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Winding Sheet of Christ, Feast of the Holy In 1206 one of the (supposed) Winding Sheets used at the burial of Christ was brought to Besançon by Otto de La Roche, and the feast of its arrival (Susceptio) was ordered to be kept on 11 July. At present it is a double of the first … Continue reading “Winding Sheet of Christ, Feast of the Holy”

Winding-sheet the cloth in which a corpse is wrapped for burial. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Windheim, Christian Ernst Von a Protestant theologian of Germany, was born at Wernigerode, October 29, 1722. He studied at Halle, and after completing his course went to Helmstadt, where he commenced his philosophical lectures. In 1746 he publicly defended a dissertation, De Intellectu Divino, quo Socianismus Philosophicus Argumentis suis Privatur, and was appointed adjunct to … Continue reading “Windheim, Christian Ernst Von”

Windesheim An Augustinian monastery situated about four miles south of Zwolle on the Issel, in the Kingdom of Holland. The congregation of canons regular, of which this was the chief house, was an offshoot of the Brethren of the Common Life and played a considerable part in the reforming movement within the Catholic Church in … Continue reading “Windesheim”

Winder, Henry D.D a learned English Dissenter, was born at Hutton John, in the parish of Graystock, Cumberland, May 15, 1693. He was educated at Penruddock and at Whitehaven; continued his studies privately in Dublin for two years; became pastor of a congregation at Tunley, Lancashire, and was ordained in 1716; was chosen pastor of … Continue reading “Winder, Henry D.D”

Windelband, Wilhelm Wmdelband (1848-1915) was preeminently an outstanding historian of philosophy. He has nowhere given a systematic presentation of his own views, but has expressed them only in unconnected essays and discourses. But in these he made some suggestions of great import on account of which he has been termed the founder and head of … Continue reading “Windelband, Wilhelm”

Wind (Verb) “to bind,” is translated “wound (it in linen clothes),” Joh 19:40, AV, of the body of Christ (RV, “bound”). See BIND, No. 1, TIE. is translated “wound … up” in Act 5:6 (RV, “wrapped … round”). See SHORTEN, No. 2, WRAP. “to roll in, wind in,” is used in Mar 15:46, of “winding” … Continue reading “Wind (Verb)”

Wind (Noun) besides its literal meaning, is used metaphorically in Eph 4:14, of variable teaching. In Mat 24:31; Mar 13:27 the four “winds” stand for the four cardinal points of the compass; so in Rev 7:1, “the four winds of the earth” (cp. Jer 49:36; Dan 7:2); the contexts indicate that these are connected with … Continue reading “Wind (Noun)”

Wind (, rzach; Sept. , ; Vulg. spiritus, ventus). This Hebrew word signifies air in motion generally, as breath, wind, etc. Both the Septuagint words occur in the following definition of wind by Aristotle (De Mundo, c. 4): “Wind () is nothing else but a large quantity of air flowing, which is called .” So … Continue reading “Wind”

Winckler (or Winkler), Johann one of the most faithful, important, and judicious of the friends of Spener (q.v.), was born July 13, 1642, at Gilzern, near Grimma, and was educated at Leipsic and Tbingen. He had become acquainted with Spener before he entered upon his first pastorate at Hamburg in 1671, and received ordination at … Continue reading “Winckler (or Winkler), Johann”