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Will, Arminian View Of The I. Definitions. 1. Mind is one and indivisible. For convenience in language, the phenomena of mind are generalized, and names given to the powers by which phenomena become possible and to which phenomena are, referred. Those powers of mind which are immediately concerned in the acquisition, retention, and classification of … Continue reading “Will, Arminian View Of The”

Will and Testament of Clerics Roman law allowed clerics to dispose of their property by will or otherwise. Bishops, however, were incapable of bequeathing goods acquired in the episcopate, these going to pious purposes in the diocese of the deceased. Goods possessed by bishops before entering the episcopate, as well as the property of all … Continue reading “Will and Testament of Clerics”

Will (Testament) Here, accepting the conclusion (see art. Covenant) that in Gal 3:15 and Heb 9:16-17 we find the thought of a human will or testament, we proceed to ask whether the idea can be more closely defined. 1. In his Historical Commentary on the Galatians (p. 349 ff.), Ramsay argues that there are clear … Continue reading “Will (Testament)”

Will (Scholastic) Will is one of the two rational faculties of the human soul. Only man, as a rational animal, possesses will. Animals are prompted to action by the sensory appetites and in this obey the law of their nature, whereas human will is called free insofar as it determines itself towards the line of … Continue reading “Will (Scholastic)”

Will The consideration of the place of the will in the teaching of the apostolic writings must be carefully distinguished from the question of free will (see art. Freedom of the will). The line between them is not easy to draw in all cases; but the aim of this article is to consider the conception … Continue reading “Will”

WILKINSONIANS The followers of Jemima Wilkinson, who was born in Cumberland in America. In October 1776, she asserted that she was taken sick, and actually died, and that her soul went to heaven, where it still continues. Soon after, her body was reanimated with the spirit and power of Christ, upon which she set up … Continue reading “WILKINSONIANS”

Wilkinson, Sir John Gardner, D.C.L., F.R.S a celebrated English traveler and Egyptologist, was born at Haxendale, Westmoreland, Oct. 5, 1797. He was the son of the Rev. John Wilkinson and a daughter of the Rev. Richard Gardner. He received his education at Harrow School and at Exeter College, Oxford. He afterwards went to Egypt, where … Continue reading “Wilkinson, Sir John Gardner, D.C.L., F.R.S”

Wilkinson, John a Puritan divine, brother of the Henry foregoing, was born in Halifax, and educated at Oxford, where he became fellow of Magdalen College; in 1605 principal of Magdalen Hall, and in 1648 president of Magdalen College. He died January 2, 1649. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Wilkinson, Jemima a fanatical Quakeress, was born at Cumberland, R.I., in 1753. In October 1776, on recovering from an, attack of sickness, in which she had fallen into a kind of trance, she announced that she had been raised from the dead, and had received a divine commission as a religious teacher. She gathered around … Continue reading “Wilkinson, Jemima”

Wilkinson, Henry (1), D.D an English clergyman, son of one of the same name, and known as Long Harry,was born at Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, in 1609. He entered as commoner in Magdalen Hall, Oxford, in 1622, where he made great proficiency in his studies, became a noted tutor, master of the schools, and divinity reader; took … Continue reading “Wilkinson, Henry (2), D.D”