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BETHLEHEMITES , a name See also:borne at different times by three orders in the See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church. (1) A community of friars at See also:Cambridge, in 1257, whose See also:habit was distinguished from that of the See also:ordinary See also:Dominicans by a five-rayed red See also:star (in reference to Matt. ii. 9 f). (2) An See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order of See also:knighthood similar to the Knights of St See also:John, established by See also:Pius II. in 1459 to resist the inroads of the See also:Turks. (3) The Bethlehemite Order of See also:Guatemala, a See also:nursing community founded in 16so by Pedro Betancourt (d. 1667), extended by the See also:brothers Rodrigo and See also:Antonio of the See also:Cross, and raised to an order by See also:Innocent NI. in 1687. They wore a See also:dress like that of the See also:Capuchins, and See also:Clement XI. in 1707 gave them the privileges of the meadicant orders. They spread throughout Central See also:America and See also:Mexico and as far See also:south as See also:Lima, and with the order of sisters, founded in 1668 by See also:Anna Maria del Galdo, were conspicuous for their devotion during times of See also:plague and other contagious diseases. This order became See also:extinct about 1850. The name Bethlehemites has also sometimes been given to the See also:Hussites of Bohemia because their See also:leader preached in the See also:Bethlehem church at See also:Prague.
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