Veracini, A<;ostixo, a Florentine painter of the 18th century, studied under Sebastiano Kicci. He ex- ecuted some works for the churches of Florence, which gained him considerable reputation. He died in 1762. See Spooner, Bio</. flist. of the Fine A )i.<, s. v.
Veracity of God is his truth, or an exact corre-
spondence and conformity between his Word and his mind. Moses says, '' He is a God of truth." He is true in and of himself; h? truly and really exists ; he is the true and living God ; all his perfections are true and real; truth is essential to him; it is pure and perfect in him ; it is the first and original in him ; he is the foun- tain of truth; all his works in creation, providence, and grace are according to truth. — Buck, Theol. JJict. s. v. See Tkuth.
Verbal Inspiration. See Inspiration.
Verberic, C<>iNru,s of (Concilium Vei-meiiense'). Verberic is in the diocese of Soissons, a fortified town of France, department of Aisne, twenty miles south-west of Laon, on the left bank of the Aisne. Two ecclesias- tical councils were held here, as follows:
I. Was held in 753, by order of king Pepin. This council was, properly speaking, a national assembly. Twenty-one canons were published, chiefly relating to the subject of marriages.
1. Declares that the marriages of relatives to tlie thiid degree of consanguinity are utterly null, so that tlie pai- ties so married are at liberty, after penaiire, to marry others. That those who are related only in ihe (nun li de- gree shall not be separated if married, but be put to pen- ance.
3. Forbids a priest to marry, under pain of losing his rank. Forliids any one to marry the wife of a uiau who has been made priest.
5. Peimits a man whose wife has conspired to murder him to put her away, and to marry another.
6. Permits those persons who have manied slaves, un- der the idea of their l)eiiig free, to marry again.
0. Declares that in ca;-es in wliich men are ahsolutely obliL'ed to leave their jilace of abode to go to live else- where, if their wives refuse to so with them for no other reason than their affection for their country, or relations, or property, it shall he lawful for the husband to marry another, but not for the wife who remains behind.
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diocese, to ordain priests, and orders tliat persons so or- dained, if tliey be really wortliy of the prieslliood, shall be Didaiiied again.
15. Allows ii degraded priest to baptize a sick person m case of necessity.
16. Forbids clerlis to wear arms.
19. Forbids married slaves who are sold separately to different masters to marry others, allhough they have no hope of ever being united auain.
'21. Enacts that a husband who has permitted his wife to take the veil shall not marry another.
See Mansi, Concil. vi, 165G.
II. Was held in 869, twentj' bishops being present, with Charles the Bald. Hincmar of Laon was accused, and appealed to the pope. He, at the same time, tle- manded leave to go to Rome, which, at the instigation of his uncle, was refused, but the proceedings against him were suspended. See Mansi, Concil. viii, 1527. — Landon, Manual of Councils, p. 675.
Verbiest, Fkrdinand, a Belgian missionary and astronomer, was born at Pitthem, West Flanders, Oct. 9, 1623. He studied at Coiitrai and Louvain, and grad- uated at Seville in 1655. Having entered the Order of the Jesuits, he studied astronomy under Tarquet and Schall. and then set out to preach in China in 1657. Tiiere he underwent various fortunes, travelling and writing astronomical and other worivs, chiefly employed by the Chinese emperor, until his death, at Fekin, Jan. 23, 1688. See Hoefer, Noui: Biog. Generale, s. v.
Verbrugge, Otto, a German doctor and professor of theology and Oriental languages, who flourished to- wards the middle of the 18th century at (ironingen, is the author of Bissei-talio de Trichotomia in Libros Mo- saicos, etc. (Lingen, 1713): — Ohserrationes Philologica de, Noiniimni Hebrceorum Plurali Numero (Groningen, 1730; 2d ed. Erlangen, 1752): — Orafio de iStatu Judce- orum Tempore Exilii Babi/lomci (Groningen, 1730). See Fiirst, Bibl. Jud. iii, 472; Winer, [landb.der theol. Lit. i, 119 ; Steinschneider, Bibl. Ilandb. s. v. (B. P.)
Veibi'uggen (or Terbruggen"), Henry, a Dutch painter, was born at Utrecht in 1588. He tirst studied under Abraham Bloemaert, and then went to Italy, where he studied ten years at Rome and Naples. He acquired considerable reputation there, and executed several works for the churches, one of tiie best of which was a Deposition from the Cross, in one of the churches of Naples. He afterwards went to Holland and settled at Middelburg. He was admired by Rubens. He died at Utrecht in 1629. See Spooner, Biog. Hist, of the Fine A rts, s. v.
Verbruggen, Henry Francis and Peter, two sculptors and wood-carvers of Antwerp, whose date and history are not known, are said to have executed va- rious excellent works in the cathedral and churches of Antwerp, such as pulpits and confessionals, besides many carved decorations in noble mansions of Belgium. Dur- ing the civil commotions, some of their works were sold and sent to England. See Spooner, Biog. Hist, of the Fine A rts, s. v.