The Encyclopedia of Christianity, Volume 1 (A-D)
Contributors: Erwin Fahlbusch (Editor); Geoffrey W. Bromiley (Editor); David B. Barrett (Editor); Jan Milic Lochman (Editor); John Mbiti (Editor); Jaroslav Jan Pelikan (Editor); Lukas Vischer (Editor)
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: December 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 893
ISBN-13: 9780802824134
Subjects: Christianity; Reference works; Religion; Religion - Commentaries / Reference; Reference; Enyclopedias; Christianity - General; Christianity - History - General
First sentence: The words "abbot" and "abbess" come from Aram. abba (father).