(Encyclopedia) ApollinarianismApollinarianisməpŏlĭnârˈēənĭzəm [key], heretical doctrine taught by Apollinaris or Apollinarius (c.315–c.390), bishop of Laodicea, near Antioch. A celebrated scholar and…
(Encyclopedia) Eustathius, d. c.1194, Byzantine scholar, archbishop of Salonica (from 1175). He became renowned as master of the orators at Hagia Sophia, Constantinople, then a center of learning. He…
(Encyclopedia) PrizrenPrizrenprēzˈrĕn [key], city (2011 pop. 178,112), SW Kosovo. It is a commercial center with industries that produce textiles, wood products, and filigree silver jewelry. Prizren…
(Encyclopedia) Auxerre Auxerre ōsĕrˈ [key], town, capital of Yonne dept., N central France, in Burgundy, on the Yonne River. A commercial and industrial center, it has a…
(Encyclopedia) BeratBeratbĕrätˈ [key] or BeratiBeratibĕräˈtē [key], town (1993 est. pop. 148,100), capital of Berat dist., S central Albania. It is a commercial center and the seat of a bishop of the…
(Encyclopedia) Tenison, ThomasTenison, Thomastĕnˈĭsən [key], 1636–1715, English churchman, archbishop of Canterbury (1695–1715). In 1680 he became rector of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London; there he…
(Encyclopedia) Blair, James, 1656–1743, Church of England clergyman, missionary to colonial Virginia, and founder of the College of William and Mary, b. Scotland. At the request of the bishop of…
(Encyclopedia) Ken, Thomas, 1637–1711, English prelate and hymn writer, prominent among the nonjuring bishops. He became chaplain to Charles II in 1680 and was nominated by that monarch to the…
(Encyclopedia) Gregory of Nyssa, SaintGregory of Nyssa, Saintnĭsˈə [key], d. 394?, Cappadocian theologian; brother of St. Basil the Great and his successor as champion of orthodoxy. He became bishop…
