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  Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Canon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Canon law, all legislation adopted by an ecumenical council of the Catholic or Eastern Orthodox churches
Canon, a collection of texts accepted by a religious community as authoritative or divinely inspired, such as:
Canon (fiction), the body of works that are considered to be "genuine" or "official" within a certain fictional universe
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Canon   (168 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Corpus Juris Canonici   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
In the Western Church three collections of canons have exercised an influence far beyond the limits of the country in which they were composed; they are the "Collectio Dionysiana", the lengthy Irish collection (Hibernensis), and the "Decretals" of Pseudo-Isidore.
The collections of Gregory IX (Libri quinque Decretalium) and of Boniface VIII (Liber Sextus) are moreover exclusive.
It is customary to quote these collections by indicating the number of the chapter, the title of the collection, the heading of the title, the number of the book and the title.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/04391a.htm   (2908 words)

  
 Canon
Canon (hymnography), a type of Eastern Orthodox hymn
Canon is another name for the stringed instruments the psaltery and the qanĂșn
Literary canon is also understood as the body of work attributed to an author that is widely accepted as genuine.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/c/ca/canon.html   (259 words)

  
 THDL: Projects & Participants
In addition, there are important new collections from across the Himalayas that will result from our integration with Digital Himalaya, and include collaborations with Alan Macfarlane and Sarah Harrison of Cambridge, Mark Turin and Sara Shneiderman of Cornell, and David Holmberg and Kathryn March of Cornell.
A central aspect of the audio-video collections involves the establishment of the Tibet University Transcription Center for the transcription of audio and video materials using Tibetan script.
Portions of the THDL Medicine Collections are being developed with the cooperation of the University of Virginia's Center for Complementary and Alternative Therapies, one of the original NIH-funded Centers to stimulate research in complementary and alternative medicines, directed by Dr. Ann Taylor.
www.thdl.org /intro/participants-projects.html   (3517 words)

  
 The Canon Episcopi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
While in Trier, he assembled a monumental collection of Church and canon law, including various rules and regulations and lists of sins to be avoided.
The Canon is mentioned in nearly every scholarly study written in the last century about the history of the Witch trials or the Inquisition.
Perhaps we’re looking at the Church’s superstitions in the early tenth century; or perhaps at the Church’s limited understanding of a rival religious path; or at bits of folklore which were, for various reasons, strongly disapproved of by the Church.
home.mn.rr.com /bichaunt/canon.html   (2153 words)

  
 The Theology/Philosophy/Canon Law Library
The collections are oriented to Roman Catholic and Eastern Catholic religious materials as well as Greek, Scholastic, and Phenomenological philosophies.
The especially strong Canon Law collection as well as extensive holdings in theology, church history, biblical studies, and religious education attract inquiries from around the country.
There are also collections of material on the Orthodox Church, Judaism, Anglicanism, Protestantism, and other religions where needed to support the collection.
libraries.cua.edu /relicoll/index.html   (295 words)

  
 Bible Difficulties
Most pastors who have been to seminary will have studied biblical Hebrew and Greek and will have an extensive collection of commentaries.
A History of the Synoptic Problem : The Canon, the Text, the Composition, and the Interpretation of the Gospels (The Anchor Bible Reference Library) by David Laird Dungan
The Canon of Scripture by Frederick Fyvie Bruce
www.apocalipsis.org /difficulties.htm   (2228 words)

  
 4U Coin - Coin Photos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
These collectable coins, made from the actual missile skins are pioneering the use of dismantled nuclear weapons for civil purposes.
The Will Rogers Center was built for the 1936 Texas Centennial
Canon G3 Digital Coin Photos (C) 2004 Randy Steele.
www.4u-coin.com /coinphotos   (645 words)

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