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Capitals for religious and political names
state of New York, empire of Germany, the capital need not be used for the first name of the phrase; but in legal documents and in every writing of formality, as well as in all forms of displayed composition, use the capital for the general as well as for the specific name.
HISTORIC, RELIGIOUS, AND POLITICAL NAMES
All important epochs or events in history should have a capital for the more prominent words :
- Civil War
- Commencement Day
- Eocene Period
- Great Reformation
- Lord's Day
- Parliamentary Time
- Peace of Utrecht
- Silurian Age
- Thirty Years' War
- the Dark Ages
- the Elizabethan Age
- the Middle Ages
- the Renaissance
- the Deluge
- the Captivity
- the Restoration
- the Advent
All religious denominations and political parties should have their names capitalized, whether used as nouns or adjectives, as :
- Catholic
- Christian
- Church (as an entity or organized body but not always as applying to a building)
- Conservative
- Democrat
- Jew, Jewish
- Liberal
- Mohammedan
- Nationalist
- Parnellite
- Populist
- Protestant
- Radical
- Republican
- State (as applying to a system of government, but not to a condition)
- Tory
