Remigius, or Remi (St.'), of Kheims, a very cel- ebrated French archbishop, was raised to the see of Kheims about 460. He distinguished himself by his learning and virtue, converted and baptized king Clovis, and died Jan. 13, 533. Some Letters and a Testament in the library of the fathers are attributed to him. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s. v. ; Herzog, Real-En- cyklop. s. v.
REMIGIUS
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REMPHAX
Remigius, or Remi, or Strasburg, a bishop known only for having founded the monastery of Aschau. He died in 803. He is often confounded with abbi Rem of Miinster, who died in 768. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Gem rale, s. v.
Reminiscere i n membt r), a name sometimes given
to the set I Sunday in Lent, from the first word of the
fntroit, - Remember, <> Lord, thy tender mercies," etc. (Psa.xs
Remling. Franz Xaver,8 Roman Catholic divine, was born in 1803 al Edenkoben. In 1827 he was or- dained a priest, and in 1852 he became a member of the chapter. In 1853 the Academy of Munich appointed him as corresponding member, and in 1856 the .Munich University honored him with the degree of doctor of philosophy. He died June 28, 1873. He wrote, Das Reformationswerk in der Pfalz (.Mannheim. 1846): Geschichtt <l< r liixth,,/, \u Spcyer (Main/.. 1852 54, 2 vols.) : — Urkundenbuch zur Geschichtt der Bischbft von Speyer (ibid. 1852, 1853 sq.). See Zuchold, Bibl.Tkeol. ii, 1054; Literarischer Handweiser, 1S05, p. 443 sq.: 1866, p. 298; 1873, p. 430. (15. 1'.)
Rem'mon (Josh. xix, 7). See Rimmon.
Rem'mon-meth'oar [some Metho'ar~] (Josh, xix, 13). See Rimmon.
Remobotll and Sarabaites, names given to as- sociations of hermits in the early Church who refused to submit to monastic regulations. The Remoboth, whose name originated in Syria, are mentioned as be- longing to this class by Jerome (Ay>. 18 ad Eustochium, h, Custodia VirginitatW). He says that they were more numerous than other monks in Syria and Palestine; that they lived in the towns in complete independence, and in companies of not more than two or three per- son- ; t hat they supported themselves by labor, and often quarrelled among themselves. A similar class of her- mits, living in Egypt, is mentioned in Cassian (('<>ll<i/ii>. xviii. c. 7) under the name Sarabaites, said to have been applied to them because they separated themselves from the monasteries and personally made provision for their needs. — Herzog, Real-Encyklop. s. v.
Remond(orRaemoncL, Florimondde, a French historian, who was horn about 1540, and died in It)!)-.', is noteworthy here only for his spleen against the Hu- guenots, winch he vented especially in his Intichr-ist. lie also wrote iii refutation of the story of the popess .loan (q. v.), as did likewise his son, abbt Charles Re- HOXD, among other things. Sec Hoefer, Nouv. Biog.
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Remonstrance, a complaint framed by the Com- mons of England in 1628, and addressed to Charles I, Betting forth the increase of popery in consequence of the relaxation of the penal laws; the preferments given to papists; and a commission being issued to compound lor the penalties incurred by popish recu- sants. It also described the discouragement shown to orthodox preachers and teachers, and the prohibition
of their i ks. The king attempted to suppress this
remonstrance, and afterwards published an answer to its allegations.
Remonstrants, a name given to the Armisiaks (q.v.) by reason of a remonstrance which, in 1810, they made in the States of Holland against the decree of the Synod of I'ort. which condemned them as heretics. Episcopius and Grot ius were al the head of the Remon- strants. The Calvinists presented a counter -address, and were called ( ontra-remonstrants.
Rem'phan ('Pi/n/un' v. r. 'PeQav > is named in Acts vii. 43 as an idol worshipped bj the Israelites in the desert, in a passage quoted by Stephen from Amos v. 26, where the Sept. has 'Paupav (v. r. 'Po/i^S), for the Heb. "jl*?, Chiun, (In the following discussion we chiefly follow Poole's article in Smith's DicUofth Bi- ble.) Much difficulty has been occasi d by this cor-
responding occurrence of two names so wholly different in sound. The most reasonable opinion seemed to he thai Chiun was a Hebrew or Shemitic name, and Rem- phan an Egyptian equivalent substituted by the Sept.
The former, rendered Saturn in the Syriac. was com- pared with the Arabic and Persian Kaywdn,"the plan- et Saturn,'' and, according to Kircher, the latter was found in Coptic with the same signification; but per- haps he had no authority for this, excepting the sup- posed meaning of the Hebrew Chiun. They, indeed. occur as such in the Coptic-Arabic Lexicon of Kircher (Ling. /Egypt. Restit. p. 49; (Edip. JEgypti, i. 386); hut Jablonski has long since shown that this ami other names of planets in these lexicons are of Greek origin, and drawn from the Coptic versions of Amos and the Acts (Jablonski, Remphau . I.>;r//>tii>r.. in Opusc. ii. 1 sq.). Egyptology has. moreover, shown that this is not the true explanation. Among the foreign divin- ities worshipped in Egypt, two, the god Renpu, per- haps pronounced Rempu, and the goddess Ken. occur together. Before endeavoring to explain the passages in which Chiun and Remphan are mentioned, it will he desirable to speak, on the evidence of monuments, of the foreign gods worshipped in Egypt, particularly Renpu and Ken. and of the idolatry of the Israelites while in that country.