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The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, since its first appearance in 1957, has established itself as the indispensable one-volume reference work on all aspects of the Christian Church. This Revised Edition, published in 2005, builds on the unrivalled reputation of the previous editions. Revised and updated, it reflects changes in academic opinion and Church organization.

conferences of bishops decide on such local variations as are allowed. See also NE TEMERE. (c. 850 BC). An inscription in Moabite (a dialect very closely related to Hebrew) discovered in 1868 by F. Klein at Dîbân, E. of the Dead Sea (the biblical Dibon, Num. 21:30, etc.; the Moabite capital), and commeorating the successes gained by Mesha, King of Moab, against *Israel. The text, which has several points of contact with the Bible (particularly 2 Kgs. 3:4–27, which gives an account
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