Bible Encyclopedias

Azymites
The name given to a party in the Church who insisted that only unleavened bread should be used in the Eucharist, and the controversy hinged on the question

Battle of the Spurs
(a ) an engagement at Courtrai in 1302 where the burghers of the town beat the knighthood of France, and the spurs of 4000 knights were collected after

Bos`suet, Jacques Bénigne
Bishop of Meaux, born at Dijon, surnamed the "Eagle of Meaux," of the see of which he became bishop; one of the greatest of French pulpit orators, and

Boyle, Charles
fourth earl of orrery, distinguished for the connection of his name with the bentley controversy, and for its connection with an astronomical contrivance by one graham to illustrate the planetary system (1676-1731).

Collins, Anthony
an english deist, an intimate friend of locke; his principal works were "discourse on freethinking," "philosophical inquiry into liberty and necessity," and "grounds and reasons of the christian religion," which gave rise to much controversy; he was a necessitarian, and argued against revelation (1676-1729).

Cunningham, William
a scotch divine, born in hamilton, well read in the reformation and puritan theology, a vigorous defender of scottish orthodoxy, and a stanch upholder of the independence of the church of state control; was a powerful debater, and a host in any controversy in which he embarked (1805-1861).

Cyril of Alexandria, St.
Born at Alexandria, and bishop there; an ecclesiastic of a violent, militant order; persecuted the Novatians, expelled the Jews from Alexandria, quarrelled

Cyril of Jerusalem, St.
Patriarch of Jerusalem, elected 351, and a Father of the Greek Church; in the Arian controversy then raging was a Semi-Arian, and was persecuted by the

Doctor of the Incarnation
cyril of alexandria, from his controversy with the nestorians.

Fénélon, François de Salignac de La Mothe
A famous French prelate and writer, born in the Château de Fénélon, in the prov. of Périgord; at the age of 15 came to Paris,

Grundtvig, Nikolai Frederik Severin
Danish poet and theologian, born in Zealand; was early smitten with a passion for the old Saga literature of the North, and published in 1808 "Northern

Hampden, Renn Dickson
Theologian and bishop, born in Barbadoes; became a Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, and in 1832 delivered his celebrated Bampton lectures on the "Scholastic

Hilary, St.
bishop of poitiers, of which he was a native; distinguished himself by his zeal against the arians; his writings valuable in connection with that controversy; d . 367. festival, jan. 13.

Iconoclasts
E . breakers of images), the name given to a sect who, in the 8th century, opposed to the presence of images in churches and the worship paid to them,

Image Worship
The Christian Church is reverence, as distinct from the supreme adoration of the Deity, paid to the crucifix and to pictures, images, or statues of saints

Infallibility
Freedom from all error in the past and from all possibility of error in the future as claimed by the Church of Rome. This claim extends to all matters

Jansen, Cornelius
A Dutch theologian and bishop of Ypres, born in Louvain; studied the works of Augustine, and wrote a book entitled "Augustinus" in exposition of that

Manning, Henry Edward
Cardinal, born in Hertfordshire; Fellow of Merton, Oxford, and a leader in the Tractarian Movement there; became rector in Sussex; married, and became

Mansel, Henry Longueville
dean of st. paul's, born in northamptonshire; wrote admirably on philosophical and religious subjects, and was a doughty adversary in controversy both with mill and maurice; he was a follower in philosophy of sir william hamilton (q. v .) (1820-1871).