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Bellefontaine, Ohio. Bellefontaine (/ bɛlˈfaʊntən / bel-FOWN-tən[5]) is a city in, and the county seat of, Logan County, Ohio, United States, [6] located 48 miles (77 km) northwest of Columbus. The population was 14,115 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Bellefontaine micropolitan area, which includes all of Logan County.
Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families is a nonfiction book by J. Anthony Lukas, published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1985, that examines race relations in Boston, Massachusetts, through the prism of desegregation busing. [1] It received the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, [2] the National Book Award for ...
Church of the Brethren, Bellefontaine, Ohio, United States. From the end of the Second World War to the present, Brethren have continued to be active in service and missions around the world. Differences have also remained, with Brethren individuals, churches, and districts disagreeing about issues including Biblical authority, ordination of ...
The World Council of Churches (WCC) is a worldwide Christian inter-church organization founded in 1948 to work for the cause of ecumenism. [1] Its full members today include the Assyrian Church of the East, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, most jurisdictions of the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Union of Utrecht, the Lutheran World Federation, the Anglican Communion, the Mennonite churches, the ...
Catacombs. A procession in the San Callistus catacombs in Rome, painted by Alberto Pisa. Catacombs are man-made underground passages primarily used for religious purposes, particularly for burial. Any chamber used as a burial place is considered a catacomb, although the word is most commonly associated with the Roman Empire. [1][2]
Lewistown (also Lewis Town or Lewiston) [2] is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in central Washington Township, Logan County, Ohio, United States. [2] As of the 2020 census, the population was 202. Until the 1829 Treaty of Lewistown, the community was the site of a Shawnee Native American reservation, also called ...
The full name of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer is The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the Church of England, Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be Sung or said in churches: And the Form and Manner of Making, ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and ...
The World Book Encyclopedia is an American encyclopedia. [1] World Book was first published in 1917. Since 1925, a new edition of the encyclopedia has been published annually. [1] Although published online in digital form for a number of years, World Book is currently the only American encyclopedia which also still provides a print edition. [2]