David OF DwAiCTO (13tb century) is said to have been a disciple of Amalrich of Bena (q. v.), who died A.D. 1207. The Council of Paris (A.D. 1209) not only condemned Amalrich, but also David of Dinanto. Thomas Aquinas {Sent, ii, Dist. xvii, qu. i, art. i) speaks of certain ** modem philosophers" as adherents of Da- vid, and attributes to him a doctrine in substance pan- theistic : ** God u the eternal substance ; all things are God, and God is everything." Albertus Magnus speaks of a treatise of his, De TomU, But, in fact, little is really known of David or his writings, except that he was one of the leaders of the pantheistic tendency in the Middle Ages. Neander {Hitlory ofDogmat, ii, 560, Ryland's translation) gives the chief autborxtiee for what is known of David's doctrines, vis. ConcQ. Paris, a. 1209, in Martene Tkmaur, Anecdoi. iv, 168; Albertus Magnus, Summa P. I, Tract iv, Qnnetio 20, Memb. ii, ed. Lugd. t. xvii, f. 76 ; Thomas Aquinas, in Sent, 1. ii, Dist. xvii, qu. i, art. i, ed. Tenet t x, p. 286. David ** described God as the primc^pium material omnkun renim, and in reference to the three depart- ments of existence distinguished three prind^es:
matter, the first indivisible prind|iie of the world ; in reference to the spiritaal invisible vovc from which proceeds the soei refeienoe to the ideas of God^-the first Infinihi the eternal substances. Between i DO distinctloii could exist, for otiMrwbe tb^naib refsfred back to a higlier principle ef sai^. &■ are, tberefoie, three relations ef the one drrwl^ to the corporeal, the spiritnal, and the idesl vtofc' See Banr, Vorles,iib.d, Dofmrngetekkkk, 186^ nU^ 828; Gieeeler,{^ Hist. yoL ii, § 74 ; EraBlck,^^ uma Amairid a Bma efiuqut meiatontm oc Dmmk Z)HMailo<ibc<rMa,Giesa.l842; Standwnmsipr, FAi CkrulemAviu, 1,688 sq.; Engdbaidt, Aaiskid « Bena, in dm kirekaik, AhkmSwtg. No. S; Esmik Amalrich von Bena a. David von Dinsoto, ia Ait iTrie. 1847, i,2nsq.
David (Maronite archbishop, A.D. 1063) op Ikxs LiBAiitJB, wrote an EpUtU to Arsenins ooneoBa Melchite and Maronite sects ; also a TnattM « fe opinions of the Eastern Christians, part of ▼Uckv published by Abraham Eccheleneis (s Bona 1^ onite), Antiq. OriaU. p. 459 (London, 168^ h ^ year 1059,at the request of the abbot J<wqih,h»ti» lated firom Syriac into AraUc the GmsHtalima B^ sia MaronUarumy in seventeen chaptsrs (see AMa Ecchelensis, Not, ad Catalog. Hebet^em, n. 5).-Gi^ Succ. o/8acr«d Literatnre, ii, 605. See Mnosna
David OF AuosBUBO, a Ftandscaa of the :3c century, was a friend of Beithold of Bttisboe, vis he accompanied on his misskmary jouraeyL BiM in Augsburg in 1271. Three trutstes of Us m c^ in the Bibltotheca Patruw^ voL xiii, vix. Tk SmA Forvuda/cr the ReformoHtm qfthe (mkr Mm, J F^ mula/or the iamer Man, and A AfimrofAemaAf of a Jieliffiout. These trscts have been en«weiib» cribed to Bonaventura. Several of liis vcfb «a written in the German language, and of tfais dia&i have been published by Pfeiffer in his Deattek]^^ det mm Jahrhwderta (Leipzig, 1845>-Oii&, >> mmt, de Script. Ecdm. iU, 447.
David George, or Joxia. See Joaas.
David Nioetas. See Nicetas.
DavidiatB, followers of David Jom. See Jen
David's, St., an episcopal city in Pembrob^n- Wales. Ithasbeen the seat of a bishopric snfftk* 619, when St David (q. v.) transferred the sni^^ op's see to St David's (before odled Mynye; oi r the Romans Menevia) from Caerleon. It vtfs^ Middle Ages a large city— tiie great mortof is!f?iB to St David's shrine; it is now a small Tilbfe,^* only a few good houses besides those of tte dffCT It has a fine cathedral, and splendid woBmdrtSf- ious houses, episcopal palace, and St Hut's Coicti (founded by John of GauntX within a high «h*i< wall nearly a nule in circuit The csthrfnLfeB^ ed in 1180, on the site of the monasteiy of St D«»ii is cracybrm. Its dimensions, in the interim, «* * follows : length, 290 feet; breadth, 76: m",^. choir, 80 ; transept 120 ; central tower, 1^ *^ ^ Among the fmner bishops may be nsined LsBiM> South, and Horsley. The present hieniBbeBt 0^' of the see is Connop Thirlwall, the hiitorisn c^Gw"* The cathedral establishment indades a bishop, t^ four canons, five vicars choral, and other ofica' ^ dentiary, with four archdeacons, and 12 prebia^**- or honorary canons, noopresident— Chaiabai, ^ dopa(fia,s. V.
Davidson, Bobbbt, D.D., an miaa^ Pw^ terian divine and scholar, waa bora at VkUrn. »• 1750, and graduated at the University of P*Msyi^ 1771. In 1778 he was ordained by the Secood^ bytery of Philadelphia, and became asiodrti ^ ot the Birst Church and profiessor of hiila? "^ University. During the Eevolntion he wi8 » «»**
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, and irlien the British occupied Phfladelphis he 1 to I>elaiNrare. In 1784 he was i4>pofaited vice- lent and professor of belles-lettres in Dickinson $e, and -was also called to be pastor of the First »yterian Cbnrch in Carlisle. On leaving Phil»- ia, lie yfrmm made D.D. by the Uniyersity. The e duties derolving on 1dm at Carlisle were dis- ced 'witli signal ability, industry, and success. eamiuc^ embraced a wide range, including eight La^^es, theology, and phydcs. He was especially ted to astronomy, and hiyented an ingenious ap- ;u8 called a Cotmotpktre^ presenting the earth and kinent to view on the same axis. He was also a of elegant tastes, skilled in music and drawing. 786 he was appointed by the Old Synod of New : and Philadelphia, along with Drs. Alison and ig, on a committee to prepare an improved ver- of the Psalms to take the place of Rouse. In he was chosen moderator of the General Assem- and In 1804 he succeeded Dr. Nisbet in the presi- :y of the college, which he resigned in 1809, in T to demote himiself exclusively to his pastoral du- . He died at Carlisle Dec. 13, 1812. His publica- 4 are, A DicUogue^ with two Ode* tei to 3/twM;, 1775 ; Epitome qf Geography ^ 17^; A Dialogue^ in blank w; Paper9 on Astrommtg; Funeral Eulogiym on iMngtony 1799 ; The Christian's A, B, C, 1811 ; New rical Version o/the Psalms, 1812; Occasional Ser^ w.-— See Sprague, Annals, iii, 822.