- Abyssinian Church
- Armenian Church
- Roman Catholic Church
- Papacy
- Orthodox Eastern Church
- Reformation
- England, Church of
- Ireland, Church of Scotland, Church of
- Scotland, Episcopal Church in
- Lutherans
- Baptists
- Presbyterianism
- Cameronians
- Congregationalism
- Methodism
- Friends, Society of
- Calvinistic Methodists
- Disciples of Christ
- German Baptist Brethren
- Mennonites
- Moravian Brethren
- Doukhobors
- German Catholics
- Old Catholics
- United Brethren
- United Presbyterian Church
A brief course in theology and dogma is contained in the following articles:
Theology (Vol. 26, p. 772; equivalent to 45 pages in this Guide), by the Rev. Dr. Robert Mackintosh of Lancashire Independent College, Manchester.
- Atonement
- Baptism
- Confession
- Confirmation
- Conversion
- Dogmatic Theology
- Eschatology
- Eucharist
- Excommunication
- Grace
- Immaculate Conception
- Infallibility
- Inspiration
- Penance
- Predestination
- Purgatory
- Sin
- Transubstantiation
- Worship
On Religious Orders:
- Abbey
- Friars
- Monasticism
- Monk
- Nun
- Sisterhoods
and see also the names of different orders and hundreds of biographical articles on saints and heretics, preachers and theologians.
The following alphabetical list includes only a part of the articles in the Britannica on religious topics; but it will serve to show the value of the book to a clergyman in his own field:
- Abbess
- Abbey
- Abbot
- Abbreviators
- Abecedarians
- Abgar
- Ablution
- Abrahamites
- Absolution
- Abstemii
- Abyssinian Church
- Acephali
- Acerra
- Acoemeti
- Acolyte
- Adamites
- Adiaphorists
- Adoptianism
- Advent
- Adventists, Second
- Advocatus Diaboli
- Agape
- Agapemonites
- Agapetae
- Agapetus
- Agnoetae
- Agnosticism
- Agnus Dei
- Agrapha
- Alb
- Albigenses
- Allah
- All Saints
- All Souls Day
- Allocution
- Almoner
- Almuce
- Altar
- Ambrosians
- Ambrosiaster
- Amen
- Amice
- Amora
- Ampulla
- Anabaptists
- Anathema
- Angel
- Angelus
- Anglican Communion
- Anglo-Israelite Theory
- Annates
- Annunciation
- Anthropomorphism
- Antichrist
- Antinomians
- Antitype
- Apocalypse, Knights of
- Apologetics
- Apostasy
- Apostle
- Apostolic Canons
- Apostolic Fathers
- Apostolical Constitutions
- Apostolici
- Apotactites
- Apotheosis
- Aquarii
- Arabici
- Archbishop
- Archdeacon
- Arches, Court of
- Archimandrite
- Archpriest
- Aristides, Apology of
- Arius
- Ark
- Armenian Church
- Artemon
- Asaph
- Ascension, Feast of
- Asceticism
- Ascitans
- Ash-Wednesday
- Asperges
- Assassins
- Assumption, Feast of
- Asterius of Cappadocia
- Atheism
- Athos, Mount
- Atonement
- Attrition
- Augsburg, Confession of
- Augustinians
- Augustinians Canons
- Augustinian Hermits
- Autocephalous
- Auto da Fé
- Auxentius of Cappadocia
- Azan
- Azymites
- Bábiism
- Babylonian Captivity
- Bagimond’s Roll
- Bairam
- Bambino, Il
- Bangorian Controversy
- Baphomet
- Baptism
- Baptists
- Basel, Confession of
- Basel, Council of
- Basilian Monks
- Beatification
- Beguines
- Benedictines
- Benediction
- Benedictus
- Bethlehemites
- Bible Christians
- Bidding-Prayer
- Biretta
- Bishop
- Black Veil
- Bogomils
- Bollandists
- Boy’s Brigade
- Breviary
- Bridgebuilding Brotherhood
- Bridgittines
- Brothers of Common Life
- Cadi
- Calf, The Golden
- Calvary
- Calvinistic Ministers
- Camaldulians
- Cameronians
- Candlemas
- Canon
- Canoness
- Canon Law
- Canonization
- Capuchins
- Cardinal
- Carmathians
- Carmelites
- Carnival
- Carthage, Synods of
- Carthusians
- Cassock
- Catechism
- Catechumen
- Cathars
- Catholic
- Catholic Apostolic Church
- Celestines
- Celibacy
- Cenobites
- Cerdonians
- Chalcedon, Council of
- Chaldee
- Chalice
- Chambre Ardente
- Chant
- Chantry
- Chapel
- Chapter
- Chaplain
- Chasuble
- Chiliasm
- Chimere
- Chrism
- Christ
- Christadelphians
- Christian Catholic Church
- Christian Connection
- Christian Endeavour Societies
- Christianity
- Christian Science
- Christmas
- Church
- Church Army
- Church Congress
- Church History
- Churching of Women
- Churchwarden
- Ciborium
- Cistercians
- Clares, Poor
- Clergy
- Clerk
- Clementine Literature
- Cluny
- Cohen
- Commendation
- Common Order, Book of
- Conclave
- Concord, Book of
- Concordat
- Confession
- Confessional
- Confessor
- Confirmation
- Confirmation of Bishops
- Congregation
- Congregationalism
- Consistory
- Consistory Courts
- Constance, Council of
- Constantinople, Councils of
- Consuetudinary
- Convent
- Conversion
- Convocation
- Cope
- Copts
- Corban
- Corporal
- Corpus Christi, Feast of
- Council
- Cowl
- Cowley Fathers
- Creatianism and Traducianism
- Credence
- Creeds
- Cross and Crucifixion
- Crozier
- Culdees
- Curia Romana
- Curate
- Cyprus, Church of
- Dalmatic
- Davidists
- Deacon
- Deaconess
- Dean
- Decretals
- Dedication
- Deism
- Dervish
- Devil
- Didache, The
- Diocese
- Diognetus, Epistle to
- Dionysius Areopagiticus
- Diptych
- Dirge
- Disciples of Christ
- Dispensation
- Dissenter
- Docetae
- Dogma
- Dogmatic Theology
- Dominicans
- Donation of Constantine
- Donatists
- Dort, Synod of
- Dossal
- Doukhobors
- Doxology
- Easter
- Ebionites
- Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
- Ecclesiastical Commissioners
- Elder
- Elvira, Synod of
- Ember Days
- Encyclical
- Energia
- England, Church of
- Enthusiasm
- Ephesus, Council of
- Ephod
- Epiphany, Feast of
- Episcopacy
- Eschatology
- Essenes
- Establishment
- Eucharist
- Evangelical Alliance
- Evangelical Association
- Evangelical Church Conference
- Evangelical Union
- Exarch
- Excommunication
- Exorcist
- Extreme Unction
- Fakir
- Faldstool
- Familists
- Fasting
- Fathers of the Church
- Feasts and Festivals
- Febronianism
- Ferrara-Florence, Council of
- Flagellants
- Font
- Franciscans
- Frankincense
- Fraticelli
- Free Baptists, or Freewill Baptists
- Free Church of England
- Free Church of Scotland
- Free Church Federation
- Friars
- Friends, Society of
- Gallicanism
- Gaon
- German Baptist Brethren, or German Brethren (U. S. A.)
- German Catholics
- German Evangelical Synod of North America
- Ghazi
- Giaour
- Glasites
- Glory
- Gnosticism
- Golden Rose
- Good Friday
- Grace
- Gradual
- Grandmontines
- Great Awakening
- Gustavus Adolphus Union
- Habdala
- Haggada
- Hagiology
- Hajj
- Halakha
- Halfway Covenant
- Halisah
- Hallel
- Hanukkah
- Haptara
- Harem
- Hebrew Religion
- Heidelberg Catechism
- Helvetic Confessions
- Hemerobaptists
- Heresy
- Hermas, Shepherd of
- Hermeneutics
- Hermit
- Hesychasts
- Hierarchy
- Hieronymites
- High Place
- Hippolytus, The Canons of
- Holy
- Holy Water
- Holy Week
- Homiletics
- Homily
- Hospice
- Houri
- Hours, Canonical
- Housel
- Humanitarians
- Humiliati
- Hussites
- Hymns
- Hypostasis
- Iblis
- Icon
- Iconoclasts
- Ignorantines
- Illuminati
- Image
- Imam
- Imitation of Christ, The
- Immaculate Conception
- Immortality
- In Coena Domini
- Incumbent
- Independents
- Index Librorum Prohibitorum
- Indulgence
- Indult
- Infallibility
- Innocents’ Day
- Inquisition, The
- Inspiration
- Installation
- Institutional Church
- Interim
- Interdict
- Investiture
- Ireland, Church of
- Islam
- Jacobite Church
- Jansenism
- Jehovah
- Jerahmeel
- Jerusalem, Synod of
- Jesuati
- Jesuits
- Jesus Christ
- Jews
- Jihad
- Jubilee, Year
- Jubilee, Year of
- Ka’ba
- Kabbalah
- Kermesse
- Keswick Convention
- Kismet
- Koran
- Koreshan Ecclesia, The
- Kosher or Kasher
- Kyrie
- Labour Church, The
- Lamb
- Lambeth Conferences
- Laodicea, Synod of
- Lateran Councils
- Laud
- Lavabo
- Lay
- Laymen, Houses of
- Lazarites
- Lazarus, St., Order of
- Lection, Lectionary
- Lector
- Legate
- Lent
- Libellatici
- Liber Diurnus
- Liber Pontificalis
- Libertines
- Lights, Ceremonial use of
- Limbus
- Limina Apostolorum
- Lincoln Judgment, The
- Litany
- Liturgy
- Logia
- Low Churchman
- Low Sunday
- Lutheran
- Luther League
- Lyons, Councils of
- Mahdi
- Mahommedan Institutions
- Mahommedan Law
- Mahommedan Religion
- Mandaeans
- Manichaeism
- Maniple
- Manse
- Marabout
- Marburg, Colloquy of
- Marcion and the Marcionite Church
- Maronites
- Marprelate Controversy
- Martyr
- Martyrology
- Matins
- Maundy Thursday
- Maurists
- Mechitharists
- Melchites
- Mendicant Movement and Orders
- Mennonites
- Messiah
- Methodism
- Methodist New Connexion
- Metropolitan
- Midrash
- Millennium
- Minister
- Miracle
- Miserere
- Missal
- Missions
- Mitre
- Moderator
- Monarchianism
- Monasticism
- Monk
- Monophysites
- Monothelites
- Monsignor
- Monstrance
- Montanism
- Moravian Brethren
- Mormons
- Morse
- Mortuary
- Mozarab
- Muckers
- Mufti
- Mysticism
- Mythology
- Nazarenes
- Necrology
- Neo-Caesarea, Synod of
- Neophyte
- Nestorians
- New Jerusalem Church
- New Year’s Day
- Nicaea, Councils of
- Nîmes, Councils of
- Nonconformist
- Nosairis
- Novice
- Nun
- Nuncio
- Oblation
- Oecumenical
- Offertory
- Official
- Old Catholics
- Olivetans
- Ophites
- Oratory
- Oratory of St. Philip Neri, Congregation of the
- Order, Holy
- Orphrey
- Orthodox Eastern Church
- Pallium or Pall
- Palm Sunday
- Pantheism
- Party Royal
- Passion Week
- Pastoral Letter
- Pastoral Staff
- Patarenes
- Paten
- Patriarch
- Patron
- Paulicians
- Pax
- Pectoral
- Peculiar
- Peculiar People
- Pelagius
- Penance
- Penitential
- Penitentiary
- Pentecost
- Peter’s Pence
- Pew
- Philadelphians
- Phylactery
- Piarists
- Pietism
- Pilgrim
- Pilgrimage
- Pirke Aboth
- Pisa, Council of
- Pistoia, Synod of
- Plymouth Brethren
- Poissy, Colloquy of
- Pope
- Prayer, Book of Common
- Prayers for the Dead
- Preaching
- Prebendary
- Precentor
- Preconization
- Predestination
- Prelate
- Premonstratensians
- Presbyter
- Presbyterianism
- Primate
- Primitive Methodist Church
- Prior
- Procession
- Procession Path
- Prolocutor
- Proselyte
- Protestant
- Protestant Episcopal Church
- Protestantenverein
- Provision
- Purgatory
- Purim
- Puritanism
- Qaraites
- Quakers
- Quietism
- Rabbi
- Ramadan
- Ranters
- Rawendis
- Rector
- Recusant
- Reformed Churches
- Reformed Church in America (Dutch)
- Reformed Church in U. S. A. (German)
- Reformed Episcopal Church
- Regium Donum
- Regular
- Relics
- Religion
- Remonstrants
- Requiem
- Reredos
- Retable
- Reverend
- Ritual
- River Brethren
- Robber, Synod
- Rochet
- Rogation Days
- Roman Catholic Church
- Rood
- Rosary
- Rota, Court of
- Rubric
- Rum
- Sabbation
- Sabians
- Sacerdotalism
- Sacrament
- Sacramentals
- Sacramentarians
- Sacrarium
- Sacred Heart
- Saint John of Jerusalem
- Salvation Army
- Saragossa, Councils of
- Sardica, Council of
- Schism
- Scillitan Martyrs
- Scotland, Church of
- Scotland, Episcopal Church in
- Sect
- Secular
- See
- Sepulchre, Canons Regular of the Holy
- Servites
- Sexton
- Shakers
- Shiites
- Shrine
- Shrove Tuesday
- Silvestrines
- Sin
- Sion College
- Sisterhoods
- Skoptsi
- Soutane
- Spanish Reformed Church
- Sponsor
- Stations of the Cross
- Stigmatization
- Stole
- Suffragan
- Sufiism
- Sunnites
- Supererogation
- Superintendent
- Surplice
- Syllabus
- Symbol
- Synagogue
- Synagogue, United
- Synazarium
- Syncellus
- Synedrium
- Synod
- Talmud
- Tanna
- Targum
- Templars
- Tenebræ
- Tertiaries
- Testamentum Domini
- Tetragrammaton
- Teutonic Order
- Theism
- Theocracy
- Theology
- Theosophy
- Therapeutae
- Thurible
- Tiara
- Tithes
- Toledo, Councils of
- Tonsure
- Transubstantiation
- Trappists
- Trent, Council of
- Trinitarians
- Trinity Sunday
- Tunicle
- Ulema
- Ultramontanism
- Unction
- Unitarianism
- United Brethren in Christ
- United Free Church of Scotland
- United Methodist Church
- United Methodist Free Churches
- United Presbyterian Church
- Universalist Church
- Ursulines
- Vallombrosians
- Vatican, Council of
- Venerable
- Verger
- Vespers
- Vestments
- Viaticum
- Vicar
- Vienne, Council of
- Vigil
- Wahhabis
- Waldenses
- Wesleyan Methodist Church
- Westminister Synods
- Whitsunday, or Pentecost
- Worship
- Yezidis
- Young Men’s Christian Association
- Zenana