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E AVol. V, p. 27 E A. — One of the principal male divinities of the pantheon of the Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians, and of other nations of the ancient Orient. The name…
Eadmer(EADMERO)Vol. V, p. 27 EADMERO. — Benedictine historian and theologian, called “the Cantor,” born between 1060 and 1064, died at Canterbury on 13 January 1124. English by origin and…
Eagle (in Christian Archaeology)(AQUILA (NELL'ARCHEOLOGIA CRISTIANA))Vol. I, p. 1018 AQUILA (IN CHRISTIAN ARCHAEOLOGY). - The eagle appears in early Christian art only as an ornamental motif, as in a cubiculum in the cemetery of Callisto in…
Early Christian Painting(PITTURA CRISTIANA ANTICA)Vol. IX, p. 959 PITTURA CRISTIANA ANTICA: v. ICONOGRAFIA CRISTIANA ANTICA.
Early Christian Symbols(SIMBOLI PALEOCRISTIANI)Vol. XI, p. 376 SIMBOLI PALEOCRISTIANI: v. PERSONIFICAZIONI; PITTURA; SCULTURA.
Earthly Paradise(PARADISO TERRESTRE)Vol. IX, p. 508 PARADISO TERRESTRE. – A most fertile garden, cradle of the human race, prepared by the Creator so that Adam and Eve might lead there, in familiarity with him,…
East New Guinea, Apostolic Vicariate of(NUOVA GUINEA ORIENTALE, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DELLA)Vol. VIII, p. 1185 NUOVA GUINEA ORIENTALE, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of. - Located in the northwestern part of N. G., under Australian mandate and entrusted to the Society of the…
East Prussia(PRUSSIA ORIENTALE)Vol. X, p. 151 EAST PRUSSIA. - GEOGRAPHY. - By this name (Ost-Preussen), in German tradition (E. P. passed to Germany in 1618), was meant the northeastern extremity of the…
Easter(PASQUA)Vol. IX, p. 563 PASQUA. - The major feast of the Israelites and of Christians. It was instituted by Moses to commemorate the exodus of Israel from Egyptian oppression; among…
Eastern Churches(CHIESE ORIENTALI)Vol. III, p. 886 CHIESE ORIENTALI: v. ORIENTALI, CHIESE.
Eastern Schism(SCISMA D'ORIENTE)Vol. XI, p. 91 SCISMA D'ORIENTE: v. COSTANTINOPOLI, PATRIARCATO DI.
