Peloria, a festival observed by the Thessalians in commemoration of the news which they received by one Pdor'ws that the mountains of Tempe had been separated by an earthquake, and that the waters of the lake which lay there stagnated had found a passage into the Alpheus, and left behind a vast, pleasant, and most delightful plain, etc.
Pelt, Anton Friedricii Ludwig, a German theo- logian, was born at Regensburg June 28, 1799, and was educated first at Biickeburg and Altona, and then at the universities in Jena, Kiel, and Berlin. At the last- named high school he became "Privatdocent" in 1826, in 1829 was made extraordinary professor at Greifswalde, and in 1835 regular professor at Kiel. After the subju- gation of Schleswick-Holstein by the Danes, Pelt was dismissed, and he was made university professor at Greifswalde, and given the living of Kemnitz, near by. He died in 18G1. His principal work is Theologische Encykhpddie als Si/stem im Zusanimenhange mit der Geschlchte der theol. Wissenschaft u. Hirer einzelnen Zweige (Hamb. and Gotha, 1843). Besides, he pub- lished, Commentar zu den Thessalonischen Brie/en (1829) : — Der Kumpf uus dem Glauben (1837), a reply to Strauss; and, with Rheinwald, HomiUarium pa/risti- cum (Berl. 1829, 4 Nos.), which, unfortunately, was never completed. He also founded in Kiel in 1838 the peri- oilical M itarheiten.
Pelte (Lat. Peltanus), Theodoiie Antoine nE, a Belgian theologian, was born in 1552 at Pelte, a depart- ment of Lii'ge. He assumed the dress of a Jesuit, and taught Greek and Hebrew at Ingolstadt, then theology at Augsburg. He died in that city May 2, 1584. Besides diflfcrent treatises of controversy, we have of his works, Paraphrasis et scholia in Proverhin Salnmonis (Antw. 1G06, 4to); and he translated from the Greek into Latin Concilii Ephesinii primi acf<( (Ingolstadt, 1576, fol.) :— Grcecorum xviii Palriim /lomilim in prcecipiia festa (ibid. 1579, 8vo) : — the Commentaires of Andre of C?esa- rea, of Victor of Antioch, etc. Sec Foppens, Bibl. Bel- gica; Kobold, Lexicon. — Hocfer, Noiiv. Biorj. Generale, xxxix, 51><.
Pelton, Samuei,, a Presbyterian minister, was born in Montgomery, Orange County, N. Y., ]\Iarch 25, 1776. He received his education in a classical scliool at Mont- gomery, studied theology privately, was licensed by Hudson Presbytery, and ordained by the same in 1816 as pastor of the Church at Hempstead, N. Y., and sub-
sequently of the Church in Haverstraw, N. J. He died July 10, 1864. Mr. Pelton was a man of strong mind, a ready preacher, and a good jiastor. Sec ^Viisun, /'?-es6. Hist. Almanac, 1866, ]). 160.
Pelusiotae (from TrjjXiic, irnKT), a name applied by the Oriyenists in the 3<l century to the orthodox Chris- tians, denoting that they were earthly, sensual, car- nally minded men. because they differed from them in their apprehension of spiritual and heavenly bodies.
Pelvert, Bos-Francois Rivikre (called the abbe), a French theologian, was born Aug. 5, 1714. He was a member of a community of clergymen formed in the parish of Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, and was admitted to orders by Bossuet, bishop of Troyes, who procured him, besides several benefices, a theological chair in his seminary. Dismissed by bishop Poncet de la Kiviere, he retired to the community of Saint-Josse at Paris, and iia 1763 assisted at the Council of Utrecht. His refusal to adhere to the formulary prevented him from perform- ing any ecclesiastical duty. He died in Paris Jan. 18, 1781. His principal writings are. Dissertations sur I'up- jivobaiion necessuire pour administrer le sacrement de penitence (1755, 12mo) : — five Lettres sur la distinction de la religion naturelle et de la religion revelee (1769-70, 2 vols. 12mo) : — six Lettres ait Von examine la doctrine de quelqries ecrivains modernes contre les incrklules (1776, 2 vols. 12mo); directed against the Jesuits Delamare, Floris, Paulian, and Nonnotte: — Dissertation sur la sa- crifice de la messe (1779, 12rao), which drew him into a sharp controversy with Plowden, and were followed by a Defense (1781, 3 vols. 12mo) : — Exposition et Compa- raison de la doctrine des anciens et des nouveavx pihi- losoj)hes (1787, 2 vols. r2mo), in which the necessity of revelation is established. Abbe Pelvert edited the treatise De Gratia of the abbe Gourlin (1781, 3 vols. 4to), and left a large number of manuscripts. See F'rere, Bibliog. Xormande, vol. ii ; Feller et Weiss, Biog. Univ. s. V. — Hoefer, A'ouv. Biog. Generale, xxxix, 519.
Pelviciila Amularum is a term applied to the
metal stands for the cruets (q. v.).
Peniberton, Ebenezer (1), a Congregational minister, was born about 1661, and was educated at Harvard University, where, after graduation, he taught for a while. Aug. 28, 1700, he became pastor of the Boston '• Old South Church," and remained in that place until his death, B^eb. 13, 1717. He published a numi)er oi Sermons, three prefatory Epistles, etc. (1710-19; pub- lished collectively in 1727, 8vo). His Election Sermon of 1710 was highly esteemed. See Sprague, Annals of the A mer. Pulpit, vol. i.
Pemberton, Ebenezer (2), a Congregational minister, son of tlie preceding, was born in 1704. in Boston. He graduated at Harvard College in 1721 ; served for some time as chaplain at Castle William, and in 1727 became pastor of the Presbyterian Church in New York, where he labored until 1753, when he re- signed, and was installed pastor of the jNIiddle Street Church, Boston, ]\laivh 6, 1754, and there remained un- til it was closed by the Revolution in 1775. Though one of the most popular preachers of his time, his friendship for governor Hutchinson, one of his Hock, caused an imputation of disloyalty, and created difficul- ties in the Church. He died in Boston Sept. 9, 1779. He published. Sermons on several Subjects, preached in the Presbgterian Church in Neiv York (1738): — Dud- leian Lecture (1766): — Salvation by Grace through Faith ; Eight Sermons preached at Boston (1774) : and a few occasional Sermons (1731-71). Sec Sprague, An- udls of the A mer. Pulpit, i, 336.