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The

Concise Lexicon of Christianity

Teachings, worship, rites, sermons, and terminology

Copyright Notices

Here are the copyright notices for any marked quotations

BCP
Quotations marked BCP are from The Book of Common Prayer (1979) of the Episcopal Church of the USA. The US Book of Common Prayer is in the public domain.
GNB
Zitate mit der Bezeichnung GNB sind aus der „Gute Nachricht Bibel‟: Revidierte Fassung 1997 der „Bibel in heutigem Deutsch‟. Durchgesehene Ausgabe in neuer Rechtschreibung. ©2002 Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Stuttgart. Used by permission.
NIV
Bible quotations taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION® NIV® ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by the International Bible Society, used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers. All rights reserved.
NRSV
The Scripture quotations labeled NRSV are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright ©1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America, and are used by permission. All rights reserved.
RFV
The Scripture quotations labeled RFV are fictional. The Reversed Fractured Version does not exist. I just made it up. However, sometimes I wonder.
RSV
Bible quotations taken from Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
WEB
The Scripture quotations labeled WEB are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain. The name World English Bible is a registered trademark of Rainbow Missions, Inc.