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EARLY CHURCH:
 
EASTER:
 
EBIONITES:
 
ECCLESIASTES:
 
ECCLESIASTICAL:
 
ECCLESIASTICUS:
 
ECKENKAR:
 
ECLECTIC:
 
ECSTASY:
 
ECUMENICAL:
 
ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT:
 
EDDINGTON, Sir Arthur Stanley (1882-1944):
 
EDDY, Mary Baker (1821-1910):
 
EDEN:
 
EDERSHEIM, Alfred (1825-1889):
 
EDHAS:
 
EDWARD VI OF ENGLAND (1537-1553):
 
EDWARDS, Jonathan (1703-1758):
 
EFFABLE:
 
EGOTISM:
 
EIGHTFOLD PATH:
 
EINHEITLICHE WELTANSCHAUUNG:
 
EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955):
 
ELDERS:
 
ELECTION:
 
ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES:
 
ELIADE, Mircea (1907-1988):
 
ELIOT, T.S. (1888-1965):
 
ELOHIST:
 
EMANATIONISM:
 
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EMERSON, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882):
 
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ENGELS, Friedrich (1820-1895):
 
ENGLAND, CHURCH OF:
 
ENLIGHTENMENT [1]:
 
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EPHESUS:
 
EPHESUS, COUNCIL OF:
 
EPICTETUS (60-138 B.C.):
 
EPICUREANISM:
 
EPICURUS (341-270 B.C.):
 
EPIPHANY:
 
EPIPHENOMENALISM:
 
EPISTEMOLOGY:
 
EQUALITY:
 
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ERASMUS, Desiderius (1469-1536):
 
ERHARD SEMINAR TRAINING:
 
ERHARD, Werner (1935-):
 
ERIGENA, Johannes Scotus (815?-877):
 
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ETHICS:
 
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EUCHARIST:
 
EUCLID (300 B.C.):
 
EUHEMERISM:
 
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EVANGEL:
 
EVANGELICAL:
 
EVANGELIST:
 
EVANGELIZATION:
 
EVANS-PRITCHARD, Edward Evan (1902-1973):
 
EVIL:
 
EVIL EYE:
 
EVOLUTION:
 
EX CATHEDRA:
 
EX NIHILO:
 
EX OPERE OPERATO:
 
EXCLUDED MIDDLE:
 
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EXEGESIS:
 
EXISTENCE:
 
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EZEKIEL (6th century B.C.):
 
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PELAGIANISM:

the teachings of the British Monk PELAGIUS and his school concerning the relationship between divine GRACE and the FREE WILL. Pelagius seems to have denied the doctrine of ORIGINAL SIN arguing that it denied the FREEDOM of the WILL. AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO attacked Pelagius saying that he taught humans can SAVE themselves and, therefore, do not need DIVINE grace.

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