Holberg, Ludwig von, a Danish divine, was born Nov. 6, 1684, at Bergen, in Norway. He studied theolo- gy at Copenhagen L'niversity, and became a professor in that school. In 1735 he was elected rector of the L^ni- versity, and in 1737 treasurer. In 1747 the king cre- ated Holberg a baron on account of his literary ser\'ices. He died Jan. 27, 1754. He is known as the creator of modern Danish literature, and deserves our notice on ac- count of his Kirchengeschichte (1738-40, 2 vols.), and Jii- dische Gesch. (1742, 2 vols.). Botli these works are con- sidered quite valuable even at the present time.— Brock- haus, Conv. Lex. viii, 48 sq. ; Gorton, Biogt-aph. Diet. ii. (J. H. AV.)
Holcombe, Henry, D.D., a Baptist minister, was born in Prince Edward County, Va., Sept. 22, 1762. His early education was limited. While yet a boy, he en- tered the lievolutionary army. In his twenty-second year he was licensed to preach by the Baptists ; and in Sept. 1785, was ordained pastor of tlie church at Pike Creek, S.C. Some time after, he was appointed delegate to the Convention of South Carolina, held at Charleston, to ratify the Constitution of the United States. In 1791 he became pastor of the Baptist Church at Euhaw, preaching also at ]\Iay River and St. Helena ; but, the chmate not agreeing with him, he removed to Beaufort. In 1799 he accepted a call to Savannah. Here he la- bored with great success, an<l was chiefly instrumental in organizing the Savannah Female Asylum (in 1801), at the same time conductuig a Jlagazine, The Georgia
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AnahjHml Repositorij. He also took part in establish- ing Mount Knon Academy in 1804, and a Missionary Society in 1806. In 1810 he was made D.D. by Brown University, and in 1812 l)ccanie pastor of the First Bap- tist Church in I'hiladeliibia, where he labored with great acceptance until his death, :May •_'■_>, 1824. He published a number of occasional sermons, adilresses, etc. — Sprague, Amiuls,\\,1ib.
Holcombe, Hosea, a Baptist minister, was born in Union District, S. C, July 20, 1780. He was engaged in agricultural pursuits untU 1800, when he turned liis attention to theology, and was licensed the following year. He labored in his native region until 1812, v>'hen he went to North Carolina, and finally settled in Jeffer- son Co., Ala., in the fall of 1818. His ministrations in all these |ilaces were eminently successful, and he contin- ued his laijors until his dcatli, July ai, 1S41. Mr. Hol- combe published a Colliv/ioii nf SdcndJIi/inns (1815) : — a work on Baiitism, entitled .1 Ri p)'! to the Iter. Finis Ewing,of the Cnmherlaml Pn .•^hjitvriii'ii Socirfi/ (1S,",2):— A Refutation of the Rer. Joshua Lairreiwe'.f Patriotic DiscoiDse, or Anti-Mission Principles exposed (183G) : — The History of the Alabama Baptists (1840), — Sprague, ^«««&, vi, 442.
Holcot, RoBKKT, an English scholastic of the 14th century, doctor of Oxford University, and a member of the Dominican order, was one of the most liberal inter- preters of sacred Scripture in his day, yet an obedient son of the Roman Catholic Church, and a zealous advo- cate of Nominalism (q. v.). He died a viciim of the 1 ilague in 1349. Holcot wrote mainly on the sacred Scrip- tures, but not many of his works have- ever gone into print. This may account for the fact that many books whose authorship is doubtful arc attributed to him by the Dominicans. Mazonius (in Unir. Platonis et A ristot. Phihsoph. p. 201) has severely criticised the jdiilosoph- ical views of Holcot. His most important published theological works are Be Studio Script ui-w (Venice, 158(5, and often) :—In Proverb. Salom. (Paris, 1515, 4to) :— /« Cuntica Canticorum et in septeni Prio7-a Capita Ecclesi- asticis (Ven. 1509). Among the works attributed to him by the Dominicans we find AForalisationes Ilistoriarum (Paris, 1510, 8vo).— Hoefer, Ao«).'. ^wy. Gmerale, xxiv, 941 ; Jocher, Gelehrt. Lex. ii, 1671. (J. H. W.)
Hold [verb] is often used figuratively, but in obvi- ous meanings, in the Bible. To take hold of God and his corenaiif is to embrace him as given in the Gospel, and by faith to plead his promises and relations (Isa. Ixiv, 7, and Ivi, 4). Christians hold forth the irord of life ; they, Iiy |iractising it in their lives, give light and instruction to others (Phil, ii, 16). A'of holdimj of Christ the head is ncglectiug to draw gracious influence from him, and to yield due subjection to him ; as, for instance (Col.ii, 18, 19), worshipping angels, etc. instead of Christ; insisting on penances, etc. instead of on the merit of Christ's work. — Brown, Bible Bictionari/, s. v.
Hold [noun] {'n''\^:i^,metsudah', a fortress, as often rendered), the term especially applied to the lurking- places of David (1 Sam. xxii, 4, 5 ; xxiv, 22, etc.). See Stkoxgholu.
Holda. See Hulda.
Holden, Hexky, D.D., a distinguished English Ro- man Catholic controversialist, was born in Lancashire in ]o06. He studied at the Seminary of Douai, and aftenvards went to Paris, where he took the degree of D.D. He became a priest in the parish of St. Nicholas du Chardonnet. Much of his time was devoted to liter- ary labors, which ])laced him among the most renowned theologians of that period. He died in 1665. His principal work is A?ial//sis Fidti (Paris, 1652, 8vo; 2d ed. by Barljon, 17G7, 12mo; translated into English by 'W. G., 1658, 4to). Dupin commends this book very high- ly. In 1660 he ]niblished Novum Testamentum, with marginal notes, and a Fetter to A rnaidd on predestina- tion and grace. See Dupin, Eccles. Writers, cent, xvii; !