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tant events. He died Jlay 17, 1853. Dryander's dis- course delivered at the tuiitral ulTlnlo was published at Halle in 1853; and a brief characterization oCTliilo was given by iMeier in the IJnUi^'chvr SektionskitUdiy (1853- 64); and another in Can re is.- Lea-ikon d. (ieyeiaairt (1841 ), iv, 2. by Henke. See Herzog, Real- Encykioji. s. v.
Thilo, Wilhelm, a rierman teacher, was born in the year isoj. ;ind died Fib. 17, bsTo, ;u Hcrlin. For a number of \ears he stood at the liead of tiie IJerlin seminary for the education of teachers, and piiblislied, Upener liU Katechet (Herlin, \»A^):—l)as (/eistliche Lied in der ecanrjeL ]'olkg,ic/iid<' Ikntgchlamh (ibiii. 1842; 2d ed. 1855) : — Ludu-iy Uelmbold nach Lebeu und JHc/iten (2d ed. lSb(\):—Liiddmdici KUsuheth Grdjiii rnii .Sc/iinirz- biivfi-RitdoUtadt. Kin lieitnuj zur (Jeschichte der ijeistl. Dichtung im M.Juhrhundert (ibid. 1855) : — MeUiiichthon ini Dienste (in heilif/er SchriJ} (ibid. 18(50) : — J'reussischex VolksschuhceKen nach (legchiclile mid >-il(ifistik (ibid. 1867). See Zuchold, Bib!. TheoL ii, 1332; Literarisclier Hundweii<er jVr das kal/tol. JJeutschUind, 18G8, p. GO ; 1870. p. 48(;. (B. 1*.)
Thim'natha (Josh, xix, 43). See Ti.-mxaii.
Thionville, Coincils oI'" {Concilia apnd T/ieodo- ■ni,<-rilliii/i ). Tldonville, now known as IHedeiihoJhi, is a town of (iermany, in Lorraine, situated on the Moselle; and lias belonged in succession to the counts of Luxem- burg, to Burgundy, Austria, S])ain, and France. It was ceded by the peace of May 10, 1871, to Germany. This town has been the seat of three councils.
L Held in 822; thirty -two bisliojis being present, among wh<im were Aistiiplius of Mayence and Ebbo of Kheims. Four or five articles were drawn up in defence of ecclesiastical persons and property. See Jlansi, Con- ciL vii, 15 ly.
n. Held in February. 835 ; more than forty bishops being present. All the proceedings against Louis le Debonnaire were declared to be null and void, and he was conducted to the catliedral churcii of Metz, and sol- emnly restored to his rights and privileges. This done, the prelates returned to Thionville, wliere Agobard of Lyons and Bernard of Vieinie, who were absent, were Solemnly deposed, together with Ebbo of Kheims, who, being present, himself consented to tlie sentence, and renounced the episcopate. See Mansi, vii, 1G95.
IIL Held in October, 844, in a place called at pres- ent "Just" (.Judicium) ; Drogon, bishop of JNIetz. pre- .sided. In this council Lothaire, Louis, and Charles promised to observe brotherly concord among them- selves. Six articles were drawn up, which the princes promised to observe. They are exhorted, among other things, to live in unity and brotherly love; to fill with- out delay the sees which, owing to their quarrels, had remained vacant; to hinder the laity from appropriat- ing to themselves the property of the Church, etc. — Landon, Mamidl of Councils, s. v.
Third Orders is the name given by Roman Cath- olics to persons who desire to lead a religious life in their homes, and yet have coiniection with some regu- lar order. The first mention of such persons is in 1191>, in connection with the Augustines, though this order claims that it was established much earlier. There are third orders of nearly all the principal orders, as of Do- minicans, Minims, Carmelites, Trinitarians, etc. Their members take the vow of allegiance to the rules of the order, with the exception of that of peqictual cliastity ; have directors and superiors, yet live in tlie world, niar- Tv, and carry on business. Tlieir only distinguishing mark is a scajjulary and leather girdle, but these are often worn under their ordinary dress.
Thirds, a peculiar arrangement, imder Mary queen of Scots, for the support of the Protestant clergy. "The barons," says Knox, "perceiving that the Book of Dis- cipline was refused, presented to the nobility certain ar- ticles, requiring idolatry to be suppressed, the Kirk to be planted with true ministers, and some certain provis- ion to be made for them, according to equity and con-
science. . . . And so devised they that the kirkmen" (the former clergy) "shoidd have no intromission with the two parts of their benefices" (that is, with two thirds), "and that the third part should be lifted up by , such men as thereto should be a|)pointed, for such uses as in the acts are more fully expressed." The result was that two thirds of the benefices were retained by the ])o]iish clergy, and the remaining third handed to a col- lector tor the queen. The ministers and sii])erintcnd- ents were to have a sum modified for their support, and the surplus was to become a part of the revenue of the crown. Thus very little was left for the ministers of the Kirk. See Eatlie, Eccles. Cyclop, s. v.
Thirl'wall.CoxNOP, D.D., an English clergyman and historian, was born at Stepney, ^liddlisex. Fib. 1 1. 1797. His precocity was so great that his father published for him, at the age of eleven, a volume of his compositions, Priinilice, or Essays and Poems on Wtrious Subjects (1809). He took the Craven and Bell scholarships at Triinty College, Cambridge, 1815; graduated as senior chancellor's medallist, 1818; became tutor and fellow; and was called to tlie bar in 1825. In 1828 he entered the Church, and became rector of Kirby-under-Dale, Yorkshire. For several years he was examiner for the classical tripos at Cambridge, classical examiner in the University of London, and visitor of St. David's College, Lampeter. He was created bisliop of St. David's in 1840, which office he resigned in June, 1874. He died Jidy 27, 1875. He published a number of sermons, charges, letters, addresses, and essays, which, with oth- er writings, were issued under the title of Literary and Theohiijical Remains, edited by canon IVrowne (Lond. 1875-6, 3 vols.).