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M
M. C.
M.A.
M.A.R
M.A.R.E
M.C.M.
M.Div.
M.R.E.
M.S.M.
M.T.S.
Mace
Macrina the Younger
Madison, James
Madonna
Magna et mirabilia
Magnificat
Magnificat
Magnificat
Mahan, Milo
Maine, Diocese of
Major Feasts
Major Orders
Malania, Leo
Malines Conversations
Mandate
Manicheism, Manichaeism
Maniple
Manning, William Thomas
Manross, William Wilson
Manteo
Manual Acts
Maranatha, or Marana tha
Marbeck, John
Marcionism
Marcionism
Margaret
Mark the Evangelist, Saint
Marks of the Church
Marquette, Diocese of
Marriage
Marshall, John
Martin of Tours
Martyn, Henry
Martyr
Martyrium
Martyrs of Japan, The.
Martyrs of Lyons
Martyrs of New Guinea
Martyrs of Uganda
Mary and Martha of Bethany
Mary Magdalene, Saint
Mary the Virgin, Mother of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Saint
Maryland, Diocese of
Mason, Lowell
Mason, Lucy Randolph
Mass
Mass of the Pre-Sanctified
Massachusetts, Diocese of
Master (or Mistress) of Novices
Master of Ceremonies, or M.C.
Matins
Matins
Matter (Sacramental)
Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
Matthew's Bible
Matthew's Bible
Matthias the Apostle, Saint
Maundy Thursday
Maurice, Frederick Denison
May, James
McCarty, John
McClenachan, William
McConnell, Samuel David
McGarvey, William Ignatius Loyola
McGuire, George Alexander
McIlvaine, Charles Pettit
Meade, William
Mealy, Norman Carleton
Meditation
Melisma
Memorial (to General Convention)
Memorial Acclamations
Memorial Acclamations
Mendicant, Mendicant Friar
Mensa
Merbecke or Marbeck, John
Mercer, George, School of Theology
Mercer, Samuel Alfred Browne
Merton, Thomas
Messiah
Messiah
Methodists, Methodism
Methodius
Metrical Index of Tunes
Metrical Psalter
Mexico, Diocese of
Michael
Michigan City, Diocese of
Michigan, Diocese of
Micks, Marianne Hoffman
Micou, Richard Wilde
Micronesia, Episcopal Church in
Miles, James Warley
Millenarianism
Milnor, James
Milwaukee, Diocese of
Minister
Ministration at the Time of Death
Ministration to the Sick
Ministry
Ministry
Ministry for Tomorrow
Ministry in Higher Education
Ministry of the Word
Minnesota, Diocese of
Minor Orders
Miracles
Miriam, Song of
Misericord
Missal
Missal Mass
Mission
Mission and Ministry
Mission Services or Third Services
Missionary
Missionary
Missionary
Missionary Bishops
Missionary College of St
Mississippi, Diocese of
Missouri, Diocese of
Mite Box
Miter, or Mitre
Mixed Chalice
Mizeki, Bernard
Modalism
Modernism
Modeste, Leon Edgar
Mollegen, Albert Theodore
Monarchianism
Monastery
Monastic
Monastic
Monica, or Monnica
Monk
Monk, William Henry
Monophysitism
Monothelitism
Monstrance
Montana, Diocese of
Montanism
Montgomery, James
Moore, Clement Clarke
Moore, Richard Channing
Moral Theology
More Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Moreau, Jules Laurence
Morehouse, Clifford Phelps
Morehouse, Frederic Cook
Morgan, Emily Malbone
Morning Prayer
Morning Prayer
Morning Prayer
Moscow Agreed Statement
Most Reverend
Motet
Mother House
Mothering Sunday
Movable Feast
Movable Feast
Movable Feast
Mozarabic Rite
Mozetta, or Mozzetta
Muhlenberg Memorial
Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel
Muhlenberg, William Augustus
Mulford, Elisha
Muller, James Arthur
Murphy, Edgar Gardner
Murray, John Gardner
Murray, Pauli
Musical Settings
Mutual Ministry
Mutual Responsibility and Interdependence in the Body of Christ (MRI)
Myers, Chauncie Kilmer
Mystagogy
Myth

 
N
Narrative Criticism
Narthex
Nashotah House, Nashotah, Wisconsin
Nashotah Quarterly Review
Nashotah Scholiast
Nation-Wide Campaign
Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, The
Nativity of St
Nativity of St
Natural Law
Navajoland Area Mission
Nave
Neal, Emily Gardiner
Neale, John Mason
near death
Neau, Elias
Nebraska College and Divinity School, Nebraska City, Nebraska
Nebraska, Diocese of
Neo-Pentecostal
Nestorianism
Nevada, Diocese of
New American Bible, The (1970)
New American Church Monthly, The
New Beginnings
New Covenant
New Covenant
New Directions Ministries, Inc
New English Bible with the Apocrypha (1970)
New Fire
New Hampshire, Diocese of
New Jersey, Diocese of
New Jerusalem Bible, The
New Mexico and Southwest Texas, Diocese of
New Revised Standard Version Bible (NRSV)
New Testament
New Year's Eve, Service for
New York Training School for Deaconesses (NYTSD)
New York, Diocese of
Newark, Diocese of
Newman, John Henry
Newton, John
Newton, Joseph Fort
Newton, Richard Heber
Newton, William Wilberforce
Nicaragua, Diocese of
Nicene Creed
Nicholas, Bishop of Myra
Nightingale, Florence
Ninian
Niobrara, Missionary District of
Nippon Sei Ko Kai
Noble, Thomas Tertius
Nocturn
Nocturn
Nonconformists
Nonconformists
None
Nonjurors
Nonjurors
Nonjurors
Noonday, An Order of Service for
Noonday, An Order of Service for
North Carolina, Diocese of
North Central Philippines, Diocese of
North Dakota, Diocese of
North Kwanto, Missionary District of
North Texas, Missionary District of
North Tokyo, Missionary District of
Northern California, Diocese of
Northern Indiana, Diocese of
Northern Luzon, Diocese of
Northern Mexico, Diocese of
Northern Michigan, Diocese of
Northern New Jersey, Diocese of
Northern Philippines, Diocese of
Northwest Texas, Diocese of
Northwest, Missionary District of the
Northwestern Pennsylvania, Diocese of
Norwich University
Notes of the Church
Notes of the Church
Notes of the Church
notes that The Holy Eucharist, the principal act of Christian worship on the Lord's Day and other major Feasts, and Daily Morning and Evening Prayer, as set forth in this Book, are the regular services appointed for public worship in this Church (p
Notitia Parochialis
Novice
Novice Guardian or Novice Master or Novice Mistress
Novitiate
Nun
Nunc dimittis
Nuptial
Nuptial Mass, or Nuptial Eucharist

 
O
O Antiphons
Oakerhater, David Pendleton
Oath
Oath
Oath of Allegiance
Oblate
Oblation
Oblation
Obsecrations
Obsequies
OC
Occasional Offices
Occasional Papers of the Standing Liturgical Commission, The
Occurrence
Octave
Odium Theologicum
Oertel, Johannes Adam Simon
Offering, Offerings
Offertory, Offertory Procession, Offertory Sentence
Office Hymn
Office of Institution
Officiant
Oglethorpe, James Edward
Ohio, Diocese of
OI
Oil Stock
Oil, Holy
Oil, Holy
Oil, Holy
Okalona College
Okinawa, Missionary District of
Oklahoma, Diocese of
Old North Church, Boston
Old Swede's Church, Wilmington, Delaware
Old Testament
Olney Hymns
Olympia, Diocese of
Onderdonk, Benjamin Tredwell
Onderdonk, Henry Ustick
Ontology
Open
Open Communion
Open Pulpit
Open Pulpit, Canon on
Opening Acclamation
Opening Preces
Opening Sentences
Orans Position
Oratory
Order
Order
Order
Order of Service for Noonday, An
Order of Worship for the Evening, An
Order of Worship for the Evening, An
Order of Worship for the Evening, An
Orders, Holy
Ordinal, The
Ordinand
Ordinary (of a diocese)
Ordinary Time
Ordination
Ordination
Ordination
Ordination of Women
Oregon and Washington, Missionary District of
Oregon, Diocese of
Original Sin
Original Sin
Original Sin
Original Sin
Orison
Ornaments Rubric, The
Ornaments, Church
Orphrey
Osculatorium
Ostensorium
Otey, James Hervey
Outline of the Faith, An
Oxford Movement, The
Oxford Movement, The
Oxford Movement, The
Oxford Movement, The
Oxon


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