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Wheler, George, D.D SEE WHEELER, SIR GEORGE . Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Whelan, Richard Vincent, D.D a Roman Catholic prelate, was born in Baltimore, Md., Jan. 29, 1809. He was educated at Mount St. Mary’s College, Emmettsburg, where he became a teacher and prefect of studies; studied theology and philosophy at the Seminary of St. Sulpice, Paris, graduating in 1831; was ordained priest at Versailles the same … Continue reading “Whelan, Richard Vincent, D.D”

Wheels These are used symbolically in Ezekiel in connection with the living creatures of God’s providential administration on earth. The Spirit was in the wheels, and the wheels had the appearance of a beryl, and were full of eyes: typical of the controlled but intelligent motion of events: wheels were within wheels, which mark the … Continue reading “WHEELS”

Wheelock, Eleazer, D.D a Congregational minister, was born at Windham, Conn., in May, 1711, and graduated from Yale College in 1733. In March, 1735, he was ordained minister of the Second Church in Lebanon, called Lebanon Crank, now Columbia. In the great Whitefieldian revival Mr. Wheelock engaged with great zeal and energy. After the religious … Continue reading “Wheelock, Eleazer, D.D”

Wheelock, Alonzo, D.D a Baptist minister, was born in 1801, in Vermont. Although the circumstances of his early life were of a somewhat depressing character, he secured for himself a good classical education, and had almost completed his studies preparatory to entering upon the practice of medicine, when he became a hopeful Christian. He now … Continue reading “Wheelock, Alonzo, D.D”

Wheeling, Diocese of (WHELINGENSIS). Comprises the State of West Virginia except the following counties, which are in the Diocese of Richmond: Pendleton, Grant, Mineral, Hardy, Hampshire, Morgan, Berkeley, and Jefferson; also the Counties of Lee, Scott, Wise, Dickinson, Buchanan, Washington, Russel, Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell, Carroll, Wythe, Bland, Floyd, Pulaski, Montgomery, Giles, and a portion of … Continue reading “Wheeling, Diocese of”

Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, diocese of Founded as the diocese of Wheeling on 19 July 1850. Name changed to Wheeling-Charleston on 21 August 1974. Suffragen of the archdiocese of Baltimore. See also Catholic-Hierarchy.Org diocese of Wheeling-Charleston patron saints index New Catholic Dictionary Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Wheeler, John, D.D. a Congregational minister, was born at Grafton, Vt., March 11,:1798. He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1816; and at Andover Theological Seminary in 1819. In 1821 he was ordained over the Church at Windsor, Vt., where he took high rank as a pulpit orator. At the age of twenty-six he declined the … Continue reading “Wheeler, John, D.D.”

Wheeler, Daniel a distinguished member of the Society of Friends, was born in London, England, Nov. 27, 1771. Early in life he served in both the navy and the army. Having become a Christian, when not far from twenty-five years of age, he joined the Society of Friends. Some years after this, he abandoned a … Continue reading “Wheeler, Daniel”

Wheeler, Alfred, D.D a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Huron County, Ohio, September 14, 1824. He was educated in the Ohio Wesleyan University, and in 1852 graduated from the Jefferson Medical College; but soon after joined the North Ohio Conference. In 1862 he entered the army as chaplain, part of the time serving as … Continue reading “Wheeler, Alfred, D.D”