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  • Calvinism

    Calvinism and Law The issue of ‘Calvinism and Law’ is a much-debated theme. It played a huge role in the historical debates around the Barmen Declaration (1934) in Germany and the Belhar Confession (1982) in South Africa. It prompts immediately vibrant discussions on civil disobedience and the relation between church and state and minorities and…

  • Protestantism

    Hierarchical Display of Protestantism Social Questions > Culture and religion > Religion > ChristianityLaw > Sources and branches of the law > Legal science > Internal law of religions > Protestant church law Concept of Protestantism See the dictionary definition of Protestantism. […]

  • Protestantism

    Hierarchical Display of Protestantism Social Questions > Culture and religion > Religion > ChristianityLaw > Sources and branches of the law > Legal science > Internal law of religions > Protestant church law Concept of Protestantism See the dictionary definition of Protestantism. […]

  • THEOLOGY

    THEOLOGY The scholarly and critical study of religious beliefs. There has been an increasing use of the social sciences within academic theology during the twentieth century. Traditionally, theologians have related to the dominant philosophies of many ages and cultures and, at least since the […]

  • THEOLOGY

    THEOLOGY The scholarly and critical study of religious beliefs. There has been an increasing use of the social sciences within academic theology during the twentieth century. Traditionally, theologians have related to the dominant philosophies of many ages and cultures and, at least since the […]

  • Common Topics

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  • Abolition

    Description of Abolition In this reference work, abolition is a sort of the Civil law, Legal History category. Resources See Also Abolish Resources See Also Nolle Prosequi Slaves Civil law Legal History

  • Presbyterians

    Contributions, Presbyterians, Methodists From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Contributions, Presbyterians, Methodists (1): Where certain persons by contributions built a church and the title was taken and held by the Presbyterians who permitted all other denominations to […]

  • Lexicon Juris Civilis et Canonici

    Lexicon Juris Civilis et Canonici: sive potius, commentarius de verborum quae ad utrumquae jus pertinent significatione Details of the Dictionary: Lexicon Juris Civilis et Canonici: sive potius, commentarius de verborum quae ad utrumquae jus pertinent significatione Publisher: Lyon (France): Apud G. Rovillium Year of Publication: 1567 About the Author: Pardoux Duprat (1520-1569) In the words…

  • Lexicon Juris Civilis et Canonici

    Lexicon Juris Civilis et Canonici: sive potius, commentarius de verborum quae ad utrumquae jus pertinent significatione Details of the Dictionary: Lexicon Juris Civilis et Canonici: sive potius, commentarius de verborum quae ad utrumquae jus pertinent significatione Publisher: Lyon (France): Apud G. Rovillium Year of Publication: 1567 About the Author: Pardoux Duprat (1520-1569) In the words…

  • History of Sociology

    History of the Sociology As a discipline, or body of systematized knowledge, sociology is of relatively recent origin. The concept of civil society as a realm distinct from the state was expressed in the writings of the 17th century English philosophers Thomas Hobbes and John Locke and of the later thinkers of the French and…