Then the arehbisho]) shall proceed in the Communion ser- vice, with whom the new consecrated bishop (with others) shall also communicate.
Then follow prayer and the benediction. See Bergier, s. v. Eveque ; Bingham, Orig. Eccles. bk. iv, ch. ii ; Schaff, Ch. Hist. § 108, 109 ; Landon, Ec- cles. Dictionary, s. v. ; Herzog, ReaLEneyklopddie, ii, 341.
In the Supplement a complete list of all bishoprics throughout the world will be given. See Archbish- op ; Ei'iscopacy ; Metropolitan.
Bishop, Robert Hamilton, D.D., an eminent Presbyterian minister, born in Scotland in 1777, was licensed to preach in 1802, and emigrated to America in the same year, joining the Associate Reformed Syn- od. He settled at Ebenezer, Ky., at the same time accepting a professorship in Transylvania University. In consequence of difficulties with his synod, Mr. Bish- op, in 1819, joined the West Lexington Presbytery, in connection with the Central Assembly, and in 1824 accepted the presidency of Miami University, receiv- ing at the same time the degree of Doctor of Divinity.
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In 1841 he resigned the presidency of the university, but retained a professorship until 1844, in which year he removed to Pleasant Hill, near Cincinnati, where he died in 1855. In addition to various sermons, Dr. Bishop's works are M> moirs of David Hire, 1824 ; Kle- in, rife of Logic, 1833 ; Philosophy of the Bible, 1833 ; Sci- , ,„■, of Govt rnrm nt, 1839 ; Western Peacemaker, 1839. — Sprague, Annals, iv, 320.
Bishop, Samuel, M.A., a Church of England minister, was horn in London, 1731, and educated at Merchant Taylors' School, and at St. John's College, Oxford. He entered Merchant Tailors' School as master in 1758, and was made head-master in 1783. He also held the rectory of Ditton, Kent, and of St. Martin Outwich, London. He died in 1795. He wrote a number of poems, collected in his Poetical Works, with his Life by Clare (Lond. 1796, 2 vols, 4to); and left also Sermons on Practical Subjects (Lond, 1798, 8vo).— Darling, Cyclop. BMiograpUca, i, 322; Alli- bone, Dictionary of Authors, i, 194.
Bishop, "William, bishop of Chalcedon in parti- bus infiddium, and vicar apostolical of the pope in Eng- land, the first English Romanist bishop after the Ref- ormation, was born at Brayles, in Warwickshire, in 1553, and educated at Oxford, Rheims, and Rome. He was then sent missionarj' to England, but was ar- rested at Dover, and confined in London till the end of 1584. On his release he retired to Paris, but re- turned to England in 1591. The Romish party in England had long desired a bishop, but the Jesuit Par- sons (q. v.) desired to rule, through Blackwell (q. v.), as archpnest, and it was not till Parsons's death that the pope agreed to appoint Dr. Bishop to the episcopa- cy. After his ordination as bishop (1623) he created a chapter and nominated grand vicars, archdeacons, and rural deans in most of the counties. He died April 16, 1624, and left an edition of the work of Pits, or Pitseus, De Illustribus Anglice Scriptoribus (1623), and others, named in Wood, Athence. Oxo?i,vo\. ii. — Landon, Eceles' Dictionary, s.v.; Hook, Pedes. Biog. ii, 452. Bishops' Bible. See Authorized Version. Bishops' Book, a book compiled by a commission of bishops and ministers of the English Church, in 1537, otherwise called The Institution of a Christian Man. It contains an exposition of the Apostles' Creed, the Seven Sacraments, the Ten Command- ments, the Lord's Prayer, and of the doctrines of jus- tification and purgatory. It may be found in Formu- laries of Faith put firth by authority during the reign of Henry VIII (Oxford, 1823).— Hardwick, Reformation, ch. iv. ; Burnet, Reformation in England, i, 471, 485.
Bishopric (liriffKoiri), oversight, Acts i, 20), minis- terial charge in the Church. In later times it came to mean (1) the office and function of a bishop (q. v.), and (2) the district over which he has jurisdiction. See Diocese; Episcopacy.
Bisse, Thomas, a Church of England divine, was born at Oldbury, Gloucestershire, about 1675, and was educated at Oxford, where he passed M.A. in 1698 and D.l>. in 1712. In 1715 he was appointed preacher at the Rolls (Impel, and in 1716 became chancellor of Hereford and prebendary in the cathedral there. He gave Kr'';it attention to the choral service of the cathe- dral, and advocated chanting and intoning, with great skill of argument. His writings include The Beauty of Holiness in tht Common Prayer (Lond. 1728, 8vo, 8th cd.t. a work highly esteemed to this dayj Sermons acy and Order in Worship (Lond, 1723, 8vo); 8t rmons on tht Lord's Prayt r (Oxford, 1740, 8vo). He died April 22, 1731 — Darling, Cyclop. Bibliographica, i, 321 ; Hook, Eccles. Biography, ii, 464.
Bit (3P)a, me'theg, Psa. xxii, 9; ^aXii/of, Jas. iii, B; both elsewhere " bridle" i, the curb put into horses' mouths to guide and restrain them. See Bridle. Bithi'ah (Heb. Bithyah, iTJfta, prob. for FP~n2,
daughter [i. e. worshipper] of Jehovah ; Sept. BeBBia v. r. BirSia), daughter of a Pharaoh, and wife of Mered, a descendant of Judah (1 Chron. iv, 18), by whom she had several sons (prob. those enumerated in the latter part of ver. 17). B.C. cir. 1658. The date of Mered is not positively determined by the genealogy in which his name occurs, some portion of it having apparently been lost. It is probable, however, that he should be referred to the time before the Exodus, or to a period not much later. Tharaoh in this place might be conjectured not to be the Egyptian regal title, but to be or represent a Hebrew name ; but the name Bithiah probably implies conversion, and the other wife of Mered seems to be called " the Jewess." Unless we suppose a transposition in the text, or the loss of some of the names of the children of Mered' s wives, we must consider the name of Bithiah under- stood before "she bare Miriam" (ver. 17), and the lat- ter part of ver. 18 and ver. 19 to be recapitulatory; but the Sept. does not admit any except the second of these conjectures. See Mered. The Scriptures, as well as the Egyptian monuments, show that the Pha- raohs intermarried with foreigners ; but such alliances seem to have been contracted with royal families alone. Hence Mered would seem to have been a person of some distinction. It is possible that Bithiah was only an adopted daughter of Pharaoh, or she may have be- come the wife of Mered in some way through captivity. There is, however, no ground for considering her to have been a concubine ; on the contrary, she is shown to be a wife, from her taking precedence of one special- ly designated as such. — Smith, s. v. See Hodijaii.