Common Subject Headings for Kohler Victorian Theology Pamphlet Project
(June 2004)
This list is not exhaustive, only representative of the most frequently used subject headings used on previous records. The list includes entire strings of heading and subdivisions as well as examples of how to divide them. You would have to check the original authority record if you needed to know whether any particular topic was subdividable geographically.
Topics, General 650
Anglican orders.
Anglo-Catholicism.
Anti-Catholicism |z Great Britain.
Apologetics.
Apostolic succession.
Athanasian Creed.
Atheism |v Controversial literature.
Baptists.
Catholic emancipation.
Catholics.
Children of God.
Christian education |x Law and legislation |z Great Britain.
Christian union |x Catholic Church.
Christian union |x Church of England.
Christianity |v Controversial literature.
Christianity |x Essence, genius, nature.
Christianity |x Origin.
Christianity and other religions |x Judaism.
Christianity and other religions |x Zoroastrianism.
Church |x Authority |v Sermons.
Church |x Biblical teaching.
Church |x Teaching office |v Sermons.
Church |x Unity.
Church and college |z England
Church and education.
Church and social problems.
Church and state |z [place]
Church and the world.
Church attendance |v Sermons.
Church controversies |v Sermons.
Church growth |z Scotland.
Church membership.
Church polity |x Biblical teaching.
Church property |z England.
Church renewal |z England.
Church tax |z England.
Church vestments |x Church of England.
Church work with the poor |z Great Britain.
Church work with the sick.
Churching of women.
Communion of saints |v Sermons.
Congregational churches.
Congregationalism.
Consecration of bishops |x United Church of England and Ireland.
Continuity of the church |x Anglican Communion.
Convents.
Councils and synods.
Councils and synods, Provincial.
Creeds.
Creeds |x Subscription |v Controversial literature.
Dispensationalism.
Ecclesiastical law |z Scotland.
Education (Christian theology)
Endowments |z England.
Episcopacy
Established churches.
Evangelicalism.
Evangelistic work |z England |z London.
Fellowship |x Religious aspects |x Methodist Church.
Fellowship |x Religious aspects |x Christianity.
Free churches.
Freedom of religion |z Great Britain.
Government, Resistance to |x Religious aspects |x Christianity
High Church movement
Interdenominational cooperation.
Jewish law.
Judaism.
Methodist Church
Missions to Jews |z Jerusalem.
Missions |z India |v Sermons.
Missions, Medical.
Monastic and religious life of women.
Monasticism and religious orders |x Law and legislation.
New Jerusalem Church |x Doctrines
Ordination |x Church of England.
Oxford movement.
Papacy.
Pastoral theology |x Church of England.
Patronage, Ecclesiastical
Persecution |z Scotland.
Prayer meetings
Preaching.
Protestant churches |z Italy |z Florence |x History
Protestantism |v Apologetic works.
Protestants |z Italy |z Florence |v Biography.
Providence and government of God.
Public officers |x Religious life |v Sermons.
Public worship |x United Church of England and Ireland.
Religion and science.
Religious disputations |z England |z Yorkshire.
Religious education of children. [of women, etc.]
Religious tolerance
Ritualism.
Schism.
Society of Friends |x Doctrines.
Socialism, Christian |z Great Britain.
Socinianism
Sociology, Christian.
Spiritual exercises.
Spiritualism.
Stewardship, Christian |v Sermons.
Sunday schools |x Growth.
Theology |x Study and teaching |x Church of England.
Tithes.
Tradition (Theology)
Trials (Blasphemy) |z Scotland.
Unitarianism.
Universalism.
Religious Figures
Balaam |c (Biblical figure) |v Sermons. 600 00
God |x Attributes.
God |v Comparative studies.
God |x Love.
God |x Omnipresence.
God |x Proof.
God |x Will.
God |x Worship and love.
Job |c (Biblical figure) |v Sermons.
Holy Spirit |v Sermons.
Jesus Christ |x Biography. 600 00
Jesus Christ |x Divinity.
Jesus Christ |x Exaltation.
Jesus Christ |x Humanity
Jesus Christ |x Messiahship.
Jesus Christ |x Name |v Sermons.
Jesus Christ |x Person and offices |v Sermons.
Jesus Christ |x Priesthood.
Jesus Christ |x Royal office.
Jesus Christ |x Sending of the twelve.
Jesus Christ |x Unitarian interpretations.
Jesus Christ |x Teaching methods.
Jesus Christ |x Teachings.
Jesus Christ |x Example.
Mary, |c Blessed Virgin, Saint |x Apparitions and miracles |z France |z Lourdes.
Messiah |x Prophecies.
Saints |x Cult.
Son of God.
Trinity.
People, Social Groups and Others 650
Baptists |x Doctrines.
Catholics |z Great Britain |x Political activity.
Christian converts from Judaism |v Biography.
Christian men.
Christian women |v Diaries.
Christian women |v Correspondence.
Clergy:
Church of England |x Clergy |x Post-ordination training.
Church of England |x Clergy |x Salaries, etc.
Church of England |x Clergy |x Pensions.
Church officers |z Great Britain.
Clergy |x Office |v Sermons.
Covenanters
Converts |z Scotland |v Biography.
Deacons |x Church of England.
Dissenters, Religious |z Wales.
Jews |x Conversion to Christianity
Men |x Religious life |v Sermons.
Men (Christian theology) |v Sermons.
Methodists
Nuns |z New Jersey |v Biography.
Penitents |v Prayer-books and devotions.
Popes |x Infallibility |v Controversial literature.
Popes |x Primacy
Priesthood.
Protestant converts |v Biography.
Protestants
Quakers
School children |x Religious life.
School children |x Conduct of life.
Seminarians |x Conduct of life |v Sermons.
Sick |x Religious life.
Society of Friends
Spirits.
Young men |x Religious life.
Youth.
Topics, Ethical, Psychological, Theological, etc.
Absolution.
Agnosticism.
Antichrist.
Antitrinitarianism.
Apostasy.
Asylum, Right of |x Biblical teaching.
Authority |x Religious aspects |x Christianity.
Blasphemy |z Great Britain.
Brotherliness |x Religious aspects |x Christianity | v Sermons.
Caring |x Religious aspects |x Christianity |v Sermons.
Charity |v Sermons.
Christian giving.
Christian life.
Christian life |x Anglican authors.
Christian life |x Anglican authors |v Early works to 1800.
Christian life |x Catholic authors.
Christian union |v Sermons.
Church membership |v Sermons.
Concord |x Biblical teaching.
Concord |x Religious aspects.
Conversion.
Covenant theology
Covenants |x Religious aspects |x Presbyterian Church.
Creation.
Death |x Religious aspects |x Christianity.
Devil.
Diligence.
Disappointment |x Religious aspects.
Election (Theology)
Equality |x Religious aspects |x Christianity.
Faith.
Fall of man.
Forgiveness of sin.
Free thought.
Free will and determinism |x Biblical teaching.
Future life.
Future punishment |x Christianity.
Glory of God.
Good and evil |v Sermons.
Grace (Theology)
Grief |x Religious aspects |x Christianity |v Sermons.
Heaven |v Sermons.
Heresy |v Sermons.
Holiness |v Sermons.
Hope |x Religious aspects |x Christianity |v Sermons.
Idolatry |v Sermons.
Immortality.
Irreligion |z Great Britain |v Sermons.
Judgment of God |v Sermons.
Justification (Christian theology)
Love |x Religious aspects |x Christianity |v Sermons.
Manna.
Miracles.
Moderation |x Religious aspects |x Christianity.
Moral conditions.
Obedience |x Biblical teaching.
Peace |x Religious aspects |x Christianity |v Sermons.
Perseverance (Theology) |v Sermons.
Piety.
Poor |x Biblical teaching.
Poverty |x Religious aspects |x Christianity.
Predestination.
Prophecies
Regeneration (Theology)
Reprobation.
Revelation.
Royal supremacy (Church of England)
Salvation.
Self-denial.
Selfishness.
Self-righteousness |v Sermons.
Sin.
Sin, Original
Spiritual life |x Catholic Church.
Spiritual life |v Sermons.
Sudden death |v Sermons.
Temple of God |v Sermons.
Temptation.
Terminally ill |x Religious aspects.
Toleration |v Sermons.
Transubstantiation.
Trust in God |v Sermons.
Vows.
War |x Religious aspects |x Christianity |v Sermons.
Wealth |x Religious aspects |x Christianity.
Work |x Religious aspects |x Christianity |v Sermons.
Worldliness.
Religious Rites, Rituals, Biblical Events, Holidays, etc.
Anglican Communion
Atonement.
Baptism.
Christmas
Confession |x Church of England.
Confirmation |x Church of England.
Close and open communion.
Cremation.
Deluge.
End of the world.
Fasting |v Sermons.
Fasts and feasts |z Great Britain.
Good Friday.
Infant baptism.
Judgment Day |v Sermons.
Lord’s Supper |x Adoration.
Lord's Supper |x Real presence.
Lord's Supper |x Sacrifice.
Lord's Supper |x Wine.
Lord's Supper |x United Church of England and Ireland.
Lord's Supper (Liturgy)
Mass |v Controversial literature.
Millennium (Eschatology).
Miracles.
Mortification |x Christianity.
Resurrection |v Sermons.
Sabbath.
Second Advent.
Sunday.
Sunday legislation |z Great Britain.
Church year.
Bible Topics and Books About the Bible (650 or 630, Bible, N.T. etc.)
Bible. |p N.T. |p Romans, XII, 12 |v Sermons. 630
Bible. |p N.T. |p Romans XII, 4 |x Criticism, interpretation, etc. 630
Bible. |p O.T. |v Abridgments.
Bible |v Controversial literature. 630
Bible |x Evidences, authority, etc. |v Sermons.
Bible |x Hermeneutics.
Bible |x Inspiration.
Bible. |l Latin |x Versions |x Vulgate.
Bible |v Outlines, syllabi, etc.
Bible |x Prophecies |x Jews |v Sermons.
Bible |x Prophecies |x History |y 19th century.
Bible |x Publication and distribution |z England.
Bible |x Study and teaching |z Great Britain.
Bible |x Versions, Catholic vs. Protestant.
Bible |x Versions, Catholic |x Publication and distribution.
Bible and geology. 650
Bible and tradition
Religious Literature, Music and Other Arts
Anglican chants.
Christian biography.
Christian poetry, English |y 19th century.
Church music |x Church of England | v Sermons.
Hymns.
Music in churches.
Music in the Bible.
Psalmody.
Religious literature |x Publication and distribution |z Great Britain.
Sick |v Prayer-books and devotions.
Prayers
Prayers.
Sermons
Confirmation sermons.
Coronation sermons.
Farewell sermons.
Fast-day sermons.
Funeral sermons.
Ordination sermons.
Sermons.
Sermons, English |z Scotland
Visitation sermons.
Buildings
Anglican church buildings.
Architecture and religion.
Catholic church buildings.
Church buildings |v Sermons.
Church decoration and ornament.
Convents.
Monasteries.
Churches 610/710
Catholic Church |x Foreign relations |z [country]
Add 2nd subject heading when using the above subject heading:
651 [Country] |x Foreign relations |x Catholic Church.
Catholic Church |v Controversial literature.
