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1. Augsburg Confession Baal baalism babe in the manger the baby Jesus the Babylonian captivity Jews Babylonian Empire baptism baptism the of Christ Baptist the John the Baptist battle of Armageddon final battle Beast the Antichrist beatification beatific vision theology beatitude a Beatitudes the bedouin singular and plural Beelzebub Beelzebul Begaa Being God Beloved Apostle the betrayal the Bible the Bible Belt the Bible school biblical bidding prayer bishop of Rome but Bishop Jones blessed name Christ 12 Blessed Virgin blood of Christ body the of Christ body of Christ the church Book the Bible book of Genesis et al Book of Life book of judgment book of the covenant book of the law Book of the Twelve the Book of Truth boy Jesus the brazen altar Bread of Life Bible or Christ Bridegroom the Christ bride of Christ the church brotherhood of man bulla plural bullae burning bush the Exod 3 burnt offering Calvary Calvinist ic ism Canon the Scripture canonical Canonical Epistles the James et al canonical hours canonization canon law canon of Scripture the captivity the of the Jews catechumen catholic universal Catholic church the building Catholic Church Roman Catholic Catholic Epistles James et al Catholicism Celestial City abode of the redeemed charismatic charismatic chu2. God Eternal City Rome eternal God the eternal life 14 eternity Eucharist eucharistic Evangel any of the four gospels evangelical adj evangelicals ism evangelist one who evangelizes or a gospel writer Evangelists the Gospels evensong Evil One the Satan exile the exodus the from Egypt extrabiblical extreme unction prefer anointing of the sick faith the Christianity faith healing fall the fall of humanity fall of Jerusalem false christs False Prophet of Revelation false prophet s Farewell Discourse John Father God Father of Lies Satan fatherhood of God Fathers the of the church fathers of the church the Feast meaning Passover Feast of Booths Sukkoth Feast of Esther Purim Feast of Firstfruits Feast of Tabernacles Feast of the Dedication Hanukkah Feast of the Lights Hanukkah Feast of the Passover Pesach Feast of Unleavened Bread Fertile Crescent fertility god dess first Adam first advent Firstborn the Christ firstborn Son of God First Cause the First Estate Second Estate etc firstfruits first person of the Trinity First Vatican Council flood the footwashing four evangelists four gospels the fourth gospel the free will Friend Quaker fundamentalist s ism fundamentals of the faith Galilean the Christ garden the Eden or Gethsemane garden of Eden garden of Gethsemane gehenna Gemara Gen
3. one break org I Do not add hyphens to a URL to denote a line break or allow a hyphen that is a part of a URL to appear at the end of a line J Periods at the end of a URL that come at the end of a sentence are allowed Indexing A If a book has endnotes always include the note number if a book has footnotes include the note number if there is more than one note on the page CMS 18 111 112 B Though proper names and places are an important element in most indexes they should be ignored if they are not essential to the argument CMS 18 31 24 C If names are included in the general index this should be indicated in the title of the index Subject and Author Index D If you are unsure if a person or place is essential to the argument please query the author or your Kregel contact person E If time allows and you are unfamiliar with the subject matter of the book please ask the author for a list of terms that need to appear in the index CMS 18 30 F Each entry should not have more than 5 7 undifferentiated locators page references If more are needed consider making a subentry or a new entry CMS 18 9 G The abbreviation ff is not to be used CMS 18 12 H Index notes according to this house style page number n space note number References should look like this 124n 15 34 35n 12 34nn 2 3 Note the difference between this style and CMS 15 ed 18 111 and 18 112 I Guidelines for abbreviating cond
4. Zech Ezekiel Ezek Malachi Mal Daniel Dan New Testament Matthew Matt 1 Timothy 1 Tim Mark Mark 2 Timothy 2 Tim Luke Luke Titus Titus John John Philemon Philem Acts Acts Hebrews Heb Romans Rom James James 1 Corinthians 1 Cor 1 Peter 1 Peter 2 Corinthians 2 Cor 2 Peter 2 Peter Galatians Gal 1 John 1 John Ephesians Eph 2 John 2 John Philippians Phil 3 John 3 John Colossians Col Jude Jude 1 Thessalonians 1 Thess Revelation Rev 2 Thessalonians 2 Thess States The accepted state abbreviations to appear in footnotes endnotes are as follows Alabama AL Indiana IN Alaska AK Iowa IA Arizona AZ Kansas KS Arkansas AR Kentucky KY California CA Louisiana LA Colorado CO Maine ME Connecticut CT Maryland MD Delaware DE Massachusetts MA Florida FL Michigan MI Georgia GA Minnesota MN Hawaii HI Mississippi MS Idaho ID Missouri MO Illinois IL Montana MT 10 Nebraska NE Nevada NV New Hampshire NH New Jersey NJ New Mexico NM New York NY North Carolina NC North Dakota ND Ohio OH Oklahoma OK Oregon OR Pennsylvania PA Capitalization Rhode Island RI South Carolina SC South Dakota SD Tennessee TN Texas TX Utah UT Vermont VT Virginia VA Washington WA West Virginia WV Wisconsin WI Wyoming WY The following is a list of commonly used religious terms and their proper capitalization Aaronic priesthood Aaronide genealogy of Aaron Abba abomination of desolation Abrahamic covenant Abrah
5. text whether in parentheses or out there are two specific ways in which the reference cannot be broken First a book containing a number such as 2 Corinthians cannot be broken between the number and the book name Second a chapter number and verse cannot be broken The wrong way I love to read It is important to read the Bible God s Word such as 2 Corinthians 12 9 10 has so much to say I love to read It is important to read the Bible First Corinthians 12 9 10 has so much to say The correct way I love to read It s important to read the Bible God s Word such as 2 Corinthians 12 9 10 has so much to say I love to read It s important to read the Bible God s Word such as John 12 9 10 has so much to say Acronyms and Initials CMS 15 3 28 Do not use periods in acronyms UNICEF not U N LC E F NAFTA not N A F T A An exception is if the organization requires periods Put a space between initials in a person s name C M Russell However when proofreading do not allow initials to be broken up onto separate lines Capitalization Directions and Regions CMS 8 46 54 south central north central northwestern southeastern Capitalize the word when it is used as a description rather than a direction as in Western art Midwest the West Southern California but western Montana Capitalize the word when it is referring to a specific region of the United States like the West the Wes
6. unchristian Nonconformism ist none canonical hour non Pauline northern kingdom Nunc Dimittis 18 Old City part of modern Jerusalem old covenant OT Olivet discourse Omega the omnipotence of God Omnipotent the One the but the one true God and God is the one who Only Begotten the only begotten of the Father only begotten Son of God orders sacrament Original Sin orthodox y outer court of the temple Palestinian covenant Palm Sunday papac parable of the prodigal son etc Paraclete the Paradise garden of Eden paradise heaven parousia partial Rapture Paschal Lamb Jesus passion Passion Sunday fifth Sunday in Lent Passion Week Passover Passover Feast Passover Lamb Jesus Pastoral Epistles Pastoral Letters patriarch a Patriarch the Abraham patriarchs the church fathers Paul the apostle Pauline Epistles Paul s epistles Paul s letters peace offering penance Pentateuch Pentateuchal Pentecost Pentecostal ism person of Christ persons of the Trinity the three Pesach Passover Petrine Pharaoh when used as name without article pharaoh the general pharisaic attitude Pharisaic in reference to Pharisees Pharisee Pilgrim Fathers Pilgrims the pillar of cloud pillar of fire Poetic Books the pope the Pope John Paul II postbiblical post Christian postexilic postmillennial ism ist post Ni
7. Day of Atonement Yuletide Word Usage acknowledgments Do not use acknowledgements all right adv Hyphenate the word as a compound modifier as in He is an all right editor Query any use of alright a while awhile The latter is never preceded by a preposition I hope you stay awhile while the former always is I hope you will stay for a while back yard and back seat back yard gt when used as a noun back seat gt when used as a noun backyard when used as an adjective backseat gt when used as an adjective beside besides Beside means at the side of besides means in addition to best seller best selling Not bestseller or best seller 21 capital capitol Use capital when referring to the city capitol when referring to the building capitol building is redundant Communism Communism Communist Communist party capitalized unless clearly used in a general sense compose comprise The parts compose the whole Fifty six counties compose the state of Montana the whole comprises the parts Montana comprises fifty six counties e words e mail e commerce e solutions e travel etc but capitalize if first word in sentence farther further Use farther for physical distance Go a little farther down the trail use further to express time or degree We ll talk further later fewer than Use this instead of under good bye goodbye Both spellings
8. KREGEL STYLE MANUAL Table of Contents Special Policies 2 Bad Breaks Formatting 4 Acronyms and Initials 5 Capitalization Directions and Regions 5 Percentages 5 Photo Captions 5 Table Title and Column Heads 5 Time 5 Quotations and Dialogue 6 Scripture Quotations 6 Punctuation 7 Colon 7 Comma 7 Dash 8 Hyphenation of Compounds 8 Semicolon 9 Abbreviations 9 Books of the Bible 9 States 10 Capitalization 11 Word Usage 21 Macintosh Symbols 23 Web Internet 24 Indexing 24 Scripture Indexing 25 Rights and Permissions 26 Kregel uses The Chicago Manual of Style 15th edition for matters of style and consistency Special Policies A Kregel will use gender inclusive language unless specified differently by an author Steps to be taken to make a document more gender inclusive are as follows 1 Try to rewrite the sentence 2 Use singular plural pronoun construction as a last resort i e everyone their B When questioning the spelling of a word the first spelling of a word appearing in Merriam Webster s Collegiate Dictionary 11th edition should be used C The word gospel is to be lowercased except in the case of referring to the Gospels all four books as a whole unit Other words that are generally lowercased are book epistle psalm proverb and letter They should be capitalized only when referring to the actual title of a book as given in the Bible translation b
9. S 6 3 except for punctuation that belongs to a title and exclamation points Contrary to CMS italicize exclamation points that follow an italicized word In rare instances a book may be styled according to the alternative system CMS 6 5 We will accept this styling so long as it is consistent When in doubt query your Kregel contact person K Punctuation following boldface text should be dealt with case by case depending on how the word is used CMS 6 4 L Periods colons or any other marks of punctuation should never have more than a single space after them M Abbreviations as a front matter section is to come directly before the text N In plurals of proper nouns that include a generic term the generic term should be lowercased e g Fifty fifth and Fifty seventh streets American and French revolutions CMS 8 57 8 60 8 121 O The policy for capitalization of hyphenated terms in titles of works has been trimmed down to this Capitalize only the first element unless any subsequent element is a proper noun or adjective Also one no longer needs to capitalize the last element of a hyphenated term just because the compound is the last word in a title e g Avoiding a Run in CMS 8 167 168 P Letters representing shapes no longer have to be set in sans serif fonts e g an L shaped room Q Ordinals should appear as 2nd 3rd etc not as 2d R Notes are not to follow book or chapter epigraphs An unnumbered note
10. am s bosom Abraham s side Abyss the Achaemenid Adonai advent the Advent season Advocate the Agabah agape age of grace age to come the agnosticism Almighty the almighty God Alpha and Omega Christ amillenarian amillennial ism ist ancient Near East ern Ancient of Days the God angel capitalize if theophany angel Gabriel the angel of the Lord capitalize if theophany annunciation the the event Annunciation the the holiday 11 Anointed the Christ Anointed One the Christ anointed Savior anointing of the sick ante Christian ante Nicene fathers anti Catholic antichrist the general spirit Antichrist the person anti Christian antichurch anti God antilegomena anti Semitism anti Trinitarian Apocalypse the Revelation of John apocalyptic Apocrypha the apocryphal cap only if Apocrypha is meant apostle Peter et al apostles the Apostles Creed Apostle to the Gentiles Paul apostolic apostolic age apostolic benediction 2 Cor 13 apostolic council Acts 15 apostolic faith apostolic fathers the men Apostolic Fathers the the group of writings Arabah Aramaean Archangel archbishop of Canterbury but Archbishop Smith ark the Noah s ark of the covenant ark of the testimony Arminian ism ascension the Ascension Day Athanasian Creed atheism ist atonement the Atonement the Day of Yom Kippur
11. are acceptable though one should be used consistently within a manuscript healthcare Not health care Internet Capitalize word more than Use more than instead of over to indicate a greater amount There are more than 200 million people in the United States However when copyediting do not change a casual expression such as It s just over a mile to the camp New Age Both words capitalized online Not on line percent Do not use per cent Saint St CMS no longer requires that St be spelled out either St Louis or Saint Louis is acceptable CMS 15 32 Temple Tabernacle Tabernacle for academic books and tabernacle for trade books Temple for academic books and temple for trade books If the manuscript is specifically for Jewish readers these words should be capitalized as appropriate that which who CMS 6 38 The pronouns that and which are not interchangeable That is defining or restrictive Which is nondefining nonrestrictive Examples The lawn mower that is broken is in the garage Tells which one The lawn mower which is broken is in the garage Adds a fact about the only mower in question That and who are not interchangeable That refers to places and things who to human beings For animals use that not who unless animals have a personal name 22 toward Do not use towards Similarly use afterward backward forward Web site Web site noun Web site adjective We
12. cene fathers pre Christian predestination premillenarian premillennial ism ist pretribulation al priesthood of believers priesthood of Christ prime canonical hour Prime Mover Prince of Darkness Prince of Peace Christ Prison Epistles Prison Letters Prodigal Son the but the parable of the prodigal son Promised Land Canaan or heaven Promised One the Christ prophet Isaiah etc the Prophetic Books the Prophets the books of OT prophets the people Protestant ism Providence God providence of God providential psalm a Psalm 40 etc psalmic 19 psalmist the Psalms the OT book Psalter the the Psalms pseudepigrapha l purgatory Purim Feast of Esther Qumran Qu ran Qu ranic preferred rabbi rabbinic al rapture the real presence Received Text the Redeemer the Reformation Reformed church Reformed theology Reformers Renaissance resurrection the resurrection of Christ rite s Rock the Christ Roman Catholic Church Roman Rite Rosh Hashanah Jewish New Year Sabbath day Sabbath rest for the people of God sabbath rest for the land sabbatical n and adj sacrament s sacrament of baptism confirmation etc sacramentalism ist Sacramentarian ism Sacred Host sacred rite s Sadducee Sanhedrin Satan satanic satanism Savior scribe scriptural Scripture s Bible n and adj scripture s other religi
13. d v and verses should be abbreviated vv when within parentheses E There is to be no comma between a Scripture reference and a Bible translation abbreviation within parentheses i e Gen 1 1 NIV F Always abbreviate the book name in parenthetical Scripture references Examples Dan 6 Dan 6 7 Punctuation Colon CMS 6 63 69 A colon is always preceded by a complete main clause A colon can be used to introduce a formal statement an extract a subtitle speech in dialogue a list or a series Never use a colon to introduce a list that is a complement or an object of an element in the introductory statement Example The three bears had porridge beds and chairs not The three bears had porridge beds and chairs Capitalizing the first word after a colon is discouraged The only exceptions are if the colon is being used to introduce summary information General description This is a short easy hike a subtitle Bear Aware Hiking and Camping in Bear Country two or more sentences Henrietta was faced with a hideous choice Should she reveal what was in the letter and ruin her reputation Or should she remain silent and compromise the safety of her family or an extract Julian Duguid author of Green Hell 1931 starts his book boldly When a man yields to the urge of Ishmael Comma CMS 6 18 62 When using commas readability is the goal In general use a comma whe
14. d of the church heaven abode of the redeemed heavenly Father Hebraism Heidelberg Catechism Heilsgeschichte hell Hellenism istic hellenize Heptateuch Herodian Herod s temple Hexapla high church High Priest the Christ high priest a High Priestly Prayer the Historical Books the of the Bible Hitite Law Code holiness Holiness Movement the Holy Bible Holy Book Bible Holy City present or New Jerusalem Holy Communion holy day of obligation Roman Catholic Holy Eucharist holy family Holy Father pope Holy Ghost prefer Holy Spirit Holy God but a holy God Holy Grail Holy Island Lindisfarne Holy Joe slang for parson Holy Land Palestine Holy League 1510 1511 Holy of Holies holy oil Holy One the God Christ holy order s Holy Place Holy Roller Holy Roman Empire Holy Saturday Holy Scriptures Holy See Holy Spirit Holy Thursday Holy Trinity holy war 16 holy water Holy Week before Easter Holy Writ Bible Holy Year Catholic homologoumena house of David house of the Lord imago dei immaculate conception the Immanuel incarnation the incarnation of Christ Indo European infancy gospels the infant Jesus the Inklings the Lewis Tolkien et al inner veil intercessor the Christ intertestamental Isaian or Isaianic Jacob s trouble Jehovah Jehovah s Witness jeremiad Jeremian or Jeremianic Jesus Praye
15. ect continuing or inclusive numbers such as dates times or page ranges or to create a compound adjective Examples May July 1997 8 11 AM Helena Spokane flight In running text except in cookbooks use of the word to is preferable Examples May to July 1997 8 to 11 AM Helena to Spokane flight All dashes are to be closed Example The path is dangerous use caution not The path is dangerous use caution If your word processor will not allow you to create em dashes use two hyphens instead Hyphenation of Compounds CMS 7 3545 7 82 90 The rules for hyphenating words are complicated CMS should solve most problems Below are some general rules to follow Hyphenate adjectives preceding nouns if the meaning may be ambiguous a fast sailing ship Hyphenate adjectives preceding nouns if the adjectives are of equal value blue green algae Do not hyphenate when one adjective modifies a second adjective before a noun bluish green paint Hyphenate adjectives plus nouns ending with the suffix ed whenever the compound precedes a noun coarse grained wood able bodied man umbrella shaped flower Semicolon CMS 6 57 62 Semicolons are used between the two parts of a compound sentence independent or coordinate clauses Example The left fork of the trail leads to the lake the right fork takes you back to the trailhead They are also used to separate items i
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17. eing used D Capitalization of pronouns referring to Deity will be dealt with on a project by project basis E Prepositions of five or more letters are to be capped in a title or heading Prepositions of four or fewer letters are to be lowercased F Words used as words should be italicized with their definitions if any appearing inside quotation marks Examples of an exception to this rule are Greek and Hebrew words which cannot be italicized Transliterations can be italicized Foreign words should appear in italics with the English translation appearing in roman font and enclosed in quotation marks If the translation follows immediately after the word it should be enclosed in parentheses Examples The first line of the song is tumra probutey shorbuda anondo koro which means rejoice in the Lord always The word lu omen we loose in table 3 15 illustrates the plural form of the first person G Smart quotes and apostrophes Then he said I won t do it should be used instead of neutral quotes and apostrophes Then he said I won t do it H Space is to be put between ellipsis points See CMS 11 57 11 61 for the three or four dot method I A short direct question included within a sentence need not begin with a capital letter but it is still preceded by a comma CMS 6 55 J Punctuation marks should appear in the same font roman or italic as the majority of the surrounding text CM
18. ensing inclusive numbers can be found in CMS at 9 64 J A comma should appear between index entries and page numbers e g polygamy 176 K In indexing names beginning with St are alphabetized with other words beginning with st not as if they were spelled saint Thus St Patrick would come after stolen goods and before street life L The Scripture index should come before the subject index As a general rule alphabetize indexes by title M Alphabetize using the word by word system not letter by letter Scripture Indexing A Scripture references that are part of a book title or a chapter title within a footnote do not need to be included in the index B Entire chapters are indexed first then chapter spans 12 17 verses 12 1 partial verses 12 1a and verse spans 12 1 3 Note that this order is contrary to SBL Parts of verses should be listed under whole verses e g 1 1 1 1a 1 1b 1 1c For verses that overlap begin with the shortest span of verse numbers then include longer spans For example 25 1 Corinthians 13 72 134 13 14 51 85 13 2 23 13 2 8 15 20 13 2 12 74 13 8 86 93 13 8a 69 13 8c 41 13 9 36 76 110 14 60 14 1 99 99n 3 1 Corinthians 53 Special Cases 22 1 2 When verses are exactly the 22 1 2a same but one end number is a partial number the partial number follows the full one 19 6 19 6 8 19 6b 8 28 12b 16 Regardless of letter designation 28 12 19 the sh
19. eral Epistles General Letters Gentile a distinguished from Jew Gentile laws Gloria Patri gnostic generic Gnostic ism specific sect God Yahweh god pagan God Almighty God given Godhead essential being of God godhead godhood or godship godless godlike godliness godly God man godsend God s house Godspeed God s Son God s Spirit God s Word the Bible God s word his statement or promise godward golden calf the golden candlesticks the Golden Rule the Good Book the 15 Good Friday good news the Good Samaritan but the parable of the good Samaritan Good Shepherd Jesus good shepherd the parable of the gospel gospel the good news gospel John s gospel et al also when it means good news or message of Christ spread the gospel gospel of Matthew gospel of Christ etc gospel truth Gospels the referring to all four gospels grain offering Great Awakening the Great Commandment the Great Commission the Great High Priest the great judgment the Great Physician the Great Schism of 1054 Great Shepherd the great tribulation the great white throne the Ground of Being Guide the Holy Spirit guilt offering Hades Greek mythology hades hell Haggadah hagiographa hagiographer hagiographic Hail Mary halakah Hallel hallelujah Hanukkah Feast of the Dedication Hasidic Hasidim Head the Christ hea
20. even canonical hours Day of Atonement Yom Kippur day of grace day of judgment day of Pentecost day of the Lord Dead Sea Scrolls Decalogue Ten Commandments Defender God deism ist Deity the deity of Christ deluge the the flood demiurge demon ic deuterocanonical Deuteronomic devil a Devil the Satan Diaspora the event and the people diglot disciples dispensation alism alist dispensation of the Law dispersion the divided kingdom period of history divine Divine Doctor Christ Divine Father God divine guidance Divine King Divine Liturgy Eucharist Eastern Orthodox Divine Providence God Divinity the God divinity of Christ the Door the Christ doxology Dragon the Satan early church early church fathers Early Church Fathers title of work Easter Sunday Eastern Church Eastern Orthodox church an building Eastern Orthodox Church the Eastern religions Eastern Rites Eastern church Eastern religions Eastern Rites ecumenism ical Eden El elect the God s elect Eleven the Elohim Elohist source El Shaddai Emmaus road emperor but Emperor Nero empire the Babylonian but Babylonian Empire end time adj end times the Enemy the Satan enemy the satanic forces Epiphany epistle John s epistle et al epistle to the Romans Epistles the NT apostolic letters eschatology ical Eternal the
21. is to be used instead if any A footnote or endnote applying to a chapter epigraph begins with the word Epigraph in italics followed by a period the rest of the citation follows CMS 16 66 16 68 S On pages with endorsements use quotation marks around each endorsement No comma follows the name before a title if the name is right justified to the margin T A capital X is used in ISBNs with an X as the last digit U Use Jesus and Moses contrary to CMS 7 22 unless the project style sheet indicates otherwise Bad Breaks Formatting Orphan The last line of a paragraph must contain at least one complete word of three or more letters Widow A widow is anything less than a full line plus a second line with at least one word of three or more characters at the top of a page The first line of a paragraph at the bottom of a page is acceptable Punctuation block A punctuation block is five or more consecutive lines ending with punctuation three or more consecutive lines ending with hyphens Punctuation blocks should be marked to be rebroken A The last word of a paragraph should not be broken from one line to the next with a hyphen Exceptions can be made for broken compounds that prevent a loose line B The last page of a chapter must contain at least three lines of text C It is an acceptable line break for a line of text such as a Scripture reference to be broken at an en dash D When Scripture references appear within
22. ise a name or occasionally an expletive a 2 em dash should be used See CMS 6 95 for details about how this should be done Scripture Quotations A Scripture quotations that are set in block quotation style should have the reference appearing directly after the final punctuation set in parentheses The book name in the reference should be abbreviated unless otherwise specified CMS 11 81 Example May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ through which the world has been crucified to me and I to the world Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything what counts is a new creation Gal 6 14 15 B Scripture quotations set in poetry style should have the reference dropped to the line after the last line of the quote This reference should be in parentheses and set flush right aligned with the last character of the quote s longest line The book name should be abbreviated unless other specifications are given for an individual project CMS 11 83 Example For I will forgive their wickedness and I will remember their sins no more Jer 31 34 C In some scholarly works when the author wishes to indicate that only a portion of a Bible verse is being referenced the letters a b c etc may be added to that reference We prefer that this practice be limited to academic works in which precision is required Trade books do not need to indicate verse portions D The word verse should be abbreviate
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26. of Israel Love Chapter the low church Lucifer Satan Lukan Maccabean Maccabees magi Magnificat the Song of Mary Major Prophets the division of the OT major prophets people Majority Text mammon Man the Jesus Man of Sin Satan Man of Sorrows Marcan or Markan Masorete Masoretic text Mass liturgy of the Eucharist Master the God matins matrimony sacrament Matthean Mediator the Christ Medieval megachurch menorah mercy seat Messiah the Christ messiahship messianic Middle Ages midtribulation al millenarian ism ist millennial kingdom millennium the Minor Prophets the division of the OT minor prophets people Miserere the Mishnah Mishnaic modernist s ism moon god Mosaic Mosaic Law Pentateuch or Ten Commandments Most High the Mount of Olives Mount of Transfiguration Mount Olivet Mount Olivet Discourse Mount Sinai Muhammad preferred Muslim preferred Nag Hammadi codices name of Christ the name of God the nativity the nativity of Christ the Near East Neo Babylonian Empire neoorthodox y neo Pentecostalism neoplatonic new birth New City part of modern Jerusalem new covenant NT new heaven and new earth New Jerusalem kingdom come New Testament church Nicene Creed Nicene fathers night office canonical hours Ninety five Theses noncanonical non Christian n and adj but
27. ons Sea of Galilee second Adam Christ second advent the second coming the second coming of Christ second person of the Trinity Second Vatican Council seder Semite ic ism Septuagesima Septuagint seraph im Sermon on the Mount Serpent the Satan seven deadly sins the seven sacraments the Seventh day Adventist seventh heaven Seventieth Week sext canonical hour Shabuoth Pentecost shalom shalom aleichem shekinah sheol ital only when referred to as a Hebrew word Shepherd Psalm the shofar Shulammite Sinai Desert Sin Bearer the sin offering Solomon s temple Son of David Son of God Son of Man sonship of Christ southern kingdom Sovereign Lord Spirit the Holy Spirit star of Bethlehem stations of the cross Sukkoth Feast of Booths Sunday school Sunday school teacher sun god Sun of Righteousness Supreme Being the 20 Sustainer God synagogue Synoptic Gospels Synoptics the synoptic writers the tabernacle the OT building See Word Usage for when to capitalize table of shewbread Talmud talmudic Tanak Targum targumic Te Deum temple the at Jerusalem See Word Usage for when to capitalize Temple Mount temptation the temptation in the desert the temptation of Christ the Ten Commandments but the second commandment Ten Tribes the ten tribes of Israel the tent Tent of Meeting Tent of the Testimon
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29. orter span goes first if the spans are not identical C Whole book references may be sparingly included if relevant They should be placed at the end of the list for that particular book Rights and Permissions Section 1 An Editor s Responsibility The author is responsible to note all material that needs permission and pursue permission for each item that needs it Kregel expects you to come behind with an extra set of eyes to notice any protected material in need of permission that the author missed and either notify Kregel or communicate with the author directly about any material still in need of permission Section 2 Materials in Need of Permission The following is a list of general categories of material that need to have permission from the rights holder in order to use them in a published work see following paragraphs for exceptions Song lyrics Poetry Illustrations photography artwork etc Tables graphs charts and maps 26 Prose quotations from previously published books this may include quotes from books author has published with other publishing houses depending on the copyright agreement Prose quotes from unpublished works Unpublished personal material such as letters memos diaries manuscripts e mails etc To cite any form of personal correspondence give the person s name the medium of the correspondence letter e mail etc and the date Situations When Written Perm
30. r the Jewish Feast Passover Jewish New Year Rosh Hashanah Johannine John the Baptist John the Beloved John the Evangelist Jordan River but the river Jordan Jubilee year of emancipation Judaic Judaica Judaism ist istic Judaize r Judean Judeo Christian judges the Judgment Day judgment seat of Christ Kaddish kerygma King God or Jesus King David etc King James Version kingdom the kingdom age kingdom of God kingdom of heaven kingdom of Israel kingdom of Satan King of Glory Christ King of Kings Christ kingship of Christ kinsman redeemer koinonia Koran koranic prefer Qur an Lady our lake of fire Lamb the Christ Lamb of God Lamb s Book of Life land of Canaan Land of Promise last day s the last judgment the last rites Last Supper the last times the Latin Rite Latter Prophets the lauds laver law as opposed to grace Law the Pentateuch law of Moses a general Lawgiver God Lent en Levite Levitical Levitical decrees liberal ism Light Truth or Christ Light of the World Christ Litany the Anglican living God living Word the Bible loanword Logos the Lord the Lord Almighty the Lord of Hosts 17 Lord of Lords Lord s Anointed the Christ Lord s anointed Savior the Christ Lord s Day the lordship of Christ Lord s Prayer the Lord s Supper the Lord s Table the Lost Tribes lost tribes
31. rch charismatic movement cherub im chief priest Chief Shepherd Christ child Jesus children of Israel chosen people Jews Christ Christ child christen ing Christendom Christian n and adj Christian era christianize ization Christianlike Christlike ness Christian socialism Christmas Day Christmas Eve Christmastide christocentrism christological Christology ical christophany Chronicler the church the body of Christ church building church service church age church and state church fathers the Fathers church in America church invisible church militant Church of England Church of Rome church triumphant church universal church visible City of David Jerusalem Bethlehem Code of Hammurabi College of Cardinals Comforter the Holy Spirit commandment first et al Commandments the Ten Communion sacrament compline confirmation coregency Council of Trent Counselor the Holy Spirit Counter Reformation covenant the old new covenant of grace covenant of the Lord the 13 covenant of works creation the both the act and the result Creator the creator God the cross the both the event and the wooden object crown Crucified One the as name Ic as descriptor crucifixion the crucifixion of Christ Crusades the cupbearer curse the Daniel s Seventieth Week Davidic covenant Davidic law day hours first s
32. re you would normally pause in saying a sentence aloud Use a comma before the last item in a series Example The colors of the American flag are red white and blue An adjectival phrase or a clause that is nonrestrictive or purely descriptive which could be dropped without changing the reference of the noun is set off by commas Example The girl whose blue eyes shone with delight shouted at the weasel A restrictive phase is never set off Example The girl with the blue eyes shouted at the weasel If an author is inconsistent in his her use of commas before too then standardize it according to this rule Use commas with too only when you want to emphasize an abrupt change of thought He didn t know at first what hit him but then too he hadn t ever walked in a field strewn with garden rakes In most other cases commas with this short adverb are unnecessary an exception being sentences that begin with too in the sense of also Dash CMS 6 80 96 An em dash is the longest dash typically used It is used to denote sudden changes to introduce a phrase that amplifies explains or digresses from the main clause or to set off a complementary element in a sentence a job that can also be done by commas or parentheses It is less formal than a colon or semicolon Avoid overuse of the em dash An en dash is shorter than an em dash and longer than a hyphen Its main use is to conn
33. st Western as in Western culture Westerner as in when Westerners arrive in Asia Westernize the West who whom Who and whom refer to human beings and animals with a name Use that and which for inanimate objects and animals without a name Use who when someone is the subject of a sentence clause or phrase Examples The man who went hiking forgot his backpack Who are you Use whom when someone is the object of a verb or preposition Example Does anyone know to whom this backpack belongs Whom is it you re looking for worldview Do not use world view worldwide Do not use world wide worshipped worshiped Consult project s style sheet Do not change spelling in Bible quotations to make a manuscript consistent Macintosh Symbols The chart below indicates the keystrokes required to create typographical symbols with most Macintosh fonts To create symbols with other kinds of computers consult your word processor s user manual Name Symbol Keystrokes copyright option g registered trademark option r trademark 1M option 2 bullet G option 8 degree 9 shift option 8 dagger t option t double dagger shift option 7 em dash shift option en dash option smart quote opening option smart quote closing a shift option single smart quote opening option single smart quote closing shift option acute accent 6 option e letter grave accent option let
34. t Coast the Southwest Percentages CMS 9 19 Use numerals and spell out the word percent rather than using the symbol 50 percent 99 percent Note that percent is always preceded by a numeral unless the numeral begins a sentence then it s spelled out Photo Captions CMS 12 31 51 Photo captions should take the form of a complete sentence or sentences and should be capitalized and punctuated appropriately The moon rises like a hood ornament along the Beartooth Highway A ll captions should be italicized set in smaller type or otherwise distinguished from the main text Table Title and Column Heads CMS 13 16 13 19 Table titles and column heads should be handled in a consistent manner within the book either sentence style capitalization or headline style Time CMS 9 38 9 41 42 Era designations should appear in small caps and with periods A D B C E B C C E contrary to CMS 15 ed Make sure that AM and PM appear as small caps 6 AM not 6 00 a m 5 30 PM Hours are from 1 to 4 30 PM Quotations and Dialogue A Direct quotations must be reproduced exactly as shown See CMS 11 4 10 and 11 68 71 for information on accepted alterations and how they may be made B When dialogue is faltering trailing off etc a three dot ellipsis should be used There is no reason to use a four dot ellipsis in this instance C If a word or part of a word is missing often to disgu
35. ter umlaut option u letter circumflex RO option i letter tilde A option n letter cedilla c option c capital cedilla C C shift option c footnote command e 23 Web Internet A Author related e mail addresses and Web sites are not to appear in books B Citation follows the specifications for that particular source type e g magazine newspaper journal etc with the addition of the URL at the end and the access date if appropriate C URLs should not be underlined D URLs should always appear complete with http www E A URL should never be the sole component of a citation A URL tells you where something is but a full citation should tell you what that item is If author title and publication date are not available then consider citing a more permanent source F If access dates are supplied there is no need to eliminate them If they are missing there is no need to add them If documentation is inconsistent in a work the author should be contacted for missing access dates G Site revision dates should not be included in citation information H How to break a URL that extends for longer than a single line Break after Break before double slash tilde single slash period hyphen Before or after comma equals sign question mark amp ampersand _ underline number sign percent symbol Note that a Web site breaks before a period one break org not after
36. ubstantial percentage of the entire original work Is this the essential heart of the original work Does it seem the author s reason for using this was to avoid the work of creating their own original expression for the concept conveyed by the borrowed passage Is the author including this for purposes other than criticism comment news reporting teaching scholarship or research Will the author s use of this negatively impact the market for the original work Is this quote from an unpublished source The more of these questions that you can answer no to the stronger the case is for fair use If you answer yes to one or several of the questions it would be safest to have the author seek permission for the use of the material When also balanced with the above questions the following kinds of materials are frequently safe to be considered as fair use Prose quotations or the close paraphrasing of less than 500 words from any full length book either a single citation or the total of several shorter quotations from a single work Prose quotations or the close paraphrasing of less than 150 words from a short article or periodical piece Less than 300 words from a full length play or 100 words from a one act play Less than 4 lines from a poem Less than 4 lines from a song Less than a single line or two from any unpublished letter memo diary manuscript or other personal document Works of the Unit
37. y terce canonical hour Testaments the tetragrammaton Textus Receptus third person of the Trinity Thirty nine Articles Anglican throne of grace Thummim time of Jacob s trouble time of the Gentiles the time of the judges the tomb the Torah Tower of Babel transfiguration the Transjordan Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil Tree of Life tribe of Judah tribulation the historical event Trinitarian Trinity the triumphal entry triune God True Cross the Twelve the twelve apostles the twelve disciples the Twenty third Psalm unchristian ungodly Unitarian united kingdom of Israel universal church universalism ist unscriptural Upanishads upper room the Upper Room Discourse Urim vacation Bible school Vedas Vedic vespers viaticum Victor the Christ Vine the Christ Virgin the Virgin and child virgin birth the Virgin Mary the visible church voice of God Vulgate Wandering Jew the legend Water of Life Christ Way the Christ way the truth and the life Weeping Prophet the Jeremiah Western church Western Rites Westminster Catechism Wicked One the Satan Wisdom Literature the wise men Word the Bible or Christ Word made flesh Christ Word of God Bible word of God his statement or promise Word of Life Word of Truth the Writings the Yahweh ital only when referring to Hebrew word Year of Jubilee Yom Kippur
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