Eastern Church. — INIost frequently it was used in the opening portions of the ancient liturgies. In that of St. jNIark we find three long prayers, each preceded by the threefold repetition of the Kyrie. In St. Chrysostom's the deacon offers ten petitions, and each is followed by the answering Kyrie of the choir. In the Apostolic Con- stitutions (lib. viii, can. 6), when the catechumens are about to pray, all the faithfid add for them this suppli- cation (comp. Neale, Primitice Lit. p. 88).
Western Church. — In the AVest the KjTie Eleeison and Christe Eleeison, termed by St. Benedict " lesser" or " mi- nor Utany," it is generally supposed were introduced by pope Sylvester I (314-335), and formed a part of the Pre- ces Feriales of the " Salisbury Portiforium," as they do now of the daily offices of prayer of the Church of Rome, England, and the Protestant Episcopal Church. In the Lutheran and many other evangelical liturgies the KjTie Eleeison is retained. SeePalmer,(?rw7. LjV.i, 122; Siegcl, Christlich-Kirchliche Alterthii>ner,iu,2S7 ; Riddle, Chris- tian Antiquities, p. 381 ; Walcott, Sacred A rchxeol. s. v. ; Proctor, Common Prayer (see Index) ; Blunt, Diet. Doct. and Hist. Theol. s. v. (J. H. W.)
Kyrie, JoiiN, an English philanthropist, whom Pope has immortalized inider the name of " The Man of Ross," was born at Dymock (County of Gloucester) in 1037. With a small income of £500 he managed to do much good to the population of Hereford Count}'. He en- couraged agriculture, opened ways of communication between the different places, and founded asylums for orphans and disabled persons. The passage in which Pope commemorates him is too well known and too long to be quoted here. We will only say that it is sulistan- tiaUy based on facts. Kjnrle died in 1754. See Warton, Essay on the Writings and Genius ofPojJe; Fopc, Epistle II; Fidler, Worthies of England, i, 582. — Hoofer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, xxviii, 312. (J. N. P.)
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La'adah {llch.Ladnh', iTn"b, order; Sept. AaaSd V. r. Maoa.&), the second named of the two sons of She- lah (son of Judah), and founder (" father") of IMareshah, in the lowlands of Judah (1 Chron. iv, 21). B.C. cir. 1873.
La'adan (Heb. Ladan', )'^Vb, ar-i-anger^tlie name of two men.
1. (In 1 Chron. xxiii, 7-9, Sept. Aenoav v. r. 'Eodv, Vulg. Leedan; in 1 Chron. xxvi, 21, Aei^ch' v. r. AaSc'iv, AaaSdv, Ledan.) The first named of the two sons of Gershom, the son of Levi ; elsewhere called Lmxi (1 Chron. vi, 17).
2. (Sept. raXaaodg v. r. Aadoav, Aao(n',Yulg. La- addu.) Apparently the son of Tahan and father of Ammihud, of the posterity of Ephraim (1 Chron. vii, 26). B.C. considerably post 1612.
Laanah. See Wormwood.
Labadie, Jean de, a French enthusiast, and the founder of the religious sect known as Labadi-its. was born at Bourg, in Guienne, Feb. 13, 1610. Educated in the Jesuits' school at Bordeaux, he entered their order, began the study of theology m 1026, and soon distin- giushed himself as a preacher. Struck with tlic abuses existing in the Romish Church, he clamored for reform, but, meeting with no encouragement in his order, he left it to join the Fathers of the Oratory in 1039, and very shortly afterwards the Jansenists. In 1640 he was appointed canon of Amiens, and at once inaugura- ted various reforms. He held conventicles for tlie pur- pose of Bible reading, and administered the Lord's Sup- per in both kinds to the peofjle. To prevent liis prog- ress, he was removed in 1646, and sent as preacher and inspector to the convents of the third order of St.
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Francis in Guienne. Still persecuted by the Jesuits, I he joined the Kefornied Church at IMontauban in IGuO, I and entered the I'rutestant ministry' under very au- spicious circumstances. In 1G57 he became pastor in Orange, and in 1659 in Geneva. In both situations he exerted himself to the utmost for the restoration of apostolic religion on Tietistic principles, and gained many partisans, especially in Geneva. In lOGG he be- came pastor of a Walloon church in Middelburg, but, by the machinations of his enemies, was obliged to leave it, and in 1GG9 went to Amsterdam, where his followers soon formed a distinct religious sect, known as Laba- DiSTS. Peter Yvon was one of their preachers. Hav- ing been expelled from the country as a separatist, Laba- die went in 1G70 to Hereford, where, through the intlu- ence of his disciple, the learned Anna ^Marie von Schur- mann (who appears to have become his wife afterwards), he was protected by the princess Elizabeth. But, again driven a\vay (in 1674) by the authorities as an Anabai> tist, he went successively to Bremen and Altona. Here he managed, with the assistance of Peter Yvon and De Lignon, to hold private meetings and to disseminate his doctruies. He died at Altona Feb. 13, 1674. His prin- cipal works are, Le herault du grand roi Jesus (Amst. 1667, 12mo): — Le veritable exorcisme, ou Vuniqtie moyen de chasser le Diuble du inomle Chretien (Amsterd. 1667, 12mo) : — Le chant royal du roi Jesus-Ckrist (Amsterd. 1670, 12mo) : — Les saintes Decades (Amst. 1671, 8vo) : — Uempire du St. Esprit (Amst. 1671, 12mo) : — La refor- mation de Veglise ; La jeune religieuse ; Uarrivee aj)OS- iolique; Ahrerje du Christianisme (transl. into German, Frankf. 1742) ; etc.