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Weld The name of an ancient English family (branches of which are found in several parts of England and America) which has been conspicuous for its zeal for the Church, and whose main stem has been for many generations settled at Lulworth in Dorsetshire, England. Thomas Weld of Lulworth (b. 1750; d. 1810) distinguished himself … Continue reading “Weld”

Welcome “to receive gladly,” is rendered “to welcome” in the RV of Luk 8:40; Luk 9:11. See RECEIVE. “to take up, to entertain,” is rendered “to welcome” in 3Jo 1:8, RV, of a hearty “welcome” to servants of God. See RECEIVE. Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

Welchman, Edward, D.D an eminent English divine; was born about 1665. He became a commoner of Magdalen Hall, Oxford, in 1679; graduated in 1683; was admitted probationer fellow of Merton College in 1684; became rector of Lapwiorth and of Solihull, Warwickshire; archdeacon of Cardigan in 1727; and died in 1739. He was the author of, … Continue reading “Welchman, Edward, D.D”

Welch, Ransom Bethune, D.D., LL.D a Presbyterian educator, was born at Greenville about 1825. He graduated from Union College in 1846, and from, Auburn Theological Seminary in 1852. In 1854-59 he was the pastorate. In 1866-76 he was professor of rhetoric, logic, and English literature in Union College, and since 1876 professor of theology in … Continue reading “Welch, Ransom Bethune, D.D., LL.D”

Welch, Moses Cook, D.D a Congregational minister, son of Rev. Daniel Welch, was born in Mansfield, Conn., Feb. 22, 1754. Although he graduated from Yale College in 1772, he remained for several years undecided as to his profession. For a while he was teacher of a grammar-school in Windham, Conn., and then entered the office … Continue reading “Welch, Moses Cook, D.D”

Welch, Bartholomew T., D.D an eminent Baptist minister, was born in Boston, Sept. 24, 1794. There was something in the history of his ancestry that inspired and kept alive those feelings of patriotism, which were so marked a feature in his subsequent life. His father was a midshipman in the navy, and his grandfather a … Continue reading “Welch, Bartholomew T., D.D”

Welbourne, Ven. Thomas Martyred at York, 1 August, 1605. Nothing is known about about this martyr except the scanty details collected by Bishop Challoner from the early catalogues of the sufferers for the Faith: “Thomas Welbourne was a school-master, a native of Kitenbushel in Yorkshire; and John Fulthering was a layman of the same county, … Continue reading “Welbourne, Ven. Thomas”

Welapotren (or Velapotren) in Hindu mythology, is that giant who came into existence when Siva, in despair, because of his wife’s death, pulled a hair from his head. The giant decapitated the father of this lovely wife, Shakti, as he had been the cause of her death. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Weland, Jakob Christoph a Protestant theologian of Germany, was born July 18, 1752, at Bremen, and died March 10, 1813, as abbot, general superintendent, and first pastor at Holzminden. He wrote, Ueber Wunder nach den Bedurinissen unserer Zeit (Gottingen, 1789): Predigten uber die Evangelien (Brunswick, 1813):-Einleitung in die Bibel, nach den Bediirfnissen unserer Zeit (Hanover, … Continue reading “Weland, Jakob Christoph”

Wejones were fortune-tellers of the barbarous Prussians, who foretold future events from the force of the wind and the direction of the clouds. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature