PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
McClintock & Strong Cyclopaedia — Volume 1
John McClintock & James Strong · 1,247,856 words · 1227 reading sections
Section 1201
husband. Kev. Dr. Mason, but emphatically repudiated by the Missionary Union. The result was a division in many, if not most of the churches, the maji rity in some instances taking -ides with one party, and in other instances with the other. A return, made in January, 1865, reported about 10 churches and a membership…
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Burn, Richard, LL.D., a distinguished English writer on ecclesiastical law, was born in 1720 at Win- ton, "Westmoreland, and educated at Queen's College, Oxford. He was for forty-nine years rector at Orton, where he died, Nov. 20, 1789. He was also chancellor of the diocese of Carlisle. His Ecclesiastical Law (Lond. 17…
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Unhappily, the University of Oxford took ofience at this institution, and he was compelled to break it up. He died March 17. 171"'. He was a man of great learn- ing, and even violent in his zeal against Romanism. Lowth, who opposed him, accused him of maintaining that bishops and priests hold their jurisdiction from t…
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Burnett Prizes, The, are two theological premi- ums, founded by Mr. Burnett, of Dens, Aberdeenshire. This gentleman (born 1729, died 1784) was a general merchant in Aberdeen, and for many years during his lifetime spent £300 annually on the poor. On his death he bequeathed the fortune he had made to found the above pri…
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BURNT-OFFERING 931 BURNT-OFFERING Burnt-offering (nV-r, olah' , from fibv, alah', to ascend; Chalcl. Xnbr), a sacrifice which owed its He- brew name to the circumstance that the whole of the offering was to be consumed by fire upon the altar, and to rise, as it were, in smoke toward heaven. There was in use also the…
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1. Standing public bnritt-nff rings were those used daily morning and evening (Num. xxviii. :'<■, Exod. xxix. 38), and on the three great festivals (Lev. xxiii, 37; Num. xxviii, 11 27; xxix, 2-22; Lev. xvi, 3; comp. 2 Chron. xxxv, 12-16). Thus there were, (1.) The daily bin;)/-,,;; ring, a lamb of the first year, sacri…
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In the directions afterward given (Exod. xxvii, 1-8) fox the construction of the altar that was to be placed in the outer court of the tabernacle, it may seem Strange that no explicit mention is made either of earth or of stone. It was to be made of shittim or acacia WOOt^ overlaid with brass; to be in form a square of…
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Burr, Aaron, a distinguished Presbyterian divine and father of the Vice-president of the same name, was born in Fairfield, Conn., Jan. 4, 171G, graduated at Yale College in 1735, and received license to preach in the following year. Having labored eleven years in Hanover and Newark, he became president of the College o…
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BURTON 934 BUSH ChrL-t Church, Oxford, became select preacher to the University in 1.S24, and professor in 1829. He died in 1836. Dr. Burton was a most untiring student, and his writings are of decided value both in theology and Church history. The chief of them are, Inquiry into the Heresies of the Apostolic Age (B…
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I low were his finances that his fees for the degrees of bachelor and master of arts were defrayed by donation from the parish of St. Margaret, Westminster, £5 hav- ing been given him for the former, and £6 13s. 4(7. for ; the latter. This favor he gratefully acknowledged in his will bj' leaving £50 to the poor housek…
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Time, p. 74 ; X. T. Observer; Fernald, .Ifrmnirs ami Rem- inisci nces of the bar Prof. G. Bush | Boat 1860), consist- ing to a great extent of letters and contributions from friends of the d. 'ceased, viz., Rufus Choatc, W. S. Hay- don, Dr. Bellows, and others. Bushel is used in the Auth. Yers. to express the Greek fi…
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Butler, Francis E., a Presbyterian minister and martyr to the cause of liberty, was born in Suffield, Conn., February 7, 1825. He engaged in mercantile business in New York at an earl)' age, and was mark- ed for his piety and for his active services in all benev- olent enterprises. At 29 he abandoned business and enter…
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BUTLER 937 buttp:ii In this view of the several principles within us, and their relations to each ether, virtue may be said, in the language of the ancients, to consist in following nature ; that is, nature correctly interpreted and un- derstood. In the Analogy of RtVigiim, Butler vindicates the truths both of natu…
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Butler, William Archer, M.A., was born at Annesvillc, Ireland, 1*14, and brought up a Romanist. Convinced of the errors of Rome, he became a Protes- tant, and entered Trinity College, Dublin, where his eminent talents were so conspicuous that in 1837, wdien a professorship of Moral Philosophy was established, he was ap…
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Butterworth, John, an English Baptist minister, was born in Lancashire, Dec. 13, 1727. At an early age he was converted under the preaching of John Nelson, the Methodist Evangelist, but he afterward became a Calvinistic Baptist. In 1751 he accepted the call of the Baptist Church in Coventry, and there labored until his…
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The paronomasia (as found in both the above con- nections) of the names //"- or Uz and Buz is by no means so apparent in the Hebrew ("r". ""'): but it is quite in the oriental taste to give to relations these rhyming appellatives; comp. [shun and [shui (Gen. xlvi, 17>, Mehujael and Methusael (Gen. iv), Uzziel and Ozzi …
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Buz (Heb. id. M3, contempt), the name of two men. 1. (Sept. B <-.•/-, but 'Pwc i" Jer. xxv, 23.) The ranks of seats, divided by their " prsecinctiones," second son of Nahor and Milcah, and brother of Huz »cunei," etc., quite distinguishable (Thorns in the (Gen. xxii, 21). B.C. 2050. Elihu, the Buzite (q. v.), Biblio…
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calls it the " most valuable help to the critical and grammatical study of the Psalms." — Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, vii, 956; Allibone, Dictionary of Au- thors, i, 324. By-ways (nfepV)?? ^n'??, orachoth' ahalkal- loth' , tortuous paths; Sept. vcoi Suarpa^uivai). There are roads in Palestine, but it is very easy to…
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10 Acceptants 43 Adam of Bremen. 16 Acceptation 43 Adam, Helchior . (0 Access 43 Adam, Thomas . . 10 Accho 43 Adamah 17 Accident 45 Adamannus 17 Acclamation 40 Adamant OOlAdrichomius 8i 17 Accolti 40 Adami 00 Adri.l S3 17 Accommodation 40 Adamites 70 Aduel 63 09 Adrian III 62 0i Adrian IV S3 09 Adrian V ^2 o…
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102 Ahuzam 123 Alexander I 144 Almeyda 163 Ambuscade 193 123 Alexander II 114 Almici 169 Amedians 194 Aggie la Agier 102Ai,l 123 Alexander III 144 Almodad 169 Amen 194 12 1 Alexander IV 145 Almon 170 Amenites 194 Agion Agnes, St Agooi Ub 103 Aiah 124 Alexander V 145 Almond 170 A…
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13;, Allen, Moses in: Amasai, 1 189 Amram, 2 207 AWman,l 120 Alcuin 135 Allen, Kichard 164 Amasai, 2 is; Amram, 3 207 Ahiman, 2 . 120 Aides, Noah 137 Allen, Solomon . . . 164 Amasai, 3 1S9 Amramite 307 Ahimelech, 1 . 121 Alden, Timothy. . . 137 Allen, Thomas, 1 . 16-1 Amasai, 4 is-; Amr…
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Apion Apia Apncalyp e, Knights of..; Apocaritse Apocatastesia Apocrisiariua Apocrypha Apollinaria Claudius Apollinaria of I.ao- 273 dicea 27-4 Apollo 274 Apollodotus Apollonia of Mace- donia ApoDonia of Pales- tine Apollonia, martyr. . 275 Apollonius, 1 Apollonius, 2 Apollonius, 3 Apollonius, 4 Apoll…
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Articles of Faith . . Articles, Lambeth. Articles of Perth . . Articles of Schmal kald Articles, Six , Articles, Twenty-five 443 441 Asia, Continent of. . 441 Asia Minor , 442 Asia, Proconsular . . Asia, Seven Church es of Asiarch 470 Asiatic I'.rcthren... 471 44.' 470 U-ticles,Thirtv-nine 444 Asibias 471 …
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Azariah, 4 574 Azariah, 5 574 Azariah, 0 574 Azariah, 7 574 Azariah, 8 574 riah, 9 574 Azariah, 10 574 Azariah, 11 574 Azariah, 12 574 Azariah, 13 574 Azariah, 14 574 Azariah, 15 574 Azariah, 10 574 Azariah, 17 574 Azariah, IS 574 Azariah, 19 574 Azarias, 1 574 Azarias, 2 575 Azarias, 3 575 Azarias, …
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Barbara Barbarian Barbelo Barber Barber, John 025 Barbets 0251 Barcelona 025, Itar-cepha 625 Barckhausen 626 Barclay, Alexander 620 Barclay, Henry 620 Barclay, John, 1 626 Barclay, John, 2 626 Barclay, Robert 620 Barclay, William .. 626 Bar-cocheba 626 Bardesanea 626 Barefoot 627 Bargain 627|Barger …
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Berti Bertius Bertram Berulle Beryl Beryllus Berytus Berzelus Bessariou Bessel. . .. Bessin . 750 Best 750 750 Betah 750 Betane 750 Betcn 750 Beth- 757 Bethabara... 757 Beth-anab. . . 757 Beth-anath.. 757 Beth-anoth.. 757 Bethany, 1 . . 757 Bethany. 2 . . 75s Beth-arabah. 75S Beth-aram . . 753 Beth-arbel.…
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B reth ren of the Free Spirit Brethren, White. . . Bretschneider Brett, Philip M. . . . Brett, Thomas Breviary Brevint Bribe Brick Briconnet, Denis . . 865 Briconnet, Guil- 865 laume, 1 SUi; Briconnet, Guil- 866 1 laume, 2 S66 Brother ( Christian title) Page Brothers Brother's Wife Broughton, Hugh. . …
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