Question, Modern, is, in Scotland, "Whether it be the duty of all to whom the Gospel is preached to re- pent and believe in Christ?" and it is called modern be- cause it is supposed never to have been agitated before the early part of the last century. It originated in Northamptonshire, in the churches in which Mr. Davis of Rothwell preached, though it does not appear that he took an active part in it. The question thus started was pursued by a variety of inferior writers down to the time of Andrew Fuller, who very ably supported the positive side of the question, namely, that faith is the duty of all men. although, through the depravity of hu- man nature, men will not believe till regenerated by the Holy Spirit. On the other side it was contended -that faith was not a duty, but a grace," the exercise of which was not required till it was bestowed. On this subject Mr. Fuller published The Gospel Worthy of All Accej)- tation; or, The Duty of All Men to Believe in Jesus Christ. Thereupon Fuller was attacked by Mr. Hutton, a Supralapsarian, on the one hand, and by Mr. Daniel Taylor, an Arminian. on the other, to whom he replied by .4 Defence of his former tract. — Eadie. Eccles. Cyclop. s. v.
Questmen are parish officers whose duty it is to assist church-wardens.
Quetif, Jacques, a French Dominican, was born in Paris. Aug. 6, 1618. At a very early age he entered the order, and in 1635 was sent to Bordeaux to study theol- ogy. In 1642 he was ordained to the priesthood at Paris. After tilling several positions of trust in houses of his order in provincial towns, he was recalled to Paris, in 1652. and placed in charge of the library of the Jacobin convent. Thereafter, he became noted for his bibliographical attainments and his intimate knowledge
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of the canon law. He died March 2, L698. We have from liim : Bien ■ ltd 7 ■ >■ Formalis Explicatio gumma 7 /„■■/. D. Thoi ■ Paris, 1657, fol. i : -
Concilii Trid. Ca • ibid. 1666, 12mo) i- Vita Hier. Savonarola (ibid. 1674, 3 vols. 12mo) : — Petri Morini Opuscula et Epislola (ibid. 1675, 12mo) : — Scriptores OrdinisPnnli' (itoriim ft-n n.<ifn iliiil. 171'J sip 2 vols. lb], ).
nplete aud continued by Echard. See Scrip-
"in. ii. 7 16 : Niceron, Memoires, xxiv ; .M' 'i -ri. Diet. Ili<t. s. v.— Hoefer, Nouv. Biog.Ge- . s, v. Quetzalcoatl, a Mexican divinity, represented by t-feathered serpent, is the god of the air. He was, while on earth, a high-priest in the city of Tuta, and was so immensely rich that his houses were buill with nothing bul gold and precious stones. He was, al the same time, a legislator of incredible wisdom; his commands were published from the top of a mountain by a herald whose voice could be heard at a distance of three hundred miles. It was to him that useful inven- tions were due; he was, besides, a favorite of the gods, who, For !n- 3ake, loaded the land with blessings of al] kinds. In that lime an ear of corn was of such a size that it was no light burden for a strong man. But as the country, through him, grew happy to excess, and as the gods were well aware thai such unmixed felici- ty was nol i" the advantage of the people, they advised him to emigrate. He did so, went to Cholula, where the people chose him for their ruler. His reign was as prosperous as could be expected. After his death he was worshipped as god of the air. Almost all peoples, even those hostile to Cholula, recognised his divinity and built temples in his honor. — Vollmer, Worterb. d. Myihol s. v.
Qnevedo y Villegas, Francisco Gomkz de, a
Spanish author of note, was born in Madrid, Sept 26, 1580; was educated at the university at Alcala, and when only fifteen years of age took his degree in theolo- gy. He would probably have risen to great distinction in the Church had not his hoi temper involved him in strife and controversy, which ended in a duel and exile, lb i. moved to Italy and there also led a restless and eventful life, lie died at Yillanueva de los Infantes in 1645. Many of his writings were confiscated by the government, but among those that reached the public we arc interested in the treatises ">, //,, Providena of God: — God's Politics and < In ist's Govt rnmt nt, in which he attempts a complete body of political philosophy based upon the example of the Saviour : — On ii Holy Lift .- The Militant Lift of a Christian, etc. I here is a complete edition of his works by Sancho (Madrid, 1790 94, 11 vols. 8 vo), and a more recent one by Guerra y Orbe (ibid. L852).
Quiatli is. in the mythology of the Hindus, the conceiving force resting (therefore sterile, ineffectual) in Brahma, Ii i- called bis wife, and as such is op- [ posed to the prolific goddess, Saraswati, The latter is the feminine element of Brahma in its exterior appear- ance: Quiatri i- the same resting in himself. Vollmer. . d, MythoL s. v.
Quiches, Kiches, or Utlatecas, a semi -civil- ized nation of Guatemala, occupying, al the time of the