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Christianity

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = Baillie

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

Christian Hope and Personal Destiny, c1945-1960

 Item
Identifier: BAI 1/6/5
Scope and Contents Broadcast by John Baillie examining the issue of resurrection within Christianity.
Dates: c1945-1960

Collection of Works of Rev. Thomas A. Pye

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-516
Scope and Contents The works of the Rev. Thomas A. Pye consist of:The Jesus Christ of Greeceon Socrates,A comparison of Aristotelian and Christian ethics,The seal of Roman Law on early Christianity, andThe influence of Christianity on Roman Law.
Dates: 20th century

Conversion, c1955

 Item
Identifier: BAI 1/4/1/6
Scope and Contents Lecture by John Baillie, examining the issue of Conversion within Christianity.
Dates: c1955

Dogmatics, c1920

 Item
Identifier: BAI 1/1/9
Scope and Contents A notebook with incomplete writing on dogmatics, explaining the concept, looking at different religions, apologetics within Christianity and the relationship between dogmatics and piety.
Dates: c1920

General addresses, c1912-c1955

 Sub-Series
Identifier: BAI 1/4/3
Scope and Contents Lectures and addresses given by John Baillie to various audiences throughout his professional life. Includes lectures on the church and international affairs, priesthood and the modern world, Christianity in Scotland, the ecumenical movement, ethics in relation to nuclear weapons, agnosticism, education and theology and war.
Dates: c1912-c1955

Japanese manuscript entitled "Kirishitan Oshirabe Isshi" ("On the Innocence of Non-Christians"), Bunsei 11 [1828]

 Item — Box CLX-A-1591
Identifier: Coll-1848/20-0090
Scope and Contents A manuscript document written in 1828 declaring the religious Innocence of a Japanese family comprised of eleven people (six women and five men). Christianity was banned in Japan in 1612 by the Tokugawa shogunate, and the ban was only lifted in 1873 under the government of Emperor Meiji, who had gained power following the opening of Japan to trade by Commodore Matthew Perry in 1854. Until the lift of the ban, Japanese citizens were required to register annually at their local temple as...
Dates: Bunsei 11 [1828]

Letter and portrait relating to William Chalmers Burns

 Fonds
Identifier: MS BURN
Scope and Contents This collection contains two different items: a letter (and its envelope) sent from Rong Lin to Sir William Chalmers Burns, and a photograph portraying a Chinese carpenter and Christian convert named Chu Ting Yü.1. The photograph is a portrait of Chu Ting Yü, carpenter and convert to Christianity. He knew Rev. William Chalmers Burns and allegedly made his coffin when Burns died in 1868. Photograph 13 x 9 cm. mounted on card 17 x 11 cm, and dated 18 September 1889.2. Letter from Rong...
Dates: 18 September 1889; c [1864-1868]

Liber Christianae religionis by Thomas of Ireland, 1464

 part
Identifier: MS 78/ff. 63r-81v
Contents Thomas of Ireland (c.1265 - c.1329), also known as Thomas Hibernicus, came from county Kildare in Ireland and became a Fellow of the College of the Sorbonne, in Paris. At his death, he bequeathed the books he had written to the Sorbonne, including the work De Christianae religionis, which deals with what he classifies as the three fundamental points of Christian religion: faith, obedience to the Ten Commandments and avoidance of the seven deadly sins. For this...
Dates: 1464

Material relating to Bishop Kenneth Cragg, and to religious subjects

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1757
Content Description The ms and ts/printed items are: 1 x copy ts sheet 'Islam in India' [1961 statistics], 1p 1 x ts paper, untitled, but concerned with 'talks about Islam', and referring to 'four fortnightly evening meetings, sponsored jointly by the Student Christian Movement and the Islamic Cultural Centre ... held at the Student Movement House in London' [1963], 7pp 1 x copy sheet 'Christian/Muslim Conversations. Summary of the Results',...
Dates: 1961-2003

New College Cartoon: Blik's 7

 Collection
Identifier: GD59
Scope and Contents Series of five cartoon strips entitled 'Blik's 7' based on the artwork of Muir Donaldson and satirical and creative work of Bill Armstrong, Andrew MacLean and Bryan Low, who were all students at New College Edinburgh. At the time of their creation, the strips were intended to be anonymous. The cartoons satirise theologians and Christianity in general. The five cartoon strips are: 1. "Blik's 7. Genesis" 2. "Blick's 7. Exodus" 3. "Blyk's 7. Levitical Wars" 4. "Blyq's 7. The Numbers Game" and 5....
Dates: 1978 - 1979