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plete edition in Migne, Patrohgia Cursus, vols. 90-90 I p.uis L850, 6 vols. 8vo). An edition of the historical and theological works (edited by .1. A. Giles, LL.D.) was published at London in 1842-3, in 12 vols. 8vo. The best edition of the Latin text of the Historia. Ec- clesiastica is that of Stevenson (London, 1838, 8vo), which gives also a Life of Bede, (English version by Giles, Li mdon, 1810 and 1847, 8 vo). Besides the above, we have— 54. Acta S. Cuthberti, attributed to Bede, and published by Canisius, Ant. Led. v, 692 (or ii, 4,
nov. cd.) : 55. A ri.</nt< lis Axiomata exposita (London,
1592, 8vo; Paris, 1004):— 56. Hymns. Edited by Cas- sander, with Scholia, among the works of that writer, L616:— 57. Epistola apologetica ad Plegirinum Mona- chum- — 58. Epistola ad Egbertum, Ebor. Antistilem: — 69. Vitm V. Abbatum Priorum Weremuthensium et Ger- via nsium, mentioned by William of Malmesbury, lib. i, cap. 3. The last three works were published by Sir James Ware at Dublin, 1G04, 8vo :— GO. Epistola ad Albmum (abbot of St. Peter's at Canterbury), given by Mabillon in the first volume of his Analecta:— 61. Martyrologium, in heroic verse, given by D'Achery, Spirit, ii, 23. Many works of Bede still remain in MS. ; a list is given by Cave. See Cave, Hist. Lit. anno 701; Dupin, Hist. Eccl. Writers, ii, 28; Landon, En I. Diet, ii, 118; Gehle, De Bcdae vita et Scriptis (1838); AUibone, Diet, of Authors, i, 154 ; North Amer- ican J;> v. July, 1861, art. iii ; Biog. Univ. iv, 38 ; Engl. Cyelopadia, s. v.
Bede'iah(Heb. Bedeyah', H^S, for fi^" CS, i. q. "( >! adiah," servant of Jehovah; Sept. Bao«fa), one of the family of Bani, who divorced his foreign wife on the return from Babylon (Ezra x, 35). B.C. 458.
Bedel], derived by Spelman, Vossius, and others from Sax. BvhJ, which signifies a crier; thus bishops, in many old Saxon MSS., are called the "Bedells of God," preecones Dei. The name is now applied in Eng- land almost exclusively to the bedells of the univer- sities, who carry the mace before the chancellor or vice-chancellor. Martene says that the inferior appar- itors, who cited persons to court, were also called be- dells.—-Landon, Eccl. Diet, ii, 121.
Bedell, Gregory T., D.D., a distinguished minister of the Prot- estant Episcopal Church, was born on Staten Island, Oct. 28, 1793, and graduated at Columbia College 1811. After studying theology under Dr. How of Trinity, he was ordained 1 y Bishop Hobart in 1814. His first chai ;e was at Hudson, N. Y., where he remained from 1815 to 1818, when he removed to Fayettevillc, N. C. Finding the climate unfavorable, he removed to Phil- adelphia in 1822, and a new church (St. Andrew's) was organized, of which he remained the faithful and devoted pastor until his death in 1834. In 1830 he was made D.l). at Dickinson College. His zeal devoured his strength; no labor seemed too great, if he could win souls; and his memory is precious among < Ihristians of all churches in Philadelphia, He vi rote a number of small religious books, and was, for ears, editor of the" Episcopal Recorder." His (Phil. 1835, 2 vols. 8vo) were edited by Dr. Tyng, with a sketch of bis life.— Sprague, Annals, v, 556j Bee also Tyng, Memoir of th Rev. G. T. Bedell (Phil. 1836, 2d ed. I ; Ulibone, Diet, of Authors, i. 154. Bedell, William, an Irish prelate, was bom at
Notley, Essex, 1570, and educated at Emanuel Col-
loge, Cambridge, where he became P>.1>. 1599. His in-.t preferment was St Edmondsbury, Suffolk, which he left iii 1604 to become chaplain to Sir Henry Wot- ton, ambassador at Venice. At Venice he spent 8
nd was intimate with He Dominis (q. V.) and F.aher Paul Sarpi (q. v.); and, on returning to Eng-
land, he translated Father Paul's History of the Coun- cil of Trent into Latin. In 1627 he was appointed pro- vost of Trinity College, Dublin, and in 1629 bishop of Kilmorc and Ardagh. He set himself to reform abuses, and gave an example by relinquishing one of his dioceses (Ardagh). Through his labors many Bo- manists, including priests, were converted; and he had the Bible and Prayer-book translated into Irish. In 1641 he was imprisoned by the rebels, and died from his sufferings, Feb. 6. His Life, with the Letters h< tween Waddesworth and Bedell, was published by Bishop Bur- net (Lond. 1685, 8vo). See Coleridge, Works, v, 313.
Bedford, Arthur, an Oriental scholar of some note, was born in Gloucestershire 1G68. He studied at Brazenose College, Oxford, where he passed A.M. in 1691. In 1692 he became vicar of Temple Church, Bristol, and in 1724 he was chosen chaplain to the Haberdashers' Hospital, London, where he died in 1745. Among his works are, 1. Evil and Danger ofStoge-plays (Lond. 1706, 8vo) :— 2. The Temple Music (Lond. 1706, 8vo): — 3. The Great Abuse of Music (8vo) : — i. An Es- say on Singing David's Psalms (8vo): — 5. Animadver- sions on Sir Isaac Newton's Chronology (Lond. 1728, 8vo) : — 6. A Sermon at St. Botolph's, Aldgate, agmist Stage-plays (1730, 8vo): — 7 '. Scripture Chronology '(Lond. 17S0, fol.) : — 8. Eight Sermons on the Doctrine of the Trin- ity (Lond. 1740, 8vo) ; — 9. The Doctrine of Justification by Faith stated (1741, 8vo).— Hook, Eccl. Biog. ii, 217.