The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-29
RELIGIOUS ENCYCLOPEDIA.


Associate Editor. and the following de.
partment editors: Clarence Augustine
Beckwith, DID, Department OF Sys-
tematic Theology; Henry King Carroll
LID. Department OF Minor Denomina
tions; James Francis Driscol D. u, De
partner, of Liturgics and Rellgious
Ph.D., LID. Department OF the old
Testament; Henry sylvester Nash, ID.
Department OF the New Testament, Al
bert Henry Newman ID, LID. Dc.
partmcnt OF Church History: and Frank
Horace Vizetclly. F.S.A.. Department
OF Pronunciation and Typography, In
Twelve Volumes. This Book Being Vol
ume iutprand-MoIalitics. Funk
& Wagnalls Company. New for.
The seventh volume of this great Gu
cyclopcdia OF religious knowledge treats
of 610 topics. the number of collabo-
rators is l4l, the number of pages, 52O.
1t is the plan of The publishers to issue
volume every three months. and five
mere are vet to appear to complete this
twelve volume work. The range of sub
iects trated in volume seven is from
Liutprand' to Moralities, and is
especially notable for important arti-
cles. among which should be mentioned:
"Lutherans (l5 pages), conjointly
written by DR.. Frobocss, director of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Prus-
sis. and DR.. Spaeth of the Lutheran
Seminary. Philadelphia; Methodlsts
t24 pages). by DR.. James NJ. Buckley;
FThe Mennonites Go pages). the
Joint work OF Professor Cremer of the
University Of Greifswald and DR., j ohm
Horsch; "Tbe Lord 5 supper az
fessor Rietschel, the latter of tho Uni
versity of Leinsic, 1.-The Mass ~ (l6
pages). by Professors Kattenbusch and
Omissions to the Heathen" GA pages),
by Or. Grundemann of Morz, Prussia,
and Dr. Warneck, professor of science
of missions, University of Halle.
Probably the article which Will at
tract most general attention is that on
"Marriage,' covering in brief. but
rich detail, every phase of the histori-
cal, ethical, ecclesiastical, and religious
aspects of the subject, AS would be
expected in religious encyclopedia.
the moral and ethical conceptions of the
marriage relationship are given most
thorough and learned treatment. The
moral and ethical aspects of the sub
iect have been written by the late
Professor Gottschick of the University
of Tubingen, while the ecclesiastical
rulings, both of the Protestant and Ro-
man Catholic churches have been con
trlbuted by Professor Schling of the
University, Of Erlangen Mixed
Of divorced persons and "consan-
guinity in marriage" from ecclesiastl-
cal viewpoints are fully explained.
Next in importance must be regarded
the very exhaustive and highly IN
structive article on "The Lord g Sup
per. - occupying some seventeen pages,
and jointly written by Professor Gre
mer OF the University Of Grelfswald
and Professor Rletschel of the Univer"
sity of Leipsic. Closely allied with
this topic should be considered, at the
same reading. the fourteen-page arti
Gle on HThe Mass written by Pro
fessors Kattenbusch and Drews Of the
University OF Halle,
g Missions to the Heather - occupies
no less than twenty-four pages and
deals in a most thorough way with
Omissions. Catholic and Protestant, to
nonC Christian people, considering espe
cially the basis. history, results, and
methods of this work As an atlas
Of the world would recognize no dis
crim nation In race, creed, color. or
civilization. so this article is a world
chart Of missions designed to spread
Christianity, by all agencies. and to
tionally extensive.
Another concise but all.embracing
article is that on Methodists, +" by
Rev. DR.. James NJ Buckley The arti
Gle, enumerates and elucidates the va
rious shades of belief and practice of
some twenty different types of Metho
dists. "The Lutherans," who are es
pecially strong in the United States.
and long since regarded as "the State
church, in Norway. Sweden, and Den
mark, as we'll as outnumbering all other
Protestant bodies in Germany, are
treated in some fourteen pages, in
which we are told that their total mem
bership is estimated at sixty millions.
"The Mennonites: eighty thousand
strong in the United States, still re:
tain the early Christian practice of
foot washing. They excommunicate any
who marry outside their fold. it is
worthy of passing note that this sect
religiously dominated both New York
City and Philadelphia. in very early
colonial davs.
Mohammed- -Mohammedanism, by
Professor Gilmore of the Bangor
(Mainel Theological Seminary, brings
the reader face to face with the salient
facts in Christianity most bitter and
relentless enemy We are told that
the followers of Mohammed number to-
day two hundred and seventy million,
and that Islam is one of the great mis-
sionary religions OF the world Its
adncrentS are increasing IN west Al
RIGA, in the Congo regions, in Central
Asia, and in Southern India. While
missions implies in the Christian world,
organization, agents, subscriptions, So
cieties. etc, in the Mohammeoan prop
aganda all such auxIliaries are un
known, and still they are aggressive in
extending the bounds of their faith.
Mithraiasm was long a subject of
attack by Christians. 1t is interesting
TO read what is said about it, although
Mithraiasm is now completely negIgi-
BILE.
Foremost among the numerous biog
raphies in this volume must be placed
Martin Luther written by Profes
sor Julius Koestlin, late of the Uni
versity Of Halle "Philipp Melanch-
thon,,' closely associated with Luther
in his Reformation work, has been
written by Professor Otto Kirn of the
University of Leipsic- St Luke, st.
Mark, st. Matthew, Mary the Mother
OF Jesus, Mary Magdalene and other
Bible characters are brify but appre-
ciatingly. chroniclcd Among the more
recent Christian characters we find:
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