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American Catholic Church (Western Orthodox) An American offshoot of the European sect of Old Catholics. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions SEE MISSIONS (AMERICAN BOARD). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

American Board of Catholic Missions Organized at Cincinnati, Ohio, 1920, by a committee appointed by the bishops of the Catholic Church in America, and consisting of the archbishops of Cincinnati, New York, and Philadelphia, and bishops of Omaha and Pittsburgh, to consolidate various missionary activities of the United States under authority of the hierarchy and … Continue reading “American Board of Catholic Missions”

American Bible Union SEE BIBLE SOCIETIES. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

American Bible Society SEE BIBLE SOCIETIES. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

American Baptist Publication Society SEE BAPTISTS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

American Baptist Missionary Union SEE MISSIONS (BAPTIST). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

American and Foreign Christian Union Organized, 1849, by union of the American Protestant Society, Foreign Evangelical Society, and the Christian Alliance, to convert Catholics to Protestantism. It worked in North and South America and Europe, for a number of years, withdrew from France , 1866, and from all Europe, 1873, and ultimately limited its efforts … Continue reading “American and Foreign Christian Union”

American and Foreign Bible Society SEE BIBLE SOCIETIES. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

America, Pre-Columbian Discovery of Of all the alleged discoveries of America before the time of Columbus, only the bold voyages of exploration of the fearless Vikings to Greenland and the American mainland can be considered historically certain. Although there is an inherent probability for the fact of other pre-Columbian discoveries of America, all accounts of … Continue reading “America, Pre-Columbian Discovery of”