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Woe

WOE Is sometimes used in our Bibles where a softer expression would be at least equally proper: “Woe to such a one!” is in our language a threat or imprecation of some calamity, natural or judicial, to befall a person; but this is not always the meaning of the word in Scripture. We find the … Continue reading “Woe”

Wodu

Wodu one of the sacred lustrations authorized by the Koran. The principal parts of this institution are six: (1) intention, (2) the washing of the entire face, (3) the washing of the hands and forearms up to the elbows, (4) the rubbing of some parts of the head, (5) the washing of the feet as … Continue reading “Wodu”

Wodrow, Robert

Wodrow, Robert a Scotch minister, antiquary, and ecclesiastical historian, was born in Glasgow in 1679. He entered the university in his native city in 1691, and became librarian of the college while studying divinity; was licensed to preach in March 1703; ordained in the summer of the same year, minister ot Eastwood, in Renfrewshire, where … Continue reading “Wodrow, Robert”

Wodin

Wodin the principal deity of the old German nations, to whom, as the god of battles, the captives taken in war were sacrificed. He was the analogue of the great Scandinavian god Odin (q.v.). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Wo

Wo (usually or , , all onomatopoetic) is often used in the English version where a softer expression would be at least equally proper. “Wo to such an one!” is in our language a threat, or imprecation, which comprises a wish for some calamity, natural or judicial, to befall a person; but this is not … Continue reading “Wo”

Wladislaw, Diocese of

Wladislaw, Diocese of (Polish WLOCLAWEK; Latin VLADISLAVIENSIS ET POMERANLAE). The historical origin of this diocese is not known precisely. The city of Wladislaw, or Wloclawek, in the government of Warsaw, contains more than 40,000 Catholics. The old Polish historians follow John Dlugosz, the fifteenth century annalist, who narrates that Mieczyslaw, the first Polish king (962-92), … Continue reading “Wladislaw, Diocese of”

Wjetkars

Wjetkars a small branch of Russian dissenters, who, about A.D. 1730, during a time of persecution, took refuge in the islands of Wjetka, in a small river between Russia and Poland, from which circumstance they derive their name. Here they formed a separate community and built two monasteries, from which some of them migrated, fifty … Continue reading “Wjetkars”

Wizenmann, Thomas

Wizenmann, Thomas a German champion of orthodoxy, was born at Ludwigsburg, in Wurtemberg, November 2, 1759, of pietistic parents. After having passed through preliminary studies, he was received into the training-school and orphanage of his native town, as famulus, October 28, 1775. In the spring of 1777 he resigned that position, however. He received the … Continue reading “Wizenmann, Thomas”