Dictionary of Christian Antiquities (2 vols.)

by William Smith; Samuel Cheetham

Publisher:

John Murray

, 1875–1880

Overview

Dictionary of Christian Antiquities gives a complete account of the leading persons, institutions, art, social life, writings, and controversies of the Christian Church from the time of the Apostles to the age of Charlemagne. Ending with Charlemagne's reign, which forms the important link between the ancient and the modern, the first eight centuries of the Christian era are covered up until the Middle Ages.

Subjects covered in Dictionary of Christian Antiquities include the organization of the church, with its officers, legislation, disciplines and revenues; the social life of Christians, including their worship and ceremonies with the accompanying music, vestments, instruments, vessels and insignia; their sacred places, architecture, and other forms of art; their symbolism; their sacred days and seasons; the graves or catacombs where they were laid to rest; and much, much more. Each volume contains hundreds of images and illustrations.

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• Contributions from over 70 scholars
• Hundreds of images and illustrations
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Contents

Top Highlights

“: ὁ πίστεως ἀρχαίας κανῶν, ὁ κανῶν τῆς ἀληθείας, τὸ κήρυγμα τὸ ἀποστολικόν, ἡ εὐαγγελικὴ καὶ ἀποστολικὴ παράδοσις.” (Page 489)

“Fleury, Hist. Ecc. xxxii. 15). Similarly, a monk from another monastery” (Page 188)

“such a purpose, and so received the name campana or campanum.” (Page 184)

Contributors

• Edwin Hatch
• Joseph Barber Lightfoot
• George Frederick Maclear
• Philip Schaff
• Brook Foss Westcott
• C. J. Ellicott
• Handley C. G. Moule
• Alfred Plummer
• and dozens more!

Praise for the Print Edition

It is one of vast erudition, and is almost indispensable to ministers and Sabbath school teachers.

—The Evangelical Repository and United Presbyterian Worker

All matters connected with the form and arrangement of churches, their worship, and their ornamentation are treated with great care and knowledge, and, where necessary, with abundance of illustrations. It is obvious, that on a great number of subjects, necessarily presenting themselves in a work like this, the difficulties of avoiding the temptations to be partial and one-sided must often be great. It seems to us fair to say that a very credible success has been achieved in surmounting them.

—Times

These dictionaries are the product of the ripest scholarship in Britain, and are perhaps the most splendid specimens in existence of encyclopedias devoted to special branches of knowledge.

—The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge

Product Details

• Title: Dictionary of Christian Antiquities
• Editors: William Smith and Samuel Cheetham
• Publisher: John Murray
• Volumes: 2
• Pages: 2,060

About the Editors

William Smith was a well known lexicographer and writer. Smith oversaw many important dictionary projects, including A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Dictionary of the Bible, and, with Henry Wace, the Dictionary of Christian Biography.

Samuel Cheetham was Archdeacon of Southwark and Professor of Pastoral Theology in King's College, London. He also served as Chaplain of Dulwich College, and was a former fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge.