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1781) : — Kurze unci fjriindliche Anweisimij zu einer lelch- tereii Erleniung der jildisch - deutschen Sprache (ibiil. 1767): — Der Jude (ibid. 1767-71, 9 vols.), in which he describes the usages, customs, and doctrines of the Jews according to Rabbinic sources : — Compemlia Vocum Ile- hraico-Rabbinicarum (ibid. 1780). See Fiirst, Bihl.Jud. iii, 309; Steinschncider, Bibliog. Handbuch,\t, 131; De- litzsch, Suat auf Uoffiiung, viii, 159 sq. (15. P.)
Selingstad, Council of {Concilium Salegunstadi- ense). This council was held in August, 1022, by the emperor Henry; Aribo, archbishop of jNIayence, presid- ing. Twenty canons were published.
3. Foi-bids the celebiiition of niiirria^es from Advent to the octave of tlie Eijiphau}-, from Septuagesima to tlie octave of Easter, during the fnurteen days preceding the Feast of John the Baptist, and on fast-days and vigils.
4. Forbids a priest having drunk anything after cock- crow in summer to say mass on tlie followiug day ; allows of cases of necessity in winter.
6. Stales that complaints had been made of the conduct of some very foolish priests who were in the habit of throwing the cm-poral into a tire for the sake of e.\tiu- guishing it, and strictly prohibits it.
9. Pi)rl)ids talking in church, or in the church porch. . 10. Forbids lay persons, and particularly matrons, to hear daily the gospel "In i)rincipio erat verl)uni;" and particnlar masses, such as the mass of the Holy Trinity or of St. Michael. The canon seems to imply that this liad been done for the sake of divination.
IG. Forbids any person to go to Rome without first ob- taining the permission of his bishop or his deputy.
IS.-Notices the folly of those who, being gidlty of some crimes, despise the penance imposed by their own priests, and trust to obtaining a plenary absolution from the Ro- man pontiff. It declares that such indulgence shall not be granted to them, but that in future they shall first fulfil the penance imposed, and then go to Rome, if they choose, having first obtained leave from their own bishop.
After the canons follows an appendix concerning the manner of celebrating a council. — Landon, Manual of Councils, s. v.
Selinuntius, in Greek mythology, was a surname oi Apollo, derived from his temple and oracle at Selinus.
Selinus, in (ireek mj-thology, was a son of Nep- tune, river -god and ruler of yEgialus, and father of Helice, who was married to Ion.
Selleck, Bradlky, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Danbury, Conn., Aug. 23, 1784. At the age of twelve he professed conversion, and united with the Church. He received license as local preacher before he was twenty-one. In 1822 he joined the New York Conference, and continued to la- bor till 1851. He made New York his residence during the remainder of his life, and was much esteemed by ministers and laymen of his own and other churches. He died in New York city, Nov. 4, 1860. See Minutes oj" Annual Conferences, 1861, p. 114.
Selli, the priests among the ancient Greeks who delivered the oracles of Zeus at Dodona. They are mentioned by Homer as having observed a very rigid discipline.
Sellman, Horace S., a minister of the jMethodist Episcopal Chtircli. was born in Brown County, < )., Jan. 14, 1821, and [irofessed conversion in 1844. For some time he served the Church as a layman, but in 1846 he entered the CHiio Conference. He preached about thir- teen years, when he was seized with hemorrhage of the lungs, and died Feb. 1, 1859. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1859, p. 234.
Selneccer, Nicholas, Dr., an early Lutheran poet and theologian, was born l)ec. 6, 1530, at Hersbruck, near Nuremberg, and educated at Wittenberg. He was made court preacher at Dresden in 1557, but obliged to resign in 1561 because he was not in sympathy with the Melancthonian party, tlien in power. At Jena, wiiere he obtained a professorship, the mildness of his views gave offence to the Flacianists, who governed the university, and they had him deposed. His next po- sition was at Leipsic (1568). In 1570 he was charged with the conduct of the Keforraation in Brunswick, and
aided in the founding of the University of Helmstiidt. His ]jreference for an unmodified Lutheranism led him at the same time to attempt the work of restraining the growth of Crypto-Calvinism in Saxony, in which he succeeded temporarily by gaining the ear of the elector Augustus. He also took a prominent part in the set- tling of the Formula of Concord (q. v.), translating it (after the attempt of Osiander) into Latin and furnish- ing it with a preface. He thus excited further oppo- sition from the Crypto-Calvinists, which resulted in his being again deposed on the succession of Christian I and the advent to power of Dr. Crell (q. v.). A brief period of literary activity now followed, first at Leipsic and afterwards at IMagdeburg; but he was soon made superintendent at Hiklesheim, and intrusted with the ordering of ecclesiastical affairs in other places as well. In the performance of such duties his health gave way, and when the fall of Dr. Crell called him to Lei(>sic, the journey proved too fatiguing and brought about his death,May 24, 1592.
Selneccer's writings were numerous, but most of them have been forgotten. The more noteworthy are an ex- position of the book of Psalms, in various editions and revisions (last ed. Leipsic, 1593), and a large number of hymns. His poetical writings evince talent of no mean order, but are marred by the constant introduction of references to personal troubles, etc., an undue attention to details, and an incessant emphasizing of jmre doc- trine, though the latter feature is preserved from be- coming offensive by the fact that it is in the main the expression of the writer's heart. See Wetzel, Lieder- historie, vol. iii ; (Jiitze, Septeni Dissertt. de N. Seln. (1723) ; Koch, Geschichte des deutschen Kirchenliedes, vol. i; jMutzell, Geistl. Lieder der evang. Kirche aus dem Iii. Jdhrhundert (Berlin, 1855,3 vols.); Herzog, Real-En- cgklop. s. V. ; Hagenbach, Hist, of Doctrines, ii, 149-151.