Library of Congress Classification/Class B
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Subclass BC
Subclass BD
Subclass BF
Subclass BH
Subclass BJ
Subclass BL
Subclass BM
Subclass BP
Subclass BQ
Subclass BR
Subclass BS
Subclass BT
Subclass BV
Subclass BX
CLASS B - PHILOSOPHY. PSYCHOLOGY. RELIGION
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| Subclass B | Philosophy (General) |
|---|---|
| Subclass BC | Logic |
| Subclass BD | Speculative philosophy |
| Subclass BF | Psychology |
| Subclass BH | Aesthetics |
| Subclass BJ | Ethics |
| Subclass BL | Religions. Mythology. Rationalism |
| Subclass BM | Judaism |
| Subclass BP | Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc. |
| Subclass BQ | Buddhism |
| Subclass BR | Christianity |
| Subclass BS | The Bible |
| Subclass BT | Doctrinal Theology |
| Subclass BV | Practical Theology |
| Subclass BX | Christian Denominations |
Subclass B
| B1-5802 | Philosophy (General) | |||
| B69-99 | General works | |||
| B108-5802 | By period Including individual philosophers and schools of philosophy | |||
| B108-708 | Ancient | |||
| B720-765 | Medieval | |||
| B770-785 | Renaissance | |||
| B790-5802 | Modern | |||
| B808-849 | Special topics and schools of philosophy | |||
| B850-5739 | By region or country | |||
| B5800-5802 | By religion | |||
| BC1-199 | Logic | ||
| BC11-39 | History | ||
| BC25-39 | By period | ||
| BC60-99 | General works | ||
| BC171-199 | Special topics | ||
| BD10-701 | Speculative philosophy | |
| BD10-41 | General philosophical works | |
| BD95-131 | Metaphysics | |
| BD143-237 | Epistemology. Theory of knowledge | |
| BD240-260 | Methodology | |
| BD300-450 | Ontology Including being, the soul, life, death | |
| BD493-701 | Cosmology Including teleology, space and time, structure of matter, plurality of worlds | |
| BF1-990 | Psychology | |
| BF38-64 | Philosophy. Relation to other topics | |
| BF173-175.5 | Psychoanalysis | |
| BF176-176.5 | Psychological tests and testing | |
| BF180-198.7 | Experimental psychology | |
| BF203 | Gestalt psychology | |
| BF207-209 | Psychotropic drugs and other substances | |
| BF231-299 | Sensation. Aesthesiology | |
| BF309-499 | Consciousness. Cognition Including learning, attention, comprehension, memory, imagination, genius, intelligence, thought and thinking, psycholinguistics, mental fatigue | |
| BF501-505 | Motivation | |
| BF511-593 | Affection. Feeling. Emotion | |
| BF608-635 | Will. Volition. Choice. Control | |
| BF636-637 | Applied psychology | |
| BF638-648 | New Thought. Menticulture, etc. | |
| BF660-685 | Comparative psychology. Animal and human psychology | |
| BF692-692.5 | Psychology of sex. Sexual behavior | |
| BF697-697.5 | Differential psychology. Individuality. Self | |
| BF698-698.9 | Personality | |
| BF699-711 | Genetic psychology | |
| BF712-724.85 | Developmental psychology Including infant psychology, child psychology, adolescence, adulthood | |
| BF725-727 | Class psychology | |
| BF795-839 | Temperament. Character | |
| BF839.8-885 | Physiognomy. Phrenology | |
| BF889-905 | Graphology. Study of handwriting | |
| BF908-940 | The hand. Palmistry | |
| BF1001-1389 | Parapsychology | |
| BF1001-1045 | Psychic research. Psychology of the conscious | |
| BF1048-1108 | Hallucinations. Sleep. Dreaming. Visions | |
| BF1111-1156 | Hypnotism. Suggestion. Mesmerism. Subliminal projection | |
| BF1161-1171 | Telepathy. Mind reading. Thought transference | |
| BF1228-1389 | Spiritualism Including mediumship, spirit messages, clairvoyance | |
| BF1404-2055 | Occult sciences | |
| BF1444-1486 | Ghosts. Apparitions. Hauntings | |
| BF1501-1562 | Demonology. Satanism. Possession | |
| BF1562.5-1584 | Witchcraft | |
| BF1585-1623 | Magic. Hermetics. Necromancy | |
| BF1651-1729 | Astrology | |
| BF1745-1779 | Oracles. Sibyls. Divinations | |
| BF1783-1815 | Seers. Prophets. Prophecies | |
| BF1845-1891 | Fortune telling | |
| BF2050-2055 | Human alien encounters. Contact between humans and extraterrestrials | |
| BH1-301 | Aesthetics | |
| BH81-208 | History | |
| BH301 | Special topics | |
| BJ1-1725 | Ethics | |
| BJ71-1185 | History and general works Including individual ethical philosophers | |
| BJ1188-1295 | Religious ethics | |
| BJ1298-1335 | Evolutionary and genetic ethics | |
| BJ1365-1385 | Positivist ethics | |
| BJ1388 | Socialist ethics | |
| BJ1390-1390.5 | Communist ethics | |
| BJ1392 | Totalitarian ethics | |
| BJ1395 | Feminist ethics | |
| BJ1518-1697 | Individual ethics. Character. Virtue Including practical and applied ethics, conduct of life, vices, success, ethics for children | |
| BJ1725 | Ethics of social groups, classes, etc. Professional ethics | |
| BJ1801-2195 | Social usages. Etiquette | |
| BJ2021-2078 | Etiquette of entertaining | |
| BJ2139-2156 | Etiquette of travel | |
| BJ2195 | Telephone etiquette | |
| BL1-2790 | Religions. Mythology. Rationalism | |||||
| BL1-50 | Religion (General) | |||||
| BL51-65 | Philosophy of religion. Psychology of religion. Religion in relation to other subjects | |||||
| BL70-71 | Sacred books (General) | |||||
| BL71.5-73 | Biography | |||||
| BL74-99 | Religions of the world | |||||
| BL175-265 | Natural theology | |||||
| BL175-190 | General | |||||
| BL200 | Theism | |||||
| BL205-216 | Nature and attributes of Deity | |||||
| BL217 | Polytheism | |||||
| BL218 | Dualism | |||||
| BL220 | Pantheism | |||||
| BL221 | Monotheism | |||||
| BL224-227 | Creation. Theory of the earth | |||||
| BL239-265 | Religion and science | |||||
| BL270 | Unity and plurality | |||||
| BL290 | The soul | |||||
| BL300-325 | The myth. Comparative mythology | |||||
| BL350-385 | Classification of religions | |||||
| BL410 | Religions in relation to one another | |||||
| BL425-490 | Religious doctrines (General) | |||||
| BL430 | Origins of religion | |||||
| BL435-457 | Nature worship | |||||
| BL458 | Women in comparative religion | |||||
| BL460 | Sex worship. Phallicism | |||||
| BL465-470 | Worship of human beings | |||||
| BL473-490 | Other | |||||
| BL500-547 | Eschatology | |||||
| BL550-619 | Worship. Cultus | |||||
| BL624-629.5 | Religious life | |||||
| BL630-(632.5) | Religious organization | |||||
| BL660-2680 | History and principles of religions | |||||
| BL660 | Indo-European. Aryan | |||||
| BL685 | Ural-Altaic | |||||
| BL687 | Mediterranean region | |||||
| BL689-980 | European. Occidental | |||||
| BL700-820 | Classical (Etruscan, Greek, Roman) | |||||
| BL830-875 | Germanic and Norse | |||||
| BL900-980 | Other European | |||||
| BL1000-2370 | Asian. Oriental | |||||
| BL1000-1035 | General | |||||
| BL1050 | Northern and Central Asia | |||||
| BL1055 | Southern and Eastern Asia | |||||
| BL1060 | Southwestern Asia. Asia Minor. Levant | |||||
| BL1100-1295 | Hinduism | |||||
| BL1100-1107.5 | General | |||||
| BL1108.2-1108.7 | Religious education | |||||
| BL1109.2-1109.7 | Antiquities. Archaeology. Inscriptions | ||||
| BL1111-1143.2 | Sacred books. Sources | ||||
| BL1112.2-1137.5 | Vedic texts | ||||
| BL1140.2-1140.4 | Purānas | ||||
| BL1141.2-1142.6 | Tantric texts | ||||
| BL1145-1146 | Hindu literature | ||||
| BL1153.7-1168 | By region or country | ||||
| BL1212.32-1215 | Doctrines. Theology | ||||
| BL1216-1225 | Hindu pantheon. Deities | ||||
| BL1225.2-1243.58 | Religious life | ||||
| BL1243.72-1243.78 | Monasteries. Temples, etc. | ||||
| BL1271.2-1295 | Modifications. Sects | ||||
| BL1284.5-1289.592 | Vaishnavism | ||||
| BL1300-1380 | Jainism | ||||
| BL1310-1314.2 | Sacred books. Sources | ||||
| BL1315-1317 | Jain literature | ||||
| BL1375.3-1375.7 | Jaina pantheon. Deities | ||||
| BL1376-1378.85 | Forms of worship | ||||
| BL1379-1380 | Modifications, etc. | ||||
| BL1500-1590 | Zoroastrianism (Mazdeism). Parseeism | ||||
| BL1595 | Yezidis | ||||
| BL1600-1695 | Semitic religions | ||||
| BL1600-1605 | General | ||||
| BL1610 | Aramean | ||||
| BL1615-1616 | Sumerian | ||||
| BL1620-1625 | Assyro Babylonian | ||||
| BL1630 | Chaldean | ||||
| BL1635 | Harranian. Pseudo Sabian | ||||
| BL1640-1645 | Syrian. Palestinian. Samaritan | ||||
| BL1650 | Hebrew For Judaism, see subclass BM | ||||
| BL1660-1665 | Phoenician. Carthaginian, etc. | ||||
| BL1670-1672 | Canaanite | ||||
| BL1675 | Moabite. Philistine | ||||
| BL1680-1685 | Arabian (except Islam) | ||||
| BL1695 | Druses | ||||
| BL1710 | Ethiopian | ||||
| BL1750-2350 | By region or country | ||||
| BL1790-1975 | China | ||||
| BL1830-1883 | Confucianism | ||||
| BL1899-1942.85 | Taoism | ||||
| BL2000-2032 | India | ||||
| BL2017-2018.7 | Sikhism | ||||
| BL2195-2228 | Japan | ||||
| BL2216-2227.8 | Shinto | ||||
| BL2230-2240 | Korea | ||||
| BL2390-2490 | African | ||||
| BL2420-2460 | Egyptian | ||||
| BL2500-2592 | American For American Indians, see classes E-F | ||||
| BL2600-2630 | Pacific Ocean islands. Oceania | ||||
| BL2670 | Arctic regions | |
| BL2700-2790 | Rationalism | |
| BM1-990 | Judaism | |||
| BM1-449 | General | |||
| BM70-135 | Study and teaching | |||
| BM150-449 | History | |||
| BM201-449 | By region or country | |||
| BM480-488.8 | Pre Talmudic Jewish literature (non Biblical) | |||
| BM495-532 | Sources of Jewish religion. Rabbinical literature | |||
| BM497-509 | Talmudic literature | |||
| BM497-497.8 | Mishnah | |||
| BM498-498.8 | Palestinian Talmud | |||
| BM499-504.7 | Babylonian Talmud | |||
| BM507-507.5 | Baraita | |||
| BM508-508.5 | Tosefta | |||
| BM510-518 | Midrash | |||
| BM520-523.7 | Halacha | |||
| BM525-526 | Cabala | |||
| BM529 | Jewish tradition | |||
| BM534-538 | Relation of Judaism to special subject fields | |||
| BM534-536 | Religions | |||
| BM545-582 | Principles of Judaism (General) | |||
| BM585-585.4 | Controversial works against the Jews | |||
| BM590-591 | Jewish works against Christianity and Islam | |||
| BM600-645 | Dogmatic Judaism | |||
| BM646 | Heresy, heresies | |||
| BM648 | Apologetics | |||
| BM650-747 | Practical Judaism | |||
| BM651-652.7 | Priests, rabbis, etc. | |||
| BM653-653.7 | Congregations. Synagogues | |||
| BM654-655.6 | The tabernacle. The temple | |||
| BM656-657 | Forms of worship | |||
| BM660-679 | Liturgy and ritual | |||
| BM690-695 | Festivals and fasts | |||
| BM700-720 | Rites and customs | |||
| BM723-729 | Jewish way of life. Spiritual life. Mysticism. Personal religion. Moral theology | |||
| BM730-747 | Preaching. Homiletics | |||
| BM750-755 | Biography | |||
| BM900-990 | Samaritans | |||
| BP1-610 | Islam. Bahai Faith. Theosophy, etc. | ||||
| BP1-253 | Islam | ||||
| BP1-68 | General | ||||
| BP42-48 | Study and teaching | ||||
| BP50-68 | History | ||||
| BP70-80 | Biography | ||||
| BP75-77.75 | Muhammad, Prophet, d. 632 | ||||
| BP87-89 | Islamic literature | ||||
| BP100-(157) | Sacred books | ||||
| BP100-134 | Koran | ||||
| BP128.15-129.83 | Special parts and chapters | ||||
| BP130-134 | Works about the Koran | ||||
| BP135-136.9 | Hadith literature. Traditions. Sunna | ||||
| BP137-137.5 | Koranic and other Islamic legends | ||||
| BP160-165 | General works on Islam | ||||
| BP165.5 | Dogma (‘Aqā’id) | ||||
| BP166-166.94 | Theology (Kalām) | ||||
| BP167.5 | Heresy, heresies, heretics | ||||
| BP168 | Apostasy from Islam | ||||
| BP169 | Works against Islam and the Koran | ||||
| BP170 | Works in defense of Islam. Islamic apologetics | ||||
| BP170.2 | Benevolent work. Social work. Welfare work, etc. | ||||
| BP170.3-170.5 | Missionary work of Islam | ||||
| BP171-173 | Relation of Islam to other religions | ||||
| BP173.25-173.45 | Islamic sociology | ||||
| BP174-190 | The practice of Islam | ||||
| BP176-181 | The five duties of a Moslem. Pillars of Islam | ||||
| BP182 | Jihad (Holy War) | ||||
| BP184-184.9 | Religious ceremonies, rites, etc. | ||||
| BP186-186.97 | Special days and seasons, fasts, feasts, festivals, etc. Relics | ||||
| BP187-187.9 | Shrines, sacred places, etc. | ||||
| BP188-190 | Islamic religious life | ||||
| BP188.2-188.3 | Devotional literature | ||||
| BP188.45-189.65 | Sufism. Mysticism. Dervishes | ||||
| BP189.68-189.7 | Monasticism | ||||
| BP191-253 | Branches, sects, etc. | ||||
| BP192-194.9 | Shiites | ||||
| BP221-223 | Black Muslims | ||||
| BP232 | Moorish Science Temple of America | ||||
| BP251-253 | Nurculuk | ||||
| BP300-395 | Bahai Faith | ||||
| BP500-585 | Theosophy | ||||
| BP595-597 | Anthroposophy | ||||
| BP600-610 | Other beliefs and movements | ||||
| BQ1-9800 | Buddhism | |||
| BQ1-10 | Periodicals. Yearbooks (General) | |||
| BQ12-93 | Societies, councils, associations, clubs, etc. | |||
| BQ96-99 | Financial institutions. Trusts | |||
| BQ100-102 | Congresses. Conferences (General) | |||
| BQ104-105 | Directories (General) | |||
| BQ107-109 | Museums. Exhibitions | |||
| BQ115-126 | General collections. Collected works | |||
| BQ128 | Encyclopedias (General) | |||
| BQ130 | Dictionaries (General) | |||
| BQ133 | Terminology | |||
| BQ135 | Questions and answers. Maxims (General) | |||
| BQ141-209 | Religious education (General) | |||
| BQ210-219 | Research | |||
| BQ221-249 | Antiquities. Archaeology | |||
| BQ240-244 | Literary discoveries | |||
| BQ246-249 | Inscriptions, etc. | |||
| BQ251-799 | History | |||
| BQ800-829 | Persecutions | |||
| BQ840-999 | Biography | |||
| BQ840-858 | Collective | |||
| BQ860-999 | Individual | |||
| BQ860-939 | Gautama Buddha | |||
| BQ940-999 | Other | |||
| BQ1001-1045 | Buddhist literature | |||
| BQ1100-3340 | Tripitaka (Canonical literature) | |||
| BQ4000-4060 | General works | |||
| BQ4061-4570 | Doctrinal and systematic Buddhism | |||
| BQ4180-4565 | Special doctrines | |||
| BQ4570 | Special topics and relations to special subjects | |||
| BQ4600-4610 | Relation to other religious and philosophical systems | |||
| BQ4620-4905 | Buddhist pantheon | |||
| BQ4911-5720 | Practice of Buddhism. Forms of worship | |||
| BQ4965-5030 | Ceremonies and rites. Ceremonial rules | |||
| BQ5035-5065 | Hymns. Chants. Recitations | |||
| BQ5070-5075 | Altar, liturgical objects, ornaments, memorials, etc. | |||
| BQ5080-5085 | Vestments, altar cloths, etc. | |||
| BQ5090-5095 | Liturgical functions | |||
| BQ5100-5125 | Symbols and symbolism | |||
| BQ5130-5137 | Temple. Temple organization | |||
| BQ5140-5355 | Buddhist ministry. Priesthood. Organization | |||
| BQ5251-5305 | Education and training | |||
| BQ5310-5350 | Preaching | |||
| BQ5360-5680 | Religious life | |||
| BQ5485-5530 | Precepts for laymen | |||
| BQ5535-5594 | Devotional literature. Meditations. Prayers | |||
| BQ5595-5633 | Devotion. Meditation. Prayer | |||
| BQ5635-5675 | Spiritual life. Mysticism. Englightenment. Perfection | |||
| BQ5700-5720 | Festivals. Days and seasons | |||
| BQ5725-5845 | Folklore | |||
| BQ5821-5845 | Miracle literature | |||
| BQ5851-5899 | Benevolent work. Social work. Welfare work, etc. | |||
| BQ5901-5975 | Missionary work | |||
| BQ6001-6160 | Monasticism and monastic life Samgha (Order) | |||
| BQ6200-6240 | Asceticism. Hermits. Wayfaring life | |||
| BQ6300-6388 | Monasteries. Temples. Shrines. Sites | |||
| BQ6400-6495 | Pilgrims and pilgrimages | |||
| BQ7001-9800 | Modifications, schools, etc. | |||
| BQ7100-7285 | Theravāda (Hinayana) Buddhism | |||
| BQ7300-7529 | Mahayana Buddhism | |||
| BQ7530-7950 | Tibetan Buddhism (Lamaism) | |||
| BQ7960-7989 | Bonpo (Sect) | |||
| BQ8000-9800 | Special modifications, sects, etc. | |||
| BQ8500-8769 | Pure Land Buddhism | |||
| BQ8900-9099 | Tantric Buddhism | |||
| BQ9250-9519 | Zen Buddhism | |||
| BR1-1725 | Christianity | ||||
| BR60-67 | Early Christian literature. Fathers of the Church, etc. | ||||
| BR115 | Christianity in relation to special subjects | ||||
| BR130-133.5 | Christian antiquities. Archaeology. Museums | ||||
| BR140-1510 | History | ||||
| BR160-481 | By period | ||||
| BR160-275 | Early and medieval | ||||
| BR280 | Renaissance. Renaissance and Reformation | ||||
| BR290-481 | Modern period | ||||
| BR323.5-334.2 | Luther, Martin | ||||
| BR500-1510 | By region or country | ||||
| BR1600-1609 | Persecution. Martyrs | ||||
| BR1609.5 | Dissent | ||||
| BR1610 | Tolerance and toleration | ||||
| BR1615-1617 | Liberalism | ||||
| BR1620 | Sacrilege (History) | ||||
| BR1690-1725 | Biography | ||||
| BS1-2970 | The Bible | |||
| BS11-115 | Early versions | |||
| BS125-355 | Modern texts and versions | |||
| BS125-198 | English | |||
| BS199-313 | Other European languages | |||
| BS315-355 | Non-European languages | |||
| BS315 | Asian languages | |||
| BS325 | African languages | |||
| BS335 | Languages of Oceania and Australasia | |||
| BS345 | American Indian languages | |||
| BS350 | Mixed languages | |||
| BS355 | Artificial languages | |||
| BS410-680 | Works about the Bible | |||
| BS500-534.8 | Criticism and interpretation | |||
| BS535-537 | The Bible as literature | |||
| BS546-558 | Bible stories. Paraphrases of Bible stories. The Bible story | |||
| BS569-580 | Men, women, and children of the Bible | |||
| BS580 | Individual Old Testament characters | |||
| BS585-613 | Study and teaching | |||
| BS647-649 | Prophecy | |||
| BS650-667 | Bible and science | |||
| BS670-672 | Bible and social sciences | |||
| BS701-1830 | Old Testament | |||
| BS705-815 | Early versions | |||
| BS825-1013 | Modern texts and versions | |||
| BS1091-1099 | Selections. Quotations | |||
| BS1110-1199 | Works about the Old Testament | |||
| BS1160-1191.5 | Criticism and interpretation | |||
| BS1200-1830 | Special parts of the Old Testament | |||
| BS1901-2970 | New Testament | |||
| BS1937-2020 | Early texts and versions | |||
| BS2025-2213 | Modern texts and versions | |||
| BS2260-2269 | Selections. Quotations | |||
| BS2280-2545 | Works about the New Testament | |||
| BS2350-2393 | Criticism and interpretation | |||
| BS2415-2417 | The teachings of Jesus | |||
| BS2430-2520 | Men, women, and children of the New Testament | |||
| BS2525-2544 | Study and teaching | |||
| BS2547-2970 | Special parts of the New Testament | |||
| BS2640-2765.6 | Epistles of Paul | |||
| BT10-1480 | Doctrinal Theology | ||
| BT19-37 | Doctrine and dogma | ||
| BT93-93.6 | Judaism | ||
| BT95-97.2 | Divine law. Moral government | ||
| BT98-180 | God | ||
| BT109-115 | Doctrine of the Trinity | ||
| BT117-123 | Holy Spirit. The Paraclete | ||
| BT126-127.5 | Revelation | ||
| BT130-153 | Divine attributes | ||
| BT198-590 | Christology | ||
| BT296-500 | Life of Christ | ||
| BT580 | Miracles. Apparitions. Shrines, sanctuaries, images, processions, etc. | ||
| BT587 | Relics | ||
| BT595-680 | Mary, Mother of Jesus Christ. Mariology | ||
| BT650-660 | Miracles. Apparitions. Shrines, sanctuaries, images, processions, etc. | ||
| BT695-749 | Creation | ||
| BT750-811 | Salvation. Soteriology | ||
| BT819-891 | Eschatology. Last things | ||
| BT899-940 | Future state. Future life | ||
| BT960-985 | Invisible world (saints, demons, etc.) | ||
| BT990-1010 | Creeds, confessions, covenants, etc. | ||
| BT1029-1040 | Catechisms | ||
| BT1095-1255 | Apologetics. Evidences of Christianity | ||
| BT1313-1480 | History of specific doctrines and movements. Heresies and schisms | ||
| BV1-5099 | Practical Theology | ||||
| BV5-530 | Worship (Public and private) | ||||
| BV30-135 | Times and seasons. The Church year | ||||
| BV43-64 | Feast days | ||||
| BV65-70 | Saints’ days | ||||
| BV80-105 | Fasts | ||||
| BV107-133 | Lord’s Day. Sunday. Sabbath | ||||
| BV150-168 | Christian symbols and symbolism | ||||
| BV169-199 | Liturgy and ritual | ||||
| BV200 | Family worship | ||||
| BV205-287 | Prayer | ||||
| BV301-530 | Hymnology | ||||
| BV360-465 | Denominational and special types of hymnbooks in English | ||||
| BV467-510 | Hymns in languages other than English | ||||
| BV590-1652 | Ecclesiastical theology | ||||
| BV598-603 | The Church | ||||
| BV629-631 | Church and state | ||||
| BV637-637.5 | City churches | ||||
| BV638-638.8 | The rural church. The church and country life | ||||
| BV646-651 | Church polity | ||||
| BV652-652.9 | Church management. Efficiency | ||||
| BV652.95-657 | Mass media and telecommunication in religion | ||||
| BV659-683 | Ministry. Clergy. Religious vocations | ||||
| BV700-707 | Parish. Congregation. The local church | ||||
| BV770-777 | Church finance. Church property | ||||
| BV800-873 | Sacraments. Ordinances | ||||
| BV803-814 | Baptism | ||||
| BV823-828 | Holy Communion. Lord’s Supper. Eucharist | ||||
| BV835-838 | Marriage | ||||
| BV840-850 | Penance | ||||
| BV895-896 | Shrines. Holy places | ||||
| BV900-1450 | Religious societies, associations, etc. | ||||
| BV950-1280 | Religious societies of men, brotherhoods, etc. | ||||
| BV1000-1220 | Young Men’s Christian Associations | ||||
| BV1300-1395 | Religious societies of women | ||||
| BV1300-1393 | Young Women’s Christian Associations | ||||
| BV1460-1615 | Religious education (General) | ||||
| BV1620-1652 | Social life, recreation, etc., in the church | ||||
| BV2000-3705 | Missions | ||||
| BV2123-2595 | Special churches | ||||
| BV2130-2300 | Roman Catholic Church | ||||
| BV2350-2595 | Protestant churches | ||||
| BV2610-2695 | Special types of missions | ||||
| BV2750-3695 | Missions in individual countries | ||||
| BV3750-3799 | Evangelism. Revivals | ||||
| BV4000-4470 | Pastoral theology | ||||
| BV4019-4180 | Education | ||||
| BV4019-4167 | Training for the ordained ministry | ||||
| BV4168-4180 | Training for lay workers | ||||
| BV4200-4317 | Preaching. Homiletics | ||||
| BV4239-4317 | Sermons | ||||
| BV4390-4399 | Personal life of the clergy | ||||
| BV4400-4470 | Practical church work. Social work. Work of the layman | ||||
| BV4485-5099 | Practical religion. The Christian life | ||||
| BV4520-4526.2 | Religious duties | ||||
| BV4625-4780 | Moral theology | ||||
| BV4625-4627 | Sins and vices | ||||
| BV4630-4647 | Virtues | ||||
| BV4650-4715 | Precepts from the Bible | ||||
| BV4720-4780 | Precepts of the Church. Commandments of the Church | ||||
| BV4800-4897 | Works of meditation and devotion | ||||
| BV4900-4911 | Works of consolation and cheer | ||||
| BV4912-4950 | Conversion literature | ||||
| BV5015-5068 | Asceticism | ||||
| BV5070-5095 | Mysticism | ||||
| BV5099 | Quietism | ||||
| BX1-9999 | Christian Denominations | |||
| BX1-9.5 | Church unity. Ecumenical movement. Interdenominational cooperation | |||
| BX100-189 | Eastern churches. Oriental churches | |||
| BX100-107 | General | |||
| BX120-129 | Armenian Church | |||
| BX130-139 | Coptic Church | |||
| BX140-149 | Ethiopic or Abyssinian Church | |||
| BX150-159 | Nestorian, Chaldean, or East Syrian Church | |||
| BX160-169 | St. Thomas Christians. Malabar Christians. Mar Thoma Syrian Church | |||
| BX170-179 | Syrian or Jacobite Church | |||
| BX180-189 | Maronite Church | |||
| BX200-756 | Orthodox Eastern Church | |||
| BX200-395 | General | |||
| BX400-756 | Divisions of the church | |||
| BX400-440 | Patriarchates of the East. Melchites | |||
| BX450-450.93 | Church of Cyprus | |||
| BX460-605 | Russian Church | |||
| BX610-620 | Church of Greece | |||
| BX630-639 | Orthodox Church in Austria and Hungary | |||
| BX650-659 | Bulgarian Church | |||
| BX660-669 | Georgian Church | |||
| BX670-679 | Montenegrin Church | |||
| BX690-699 | Romanian Church | |||
| BX710-719 | Serbian Church. Yugoslav Church | |||
| BX720-729 | Orthodox Eastern Church, Macedonian | |||
| BX729.5 | Orthodox Eastern Church, Ukrainian | |||
| BX729.9-755 | Orthodox Church in other regions or countries | |||
| BX800-4795 | Catholic Church | |||
| BX800-839 | Periodicals. Societies, councils, congresses, etc. | |||
| BX840 | Museums. Exhibitions | |||
| BX841 | Dictionaries. Encyclopedias | |||
| BX845 | Directories. Yearbooks | |||
| BX847 | Atlases | |||
| BX850-875 | Documents | |||
| BX880-891 | General collected works | |||
| BX895-939 | Study and teaching | |||
| BX940-1745 | History Including lives of popes | |||
| BX1746-1755 | Theology. Doctrine. Dogmatics | |||
| BX1756 | Sermons | |||
| BX1760-1779.5 | Controversial works | |||
| BX1781-1788 | Catholic Church and other churches | |||
| BX1790-1793 | Catholic Church and the state | |||
| BX1800-1920 | Government and organization | |||
| BX1958-1968 | Creeds and catechisms | |||
| BX1969 | Forms of worship. Catholic practice | |||
| BX1970-2175 | Liturgy and ritual | |||
| BX2050-2175 | Prayers and devotions | |||||
| BX2177-2198 | Meditations. Devotional readings. Spiritual exercises, etc. | |||||
| BX2200-2292 | Sacraments | |||||
| BX2295-2310 | Sacramentals | |||||
| BX2312 | Images | |||||
| BX2315-2324 | Relics. Shrines. Pilgrimages. Processions | |||||
| BX2325-2333 | Saints. Hagiology | |||||
| BX2347-2377 | Practical religion. Christian life | |||||
| BX2380-2386 | Religious life. Religious state | |||||
| BX2400-4563 | Monasticism. Religious orders | |||||
| BX2890-4192 | Religious orders of men | |||||
| BX4200-4563 | Religious orders of women | |||||
| BX4600-4644 | Churches, cathedrals, abbeys (as parish churches), etc. | |||||
| BX4650-4705 | Biography and portraits | |||||
| BX4650-4698 | Collective | |||||
| BX4654-4662 | Saints and martyrs | |||||
| BX4700-4705 | Individual | |||||
| BX4700 | Saints | |||||
| BX4710.1-4715.95 | Eastern churches in communion with Rome. Catholics of the Oriental rites. Uniats | |||||
| BX4716.4-4795 | Dissenting sects other than Protestant | |||||
| BX4718.5-4735 | Jansenists | |||||
| BX4737 | French schisms of the 19th century | |||||
| BX4740 | German Catholics | |||||
| BX4751-4793 | Old Catholics | |||||
| BX4793.5-4794.25 | Independent Catholic Churches | |||||
| BX4795 | Other | |||||
| BX4800-9999 | Protestantism | |||||
| BX4800-4861 | General | |||||
| BX4872-4924 | Pre Reformation | |||||
| BX4872-4893 | Waldenses and Albigenses | |||||
| BX4900-4906 | Lollards. Wycliffites | |||||
| BX4913-4924 | Hussites | |||||
| BX4920-4924 | Bohemian Brethren | |||||
| BX4929-4951 | Post Reformation | |||||
| BX4929-4946 | Anabaptists | |||||
| BX4950-4951 | Plain People | |||||
| BX5001-5009 | Anglican Communion (General) | |||||
| BX5011-5207 | Church of England | |||||
| BX5011-5050 | General | |||||
| BX5051-5110 | History. Local divisions | |||||
| BX5115-5126 | Special parties and movements | |||||
| BX5127-5129.8 | Church of England and other churches | |||||
| BX5130-5132 | General | |||||
| BX5133 | Sermons. Tracts. Addresses. Essays | |||||
| BX5135-5136 | Controversial works | |||||
| BX5137-5139 | Creeds and catechisms, etc. | |||||
| BX5140.5-5147 | Liturgy and ritual | |||||
| BX5148-5149 | Sacraments | |||||
| BX5150-5182.5 | Government. Organization. Discipline | |||||
| BX5183-5187 | Religious communities. Conventual life. Religious societies | |||||
| BX5194-5195 | Cathedrals, churches, etc. in England and Wales | ||||
| BX5197-5199 | Biography | ||||
| BX5200-5207 | Dissent and nonconformity | ||||
| BX5210-5395 | Episcopal Church in Scotland | ||||
| BX5410-5595 | Church of Ireland | ||||
| BX5596-5598 | Church in Wales | ||||
| BX5600-5740 | Church of England outside of Great Britain | ||||
| BX5601-5620 | Anglican Church of Canada | ||||
| BX5800-5995 | Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America | ||||
| BX5996-6030 | Protestant Episcopal Church outside the United States | ||||
| BX6051-6093 | Reformed Episcopal Church | ||||
| BX6101-9999 | Other Protestant denominations Alphabetical; only larger denominations listed The subarrangement is essentially the same for each sect, the primary features being indicated by way of example under Baptists | ||||
| BX6101-6193 | Adventists. “Millerites” | ||||
| BX6195-6197 | Arminians. Remonstrants | ||||
| BX6201-6495 | Baptists | ||||
| BX6201-6227 | General | ||||
| BX6231-6328 | History. Local divisions | ||||
| BX6329 | Baptists and other churches | ||||
| BX6330-6331.2 | Doctrine | ||||
| BX6333 | Sermons. Tracts | ||||
| BX6334 | Controversial works | ||||
| BX6335-6336 | Creeds. Catechisms | ||||
| BX6337 | Service. Ritual. Liturgy | ||||
| BX6338-6339 | Sacraments | ||||
| BX6340-6346.3 | Government. Discipline | ||||
| BX6349-6470 | Individual branches | ||||
| BX6480-6490 | Individual Baptist churches | ||||
| BX6493-6495 | Biography | ||||
| BX6551-6593 | Catholic Apostolic Church. Irvingites | ||||
| BX6651-6693 | Christadelphians. Brothers of Christ | ||||
| BX6751-6793 | Christian Church See also Disciples of Christ | ||||
| BX6801-6843 | Christian Reformed Church | ||||
| BX6901-6997 | Christian Science | ||||
| BX7003 | Christian Union | ||||
| BX7020-7060 | Church of God | ||||
| BX7079-7097 | Churches of God | ||||
| BX7101-7260 | Congregationalism | ||||
| BX7301-7343 | Disciples of Christ. Campbellites | ||||
| BX7401-7430 | Dowieism. Christian Catholic Church | ||||
| BX7451-7493 | Evangelical and Reformed Church | ||||
| BX7556 | Evangelical United Brethren Church | ||||
| BX7580-7583 | Free Congregations (Germany). Freie Gemeinden | ||||
| BX7601-7795 | Friends. Society of Friends. Quakers | ||||
| BX7801-7843 | German Baptist Brethren. Church of the Brethren. Dunkards | ||||
| BX7850-7865 | German Evangelical Protestant Church of North America. Evangelical Protestant Church of North America | |||
| BX7901-7943 | German Evangelical Synod of North America | |||
| BX7990.H6-.H69 | Holiness churches | |||
| BX8001-8080 | Lutheran churches | |||
| BX8101-8144 | Mennonites | |||
| BX8201-8495 | Methodism | |||
| BX8525-8528 | Millennial Dawnists. Jehovah’s Witnesses | |||
| BX8551-8593 | Moravian Church. United Brethren. Unitas Fratrum. Herrnhuters | |||
| BX8601-8695 | Mormons. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints | |||
| BX8701-8749 | New Jerusalem Church. New Church. Swedenborgianism | |||
| BX8762-8785 | Pentecostal churches | |||
| BX8799-8809 | Plymouth Brethren. Darbyites | |||
| BX8901-9225 | Presbyterianism. Calvinistic Methodism | |||
| BX9301-9359 | Puritanism | |||
| BX9401-9640 | Reformed or Calvinistic Churches | |||
| BX9675 | River Brethren. Brethren in Christ | |||
| BX9701-9743 | Salvation Army | |||
| BX9751-9793 | Shakers. United Society of Believers. Millennial Church | |||
| BX9801-9869 | Unitarianism | |||
| BX9875-9877.1 | United Brethren in Christ. Church of the United Brethren in Christ | |||
| BX9881-9882.95 | United Church of Canada | |||
| BX9884-9886 | United Church of Christ | |||
| BX9887 | United Evangelical Church | |||
| BX9889 | United Missionary Church | |||
| BX9901-9969 | Unviersalism. Universalists | |||
| BX9975 | Volunteers of America | |||
| BX9980 | Walloon Church | |||
| BX9998 | Other beliefs and movements akin to Christianity | |||
| BX9999 | Independent churches, parishes, societies, etc. |