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Westervelt, John P a Reformed (Dutch) scholar, was born at Paramus, N. J., Nov. 7,1816. He was a teacher in Lafayette Academy, Hackensack, in 1838, and afterwards in private seminaries in New York and vicinity until 1844. He then studied theology for one year under the Rev. Albert Amerman. After engaging in various pursuits, he … Continue reading “Westervelt, John P”

Westervelt, Alfed L a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born about 1820, of pious parents. He received a careful religious training; experienced conversion in his nineteenth year: began preaching soon after, and subsequently joined the Ohio Conference; served three years as junior preacher and three as senior; and died of cholera, July 31, … Continue reading “Westervelt, Alfed L”

Western Vicariate Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope (British possession); established, 1837. Vicars Apostolic: Patrick Griffith (1837-1862), Thomas Grimley (1862-1871), John Leonard (1872-1909), John Rooney (1909-1925), Bernard O’Riley (1926); residence at Cape Town. Churches and chapels, 35; priests, secular, 25; priests, regular, 9; schools, 31; Catholics, 16,500. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Western Schism The cause of the so-called Western Schism was the temporary residence of the popes at Avignon, France, which began in 1309 under Pope Clement V. This exile from the Eternal City met with opposition, especially in Italy where the people clamored for the return of the sovereign pontiff. Finally in 1376 Pope Gregory … Continue reading “Western Schism”

Western Orthodox Catholic Church Religious body in the United States. The Lithuanian National Catholic Church in America, organized by the Right Reverend S. B. Mickiewicz, and the Polish Catholic Church in America have been merged into the Old Catholic Church in America. They accept the seven general councils, in accord with the Old Catholic churches … Continue reading “Western Orthodox Catholic Church”

Western Orthodox (Western Orthodox) An American offshoot of the European sect of Old Catholics. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Western Church SEE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Westerlo, Eilardus, D.D the successor of Theodorus Frelinghuysen in the Reformed Church of Albany, was born in Groningen, Holland, in 1738, his father, Rev. Isaac Westerlo, being pastor of the Church at that place. Consecrated by his parents from his early boyhood to the ministry, after spending six years at the Latin school of Oldenzaal … Continue reading “Westerlo, Eilardus, D.D”

Westergaard, Niels Ludwig a Danish Orientalist, was born Oct. 27,1815. at Copenhagen, where he also commenced his linguistic studies, which he continued from 1838 to 1839 at Bonn, Paris, London, and Oxford. From 1841 to 1844 he traveled through India and Persia, and after his return was appointed in the latter year professor of Indian … Continue reading “Westergaard, Niels Ludwig”

Westeras (or Vesteras) a town of Sweden, capital of the laen of Westmanland, sixty miles west- northwest of Stockholm. An imperial diet was held here in 1527, in which the Protestant controversy was brought to a crisis. Liberty was granted for the preachers to proclaim the pure Word of God, a Protestant definition being coupled … Continue reading “Westeras (or Vesteras)”