P. 7.—“Huguenots,” hūˈgē-nots. The name applied to the French Reformers. Its origin is uncertain, some asserting that it was derived from one of the gates of the city of Tours, named Hugons, where the Protestants held their first assemblies. Others say it came from the name of their first leader, Hugues.
P. 8.—“Dominican Order.” An order founded by St. Dominic, in 1216; “John Ruysbroek,” roisˈbrek.
P. 12.—“Wittenberg,” vitˈten-bairg. A town in Prussia, in which there is an immense bronze statue of Luther, and not far from it one of Melancthon. It is the seat of a great university.
“St. Victor.” A monastery in Paris.
P. 13.—“Origen.” (185-253.) One of the fathers of the church, noted for his unwearied diligence and life of self-denial. For two years, during the persecution under Maximin, he lay concealed in a friend’s house, and here wrote his “Hexapla.” In the Decian persecution he was imprisoned and subjected to extreme torture. Many of his valuable writings have been lost.
“Alexandrian school.” A name applied to the philosophers of Alexandria in the second century. It aimed to harmonize all philosophy and all religion.
P. 14.—“Thomas à Kempis. (1379-1471.) A German writer, a prior in the monastery of Mount St. Agnes.
“Kaisersheim,” kīˈzers-hīmeˌ; “Rheinfeld,” rīneˈfelt; “Pfaffenheim,” päfˈfen-hime.
P. 17.—“Boccaccio,” bok-katˈcho. (1313-1375.) An Italian novelist, and friend of Petrarch; “Chrysoloras,” kris-o-loˈras.
P. 18.—“Pa-læ-olˈo-gus;” “Bes-sāˈri-on.”