Ras'ses, Children <>t (viol 'Paweic; Vuig.JiKi Tharsis), one of the nations whose country was rav- aged by Holofernes in bis approach to Judaea (Judith ii, 23 only ). They are named next to hud i I.\ dia . and apparently south thereof. The old Latin version reads Thiras <t Rasis, with which the Peshito wa- probably in agreement before the present corruption of it- text. Wolff | Das Buch Judith \ 1861 |, p. '•'■"'. 96) restores the original Chaldee text of the passage a- Thar- and Ro-
308, ami compares the latter name w iih RhoSUS, a place
.hi the (in if of is- us. between the Ras el-Khanzir (Rhos- ICUS Scopulus) and Iskcuderi'in. or Alexandrctta. If t he above restoration of the original text is c..rre< t. the interchange of Meshech and Rosos, as connected with Thar, or Thiras (see Gen. \, 2), i- very remarkable; since if Meshech be the original ofMuscovy, Rosos can
hardly be other than that of Russia. See RoSH. - Smith. The Vulg. reads Tharsit, which has led some
in suppose that the original wa- ^'"^'"r.an.l that Tar- sus is meant. Fritzsche proposes to find the place in
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'Pwcroc, 'Pwffffoc, a mountain -range and town south from Amanos {Exeg. llandb. p. 143). — Kitto.
Rastall, John, a learned London printer of the first half of the 16th century, deserves a place here for his controversy with John Frith, which resulted in his he- coming a Protestant. He was educated at Oxford, and he died in 1536. Though he printed, edited, and trans- lated as well as compiled many books, he is principally known in connection with his Threr Dialogues, of which the Neio Boke of Purgatorye (1530, fol.) was answered by Frith ; his Apology against John Frith ; and The Church of John Rastall. See Allibone, Diet, of Brit. and . 1 met: A uth. ii, 1743 ; Wood, A thence Oxon. i, 100.
Rastenburg, Conversation at. This was a re- ligious conference, held in 1531, to consider the rights of the Anabaptists in Prussia. On the Lutheran side, the debate was conducted by Poliander (q. v.), Spera- tus (q. v.), and Brismann ; on the part of the Anabap- tists, Peter Zenker (q. v.), preacher at Dantzic, replied. Duke Albert was present, and finally decided against the Anabaptists, who were banished peremptorily from the country. The Conversation at Rastenburg had been preceded by a synod, held there in 1530, on which occasion Zenker had presented his confession of faith.
Rastignac, Armand Anne Auguste Anto- nin Sicaire, de Chapt de, a French prelate, nephew of Louis Jacques (q. v.), was born in 1726. He had scarcely received the degree of D.D. when he was made vicar-general by the archbishop of Aries. In the con- ference of the clergy in 1755 and 1760, he voted for the refusal of sacraments to the opponents of the bull JJni- genitus. Three times he refused the bishopric; and when, in 1773, his uncle, marshal Biron, obtained for him, without his knowledge, the Abbey of Saint-Mes- main, in the diocese of Orleans, he hastened to resign a priory which he held in commendam. He was de- puted by the clergy to the States-general in 1789; but in August, 1792, he was imprisoned, and on the 3d of September following he was massacred. Among his works are — Questions sur la Propriete cles Biens-fonds Ecclesiastiques en France (Paris, 1789, 8vo) : — Accord de la Revelation et de la Raison contre le Deisme (ibid. 1791, 8vo). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Genercde, s. v.
Rastignac, Aymeric, de Chart de, a French prelate, was born about 1315. He was a descendant of an ancient family, originally from Limousin. After filling various ecclesiastical preferments, he became, in 1359, bishop of Volterra, Tuscany. In 1361 he was transferred by Innocent VI to the bishopric of Bou- logne, and at the same time was made governor of that city. In 1364 the emperor Charles IV conferred on him a diploma which gave him the title "prince of the empire." While chancellor of the University at Boulogne, he made for it a name which it preserved for a long time. In 1371 George XI transferred him to the bishopric of Limoges, and in 1372 the duke of Anjou made him governor-general of Limousin. He died at Limoges, Nov. 10, 1390. — Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generate, s. v.
Rastignac, Louis Jacques, de Chart de, a French prelate, was born at Rastignac in 1684. He was the third son of Francois de Chapt, marquis of Rastignac. In 1714, after having been made prior of the Sarbonne, and also grand vicar of Lucon, he received the degree of D.D. In 1720 he was made bishop of Tulle; and in 1723 the king gave him the abbey La Couronne, in the diocese of AngoulOme, and, two days afterwards, transferred him to the archbishopric of Tours. Pope Benedict XIII eulogized him in a short speech in 1725, on account of the zeal which he showed in opposing the Jansenists; but the many dissensions which he afterwards had with the Jesuits caused him to favor the Gallican body, and even the Jansenists. He had displayed so much talent in the meetings of the clergy in 1726, 1734, and 1743 that he was chosen
to preside over those of 1745, 1747, and 1748; and the speeches which he delivered during the different ses- sions are monuments of his knowledge and eloquence. In 1746 he established the foundling hospital, Madeleine, at Tours. By a mandamus, in 1747, he condemned the book of pere Pichon, L Esprit de I'Eglise; and, in order to counteract the pernicious principles of this Jesuit, in 1748 and 1749 he wrote three works — one upon repent- ance, one upon communion, and the third upon Chris- tian justice in relation to the sacraments of penance and the eucharist. So many complaints were made that cardinal Rohan, by order of the king, instructed four bishops to examine the work. They wrote to M. de Rastignac, asking for explanations; but he refused to make any. He used the greater part of his income in assisting the poor. He died Aug. 2, 1750. — Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Genercde, s. v.