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Whitby (or Strenechal), Council Of (Concilium Phamense). Whitby is a seaport town of England, County of York, North Riding, on the Esk, near its mouth in the North Sea. An ecclesiastical council was held there in 664. This was properly a conference between the English and Scotch bishops on the subject of the celebration of … Continue reading “Whitby (or Strenechal), Council Of”

Whitbread, Venerable Thomas (Alias HARCOURT). Born in Essex, 1618; martyred at Tyburn, 30 June, 1679. He was educated at St. Omer’s, and entered the novitiate of the Society of Jesus on 7 September, 1635. Coming upon the English mission in 1647, he laboured for more than thirty years, mostly in the eastern counties. On 8 … Continue reading “Whitbread, Venerable Thomas”

Whitaker, William, D.D an eminent English divine, was born at Holme, Lancashire, in 1548. He was educated at St. Paul’s School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was appointed to a fellowship; became regius professor of divinity at Cambridge in 1579; was appointed chancellor of St. Paul’s in 1580; and became master of St. John’s … Continue reading “Whitaker, William, D.D”

Whitaker, Venerable Thomas Born at Burnley, Lancashire, 1614; martyred at Lancaster, 7 August, 1646. Son of Thomas Whitaker, schoolmaster, and Helen, his wife, he was educated first at his father’s school. By the influence of the Towneley family he was then sent to Valladolid, where he studied for the priesthood. After ordination (1638) he returned … Continue reading “Whitaker, Venerable Thomas”

Whitaker, Thomas Dunham, LL.D a clergyman of the Church of England, was born at Rainham, in Norfolk, June 8,1759. He was educated at St. John’s College, Cambridge; ordained deacon in 1785, and priest the following year; became perpetual curate of Holme, Lancashire, in 1797; vicar of Whalley in 1809.; held for some time the vicarage … Continue reading “Whitaker, Thomas Dunham, LL.D”

Whitaker, Nathaniel, D.D a Presbyterian minister, was born at Huntington, L. I., Feb. 22, 1722, and graduated at Princeton College in 1752. He was ordained and installed at Woodbridge, N. J., in 1755; was called to Chelsea, near Norwich, Conn., Feb. 25,1761; and selected by the Connecticut Board of Correspondents for Evangelizing the Indians, to … Continue reading “Whitaker, Nathaniel, D.D”

Whit * For WHIT see EVERY WHIT and NOTHING, No. 2 Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

Whistonian Controversy SEE WHISTON, WILLIAM. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Whiston, William a learned English divine and mathematician, was born at Norton, in Leicestershire, Dec. 9, 1667, where his father was rector of the parish. He was educated at Tamworth School and Clare Hall, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1690; became a fellow of his college, took orders in the Church of England, and was … Continue reading “Whiston, William”

Whisperer, Whispering “a whisperer,” occurs in an evil sense in Rom 1:29. “a whispering,” is used of “secret slander” in 2Co 12:20. In the Sept., Ecc 10:11, of “a murmured enchantment.” Note: Synonymous with No. 1 is katalalos, “a backbiter” (Rom 1:30), the distinction being that this denotes one guilty of open calumny, psithuristes, one … Continue reading “Whisperer, Whispering”