The Irish standard., 1895-08-31
3ass DEN NATIGNAL4i lANES. .5:,s i'll III
Compiled for the Gl lobe Democrat.1


DENONrINATIONAI BIS. 81
I, Compiled for the / Globe-D emocrat.)
F,riar comes from frere, a French Wor,
meaning brother. = @ i
q. The Basilians have their name from ST
Il Basil, their founder. n II, 4
q The Buddhists took their name from
Bud ha about 600 b. 81 gsss
Il The abbot takes his name from I'll,
y Syriac word abba, meaning !" father.
Il The, Presbyterians took their mann
from Greek word meaning Elder.
i The Donatists were the followers O
! DOnatus, the bishop of Numid ia. +.
Calvanists are named from their lead
er, John Calvin, born 1909; died, 1864. 3
I The Monothe.sts were SO called because
of their belief in one God and but one.
The French Huguenots We're named
from French religious teacher named
Hugh.
| The Services was religious order
/ founded by seven Florentine merchant
about 1888
The Albigenses were named from the
principal town in their district, a city
called Albi
| The Pur.tans were so named in derision
at their professions OF being purer than
other people.
| The Brahnlin's faith was thus called be-
Brahma.
The Wyclif1tes took their name from
Wycliffe, an English refor1ner, born 1924
died, 1887
The Luciferians, an early Christian
sect, took their name from Lucifer, the
bishop Of CagIiari.
| The Old Catholics were so called by the
German doctor, Dollinger, horn n 1893
died III 1890
The Gisterian Monks took their name
from Citeau, where their order. was first
established.
The F'ranciscans, or Gray Friars, took
! their name from St. Francis, the founder
Of the order.
! The White Quakers, sect founded in
1910, took their name from the color Of
| their clothing.
The Jesuits, or better, "The Society of
Jesus was so called by 1gnacius Loyola,
who died in 1884 -
The Gallican Church was the church Of
the Gauls, or French. It was founded by
Pere Hyacinthe.
Tie Muggletonians took their name
from Muggleton, a selfstyled prophet Of
the seventeenth century.
The Jansenists were the followers Of
Jansenius, the bishop of Ypres, born in
1885; died IN 1888.
The Church Of England was SO called
because it's jurisdiction did not extend
outside of that kingdom.
The Nonsectarians are thus denomi-
mated because they claim to be unfettefed
by the bond of sectarianism.
The Gabrielites had their name from
Gabriel Scherling. They were Ger
man sect of the sixteenth century.
The Labadists, a body of German reli
gionists of the seventeenth century, were
named from their leader, Labadie.
The Apollinarians were thus called be-
cause the originator of their sect was
Apollinarius, the bishop OF Laodicea.
The Plymouth Brethren, a sect founded
m 1880, was named from the city where
their organization was effected.
The Covenanters were so called because
they formed a solemn league and cove
nant against the designs of Charles I.
The Cameronians, Scottish sect, were
called from their leader, Archibald Cam
eron, who was put to death in 1888
The Lollards, a sect Of reformers, were
named from Walter Lollard, or Lorillarl,
who was burned for heresy in 1922.
The Adamites, a sect of the fourteenth
century, were named from one Picard,
who called himself Adam, the Son of
God.
The Baptists had their name from John
the Baptist, they claiming to perform the
rite Of baptism in the manner that he
did.
The Agnostic is so named because he
claims that we can know nothing of the
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The Trappists were so called from La
Trappe the French district in which their
first. monastic establishment was founded.
The word Atheist comes from two
Greek words signifying mo god" An
Atheist is a disbeliever in the existence
of any deity. 4
The Sabbatarians were so called from
their observing the seventh day as the
Sabbath. Their founder was named
Braboune.
The Redemptorist Fathers, also known
as Liguorians, had their name from ST.
Francis Liguori, who founded the order
in 1882.
The 1rvingites had. their name from
Edward Irving, a religious teacher
and md expo a der Of the prophecies; born
The Unitarians were thus named be-
cause they denied the doctrine of the
Trinity. In theory they are opposed 10
the Trinitarians.
The Arians had their name from Arius,
who died A. D. 1886. Their main doctrine
was disbelief in the divine nature OF
Jesus Christ.
The Polytheist took his name from
two Greek words, signifying many gods.
The Polytheist believed in the plurality
of deities.
Idolatry was thus termed from two
Greek words signifying .'the worship of
images" Idolatry is not to be confound
ed with Paganism.
The Benedictine Monks had their name
from their founder, St. Benedict, who
brought the monastic system into Europe
about $50.
The Faith-healers were thus called
from the fact that they claimed by the
exercise of faith and by prayer to heal
all manner of diseases.
The Passionist Fathers took their name