. Religious denominations of the world : comprising a general view of the origin, history, and condition of the various sects of Christians, the Jews, and Mahometans, as well as the pagan forms of religions ... with sketches of the founders of various religious sects. ria.) There is at Kome, on the Quirinal Mount, a convent ofMaronite monks, who perform the service of the mass inthe Syriac language, according to the liturgy of theircountry. This church was founded by Pope GregoryXIII., and is dedicated to St. John. The monasteryserves as a college fur young Maronites who com*-i toRome to study
. Religious denominations of the world : comprising a general view of the origin, history, and condition of the various sects of Christians, the Jews, and Mahometans, as well as the pagan forms of religions ... with sketches of the founders of various religious sects. ria.) There is at Kome, on the Quirinal Mount, a convent ofMaronite monks, who perform the service of the mass inthe Syriac language, according to the liturgy of theircountry. This church was founded by Pope GregoryXIII., and is dedicated to St. John. The monasteryserves as a college fur young Maronites who com*-i toRome to study and take orders, after which they returnto their own country. It is one of those exotic colonieswhich give a peculiar interest to the city of Rome. The ceremonies of these Maronites of Rome on greatfestivals, their chanting in Syriac, and their curiousnmsical instruments, are described by the Abbe Richard,in his Voyage en Italic. CALVINISTS. The followers of the rclifiious doctrine and Churchgovernment instituted by Calvin. Calvin published hissystem in his Christian Institutes, in the year 1536;but it does not appear to have obtained the name of Cal-vinism, nor its supporters the name of Calvinists, till theconference rf Poissy, in 1561. The reformer was not. fnjTaTcd by A B W-!t,ei -n di^a^ [^olCi^^i^ ^mtm •^- CALVIN IS TS. 345 himself present at that assembly, being prevented fromattending by bis local duties and the ill state of bis health;but we see from his correspondence with Beza, the deputyfrom Geneva, how deep was his interest in its proceedings,and that nothing was done on the part of the reformerswithout his knowledge and advice. In the debate whichtook place on the Augsburg Confession, the points of differ-ence between the Lutherans and Calvinists were drawnout; and they were such as that from thenceforth thelatter became known as a distinct sect under that denomi-nation. The tenets of Calvinism respect the doctrines of theTrinity, predestination, or particul
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