMANUEL GUSTAV ADOLF BENZIN-

GER, Ph.D., Th.Lic,

German Orientalist and Vice-Consul for Holland in Jerusalem.

CARL BERTHEAU, Th.D.,

Pastor of St. Michael's, Hamburg.

BERNHARD BESS, Th.Lic,

Librarian, University of Halle.

EDWIN MUNSELL BLISS, D.D.,

Author of Books on Missions, Washington, D. C.

EMIL BLOESCH (f), Th.D., Late Professor of Theology, Bern.

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CONTRIBUTORS AND COLLABORATORS, VOLUME VI

HEINRICH BOEHMER, Ph.D., Th.Lic.,

Professor of Church History, University of Bonn.

AMY GASTON CHARLES AUGUSTE BONET-MAURY, D.D., LL.D.,

Professor of Church History, Independent School of Divinity, Paris.

GOTTLIEB NATHANAEL BONWETSCH, Th.D.,

Professor of Church History, University of Gottingen.

FRIEDRICH BOSSE, Ph.D., Th.Lic.,

Auxiliary Librarian, University Library, Marburg.

GUSTAV BOSSERT, Ph.D., Th.D.,

Retired Pastor, Stuttgart.

ALBERT BRACKMANN, Ph.D.,

Professor of History, University of Marburg.

FRIEDRICH HEINRICH BRANDES, Th.D.,

Reformed Minister and Chaplain at Biickeburg, tfchaumburg-Lippe.

EDTJARD BRATKE (f), Ph.D, Th.D.,

Late Professor of Church History, University of Breslau.

FRANTS PEDER WILLIAM BUHL, Ph.D., Th.D.,

Professor of Oriental Languages, University of Copenhagen.

EARL BURGER (f), Th.D.,

Late Supreme Consistorial Councilor, Munich.

KARL VON BURK (f), Th.D., Late Supreme Councilor in Stuttgart.

HEINRICH CALAMINUS,

Superintendent at Elberfeld.

OTIS CARY, D.D.,

Professor of Homiletics and Practical Sociology, Doshisha Theological School, Kyoto, Japan.

JACQUES EUGENE CHOISY, Th.D.,

Pastor in Geneva.

PAUL CHRIST (f), Th.D.,

Late Professor of Systematic and Practical Theology, University of Zurich.

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