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Church history

Academic discipline studying the history of Christianity

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  • Innocence attacked from four corners by "Iudex", "Persequutiō", "Avaritia" and "Invidia"; Justice looks down from above. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • The Roman emperor Valens pours money into a coffer; an officer is arrested and led to prison. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • A clergyman in a coffin holding a crozier is surrounded by a group of mourners. Line block.
  • Men worship an ass bearing a religious image; alluding to both Aesop's fable of the ass and idol worship in Arianism and contemporary Catholicism. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • A bear overturns a barrel and is stung by bees; representing Aesop's fable. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • Birds attacking an owl resting upon a staff held by a naked woman; representing patience. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • Allegorical figures hold up two scrolls, separated by a spider's web: one shows a straight line between "Charitas" and "Iustitia"; the other a crooked line between "Invidia" and "Avaritia". Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • A withered tree bearing apples labelled with sins; representing the life of the base, 'natural' man. Etching, 1771, after J. Bakewell.
  • The soul being refined like metal in a crucible by an angel, Satan, Venus and Death; representing a test of faith. Etching by C. Murer, ca. 1600-1614.
  • A man scatters seeds; representing the Biblical parable of the sower; here referring to the "ministry of the word", preaching. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
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    Archief voor kerkelijke geschiedenis, inzonderheid van Nederland

    | Date: 1829-1840
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    Nederlandsch archief voor kerkgeschiedenis

    | Date: 1900-©2006
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    • Online

    Nieuw archief voor kerkelijke geschiedenis inzonderheid van Nederland

    | Date: 1852-1854
    • E-journals
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    Nederlandsch archief voor kerkelijke geschiedenis

    | Date: 1[841-1849]
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    A church with the soul of a nation : making and remaking the United Church of Canada / Phyllis D. Airhart.

    Airhart, Phyllis D., 1953- | Date: [2014]

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