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Search Results: "thomas-john

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Claggett, Thomas John, D.D.
a bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church, was born in Prince George County, Md., on the 2d of October, 1743, and graduated at Princeton 1764. He went
Thomas, John (1), Ll.d.
Thomas, John (1), LL.D. an English prelate, was born at Carlisle, Oct. 14, 1712; was educated at the grammar-school at Carlisle, and Queen's College,
Thomas, John (2)
a Welsh Congregational minister, was born at Carmarthen, April 13,1811. He was converted at the age of eighteen, and became an efficient teacher, in the
Thomas, John, D.D.
a Welsh Congregational minister, was born at Holyhead, February 3, 1821. After being educated at Martin School and Frevdyral Seminary he entered the ministry,
Thomas, John, M.d.
the founder of the Christadelphians (q.v.), was born at Hoxton Square, London, April 12, 1805. His father was a Dissenting clergyman while in England
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Abba
(‘Αββᾶ, אִבָּא ) is the Hebrew word אָב, father, under a form (the
Abbot, George
D.D., Archbishop of Canterbury, brother of Robert (inf.), one of the translators of the English Bible, and a man of great ability and learning, was born
Abbott, Jacob
D.D, a Congregational. minister and writer, elder brother of John S. C., Was born at Hallowell, Me., Nov. 14, 1803. He graduated at Bowdoin College in
Abbreviation
or the use of one or two initials for the whole of a word. These first occur, in a Scriptural connection, on some of the Maccabaean coins (Bayer, De nummis
Abdallah ben-al-Phadeli
a Melchitic deacon in Sycia, who died in 1044, was the author of the following works in Syriac or Arabic: The Paradise of Christians: — A Commentary
Abdissi (Abdisu, Abd-Jesu, or Hebed-Gesu)
Abdissi (Abdisu, Abd-Jesu, Or Hebed-Gesu) a monk of the Order of St. Pachomius, and afterwards patriarchi of Mosul, a city of Asiatic Turkey. He went
Abel
(Heb. He'bel, הֶבֶל , a breath, 1, q. transitory; as Gesenius [Heb. Lex.] thinks, from the shortness of his life or, as
Abel, Ephraim
a Baptist minister as born in Orange County, Va. about the middle of the last century. He became a hopeful Christian under the preaching of the celebrated
Abercrombie, Richard Mason, D.D.
a Protestant Episcopal minister, was born in Philadelphia in 1822, being the son of the Reverend James Abercrombie. After a liberal education in his native
Abgarus
(ABAGARUS, AGBARUS; sometimes derived from the Arabic Akbar, "greater," but better from the Armenian Avag, "great," and air, "man;" see Ersch und Gruber,
Abijah
(Heb. Abiyah', אֲבַיָּה father [i.e. possessor or worshipper] of Jehovah; also in the equivalent protracted
Aboab, Isaac of Castile
a Jewish philosopher, jurist, and theologian, was born in 1432. He is profound learning procured him the esteem of king John II of Portugal, to which
Abraham
(Heb. Abraham', אִבְרָהָם, father of a multitude; Sept. and N.T. Ἀβραάμ,
Abrahams Bosom
(ὁ κόλπος Ἀβραάμ ): There was no name which conveyed to the Jews the same associations
Absolution
as a liturgical term for a-form of public service, has several applications. 1. A short deprecation which follows the Psalms of each Nocturn in the ordinary
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