The tenth part of all fruits, &c. a revenue payable to the clergy. The tythes among the Jews were of three sorts. The first to the Levites, for their maintenance, Numb. 18: 21-24. The second for the feasts and sacrifices, Deuteronomy 14:22; and the third for the poor every third year. Deuteronomy 14:28-29 .
See Supp. Papers. 1. Notes 2. UBIQUITARIANS 3. UBIQUITY 4. UCKEWALLISTS 5. UNBELIEF 6. UNBELIEVERS 7. UNCHANGEABLENESS OF GOD 8. UNCTION 9. UNDERSTANDING 10. UNIFORMITY 11. UNION TO CHRIST 12. UNION HYPOSTATICAL 13. UNITARIANS 14. UNITED BRETHREN 15. UNITY OF GOD 16. UNIVERSALISTS 17. UNPARDONABLE SIN 18. URIM AND THUMMIM 19. URSULINES 20. USURY
Despite a stated reliance on the plain meaning of the Bible and the dictates of common sense, Buck's Theological Dictionary, first published in London in 1802, seeks to provide a textual basis for the evangelical community. By combining brief essays on orthodox belief and practice with historical entries on various denominations, Buck provided an interpretive lens that allowed antebellum Protestants to see Christianity's almost two millennia as their own history.Wikipedia
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