Religious denominations in the United States, their past history, present condition, and doctrines, accurately set forth in fifty-three ... articles written by eminent clerical and lay authors ... together with complete and well-digested statistics. To which is added a historical summary of religious denominations in England and Scotland.
Contributors: Rupp, I. Daniel 1803-1878, ed.; Charles Desilver (Firm)
Series: Communal societies in America
Publisher: AMS Press
Published: 1975
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 656
Subjects: Christian sects -- United States.; Church statistics -- United States.; Christian sects -- Great Britain.
Other titles: Cyclopaedia of religious denominations.; History of religious denominations in England and Scotland.
Notes: The first section is a revision of He pasa ekklesia, compiled by I. D. Rupp and published in 1844. The second section (which has special t.p.: History of religious denominations in England and Scotland) is apparently an abridgment of Cyclopaedia of religious denominations, published in 1853 by J. J. Griffin, London.
Reprint of the 1861 ed. published by C. Desilver, Philadelphia.