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Christology – Churchill

Christology

that branch of the study of divinity which deals directly with the doctrine of the person of Christ.

CHROMATICS

Christopher

ST., a Christian martyr who is supposed to have lived in the 3d century A. D. He was a native either of Syria or Palestine, and is believed to have suffered martyrdom by by decapitation in the reign of the Roman Emperor Decius. The Roman Catholic Church celebrates his festival on July 25.

Christ's College

a college in Cambridge, England, founded in 1506.

It has about 200 undergraduates, 15 fellowships, and 30 scholarships.

Christy

HOWARD CHANDLER, an American illustrator; born in Morgan co., O., Jan. 10, 1873. He achieved a reputation as an illustrator in newspaper and magazines. He was with the Rough Riders in Cuba and saw fighting before Santiago. He received medals at the Paris Exposition, the Chicago Exposition, and the National Academy of Design.

Chromatics

the science of colors; that part of optics which treats of the properties of the colors of light and of natural bodies.

Chromo-Lithography

the art of printing chromo-lithographs.

LITHOGRAPHY. 1 See

Chromosphere

the gaseous envelope of the sun, through which the light of the photosphere passes. Stellar chromosphere is the gaseous envelope supposed to exist round each star.

Chuck-Will's-Widow

a popular name for a bird of the goat-sucker family, Antrostomus carolinensis, so called from its cry.

Church

FREDERICK STUART, an American artist; born in Grand Rapids, Mich., in 1842. He studied at the National Academy of Design, and in 1885 became a member thereof. He has achieved note as a painter of figures and animals.

Church Government

the regulation and ordering of spiritual matters , or those pertaining to the discipline and work of the Church.

Church History

the history of any church, but especially of the Christian Church. See CHRISTIAN CHURCH, THE.

Churchill

JOHN, Duke of Marlborough. See MARLBOROUGH.