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LEFT CHRIST, DISCIPLES OF 486 fused to become partner in the Jewish ruler's guilt. But as the cry, "Crucify him," "crucify him," continued to rise from the multitude, he resolved to avoid unpopularity at the expense of moral principle, and gave sentence that it should be as the Jews required. The crucifixion therefore took place (Matt, xxvii; Mark xv; Luke xxiii; John xix). Friday was the day when the nefarious deed was done, and three days later, or early on Sunday morning, news was brought to the Apostles, and the Church generally by certain women of their company who had visited the sepulcher, that a resurrection had taken place (Matt, xxviii; Mark xvi; Luke xxiv; John XX, xxi). At a subsequent interview with their risen Lord He gave the Apostles and their successors a commission to m.ake disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost (Matt, xxviii, 19, etc.) ; and about 40 days after the crucifixion He led them out as far as Bethany and lifted up His hands and blessed them. "And it came to pass, while He blessed them. He was parted from them, and carried up into heaven" (Luke xxiv: 50, 51). He had predicted His cruel death, His resurrection on the third day (Matt, xx: 19), and His ascen- sion (John xx: 17), and had intimated that at a future period He would again return to the earth in glory (Matt, xxvi: 64, etc.). CHRIST, DISCIPLES OF. See DIS- CIPLES OF Christ. CHRIST, ORDER OF, on the abolition of the Templars by Clement V., in 1312, King Dionysius of Portugal preserved the order in his dominions, but changed its title to that of The Knights of Christ, or The Order of Our Lord Jesus Christ. This arrangement was sanctioned by Pope John XXII., in 1319. The seat of the order was transferred from Castro- Marino to Thomar in 1366. The new order afterward attained such power that King John III. was obliged to ob- tain an edict from Pope Hadrian VI., 1522, by which the grandmastership of the order became vested in the kings of Portugal. CHRISTADELPHIANS, a religious body who believe that God will raise ail who love Him to an endless life in this world, but that those who do not shall absolutely perish in death; that Christ is the Son of God, inheriting moral per- fection from the Deity, our human na- ture from His mother; and that there is no personal devil. In the United States they had about 70 organizations with about 2,000 members. Their founder CHRISTIAN I. was Dr. John Thomas, an Englishman, who came to the United States in 1844. CHRISTCHTJRCH, a city of South Island, New Zealand, the capital of the province of Canterbury. It is on the river Avon, and is connected with Lyt- telton, its seaport, by railway. It is the center of an important agricultural and grazing district and has manufactures of boats, clothing, furniture, and agri- cultural implements. There is also a large export trade in mutton, wool, and timber. The city has many fine build- ings, including churches, a museum, a theater, and an opera house. It is the seat of Christ College and of the bish- opric of Canterbury. Pop. about 95,000. CHRIST CHURCH, COLLEGE OF, a notable institution in Oxford, England. In 1526 Wolsey obtained from Clement VII. a bull for the suppression of 22 monasteries, the site of one of which he chose for a new college, to be called Car- dinal College, and which he intended to endow beyond that of any other in Ox- ford. On the fall of Wolsey, in 1529, the establishment came into the hands of King Henry VIII. In 1532 that prince founded it under the name of King Henry VIII. 's College, and in 1546 he once more re-established the college un- der the name of "Christ Church Cathe- dral in Oxford, or the Foundation of King Henry VIII., vdth a dean and 8 canons, 60 students, 40 schoolboys, clerks, choristers," etc. This foundation is now subsisting, though it has undergone con- siderable modifications. It is one of the most famous colleges of Oxford Univer- city and counts among its former mem- bers many of the most illustrious names in English history. CHRISTENSEN, PARLEY PARKER, an American politician; born in Weston, Ida., July 19, 1869. He was educated in the public schools of Utah and was graduated from the State university in 1891. He took a further course at Cor- nell University, receiving from that in- stitution the degree of LL. B. in 1897. In September of that year he was ad- mitted to the bar of Utah and in 1905 to the United States Supreme Court. In 1895 he was the district attorney of Salt Lake co., Utah. He was a member of the House in the Utah State Legisla- ture in 1915. He was nominated for president of the United States by the Farmer- Labor Party {q. v.), July 15, 1920. CHRISTIAN, one who believes or pro- fesses the religion of Christ; a follower of Christ. CHRISTIAN I., King of Denmark and Norway from 1448 to 1481.