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Branch, John an English Baptist minister, was born near London Road, Southwark, May 19, 1806. At the age of sixteen he was converted, and for some time was a member of the Independent Church at Aldermanbury Postern. He was engaged in the business of bookselling till 1839, when he entered the service of the London … Continue reading “Branch, John”

Branch, Figurative General references Pro 11:28; Hos 14:6; Isa 60:21; Joh 15:2-5 Pruning of Isa 18:5; Dan 4:14; Joh 15:6; Rom 11:17; Rom 11:21 Fruitless, cut off Joh 15:2; Joh 15:6 A title of Christ Psa 80:15; Isa 4:2; Isa 11:1; Jer 23:5; Jer 33:15; Zec 3:8; Zec 6:12 Symbolic name of Joshua Zec 6:12 … Continue reading “Branch, Figurative”

Branch, Gilman Ide a Free-will Baptist minister, was born at Benson, Rutland County, Vermont, in 1811. At the age of sixteen he became a Christian and united with the Methodist Church, and was licensed to preach, but subsequently united with the Freewill Baptist. Church in Cherry Creek, Ohio. Soon after, he was licensed to preach … Continue reading “Branch, Gilman Ide”

Branch and Bough bransh: Represented by very many words in the Hebrew. (1) , zemorah used especially of a vine branch. The spies cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes (Num 13:23). See also Eze 15:2; Nah 2:2. They put the branch to their nose (Eze 8:17), refers to some unknown … Continue reading “Branch and Bough”

BRANCH As trees denote, in figurative language, great men and princes, so branches, boughs, and plants denote their offspring. Christ is called “the Branch,” the “rod out of the stem of Jesse,” and “branch out of his roots,” Isa 11:1 ; 53:2; Zec 3:8 ; 6:12; being a royal descendant of the princely house of … Continue reading “Branch”

Brancato, Francesco an Italian missionary, arrived in China in 1637, and there preached the Gospel with zeal until 1665. Protected by the magistrates, he constructed forty-five oratorios and more than ninety churches. He died at Canton in 1671. He wrote several works in the Chinese language, for which see Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. Fuente: … Continue reading “Brancato, Francesco”

Brancati, Francesco Born in Sicily in 1607; he entered the Society of Jesus in 1624 and went to the Chinese Missions in 1637. For nearly thirty years he labored with admirable zeal and success in the province of Kiang-nan, building, it is said, more than ninety churches and forty-five chapels. In 1665, he was exiled … Continue reading “Brancati, Francesco”

Brancati di Lauria, Francesco Lorenzo Cardinal, Minor conventual, and theologian, b. at Lauria in the then Kingdom of Naples, 10 April, 1612; d. in Rome, 30 November, 1693. Stricken at the age of seventeen with a dangerous illness, he made a vow that in the event of his recovery he would enter the order of … Continue reading “Brancati di Lauria, Francesco Lorenzo”

Brancaccio, Tommaso an Italian prelate, lived at the commencement of the 15th century. He was bishop of Tricarta when John XXIII, his uncle, made him cardinal in 1411. He earned the opprobrium of the Church by the infamous vices to which he was addicted. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological … Continue reading “Brancaccio, Tommaso”

Brancaccio, Stefano an Italian prelate, nephew of Francesco Maria, was archbishop of Adrianople, bishop of Viterbo, and nuncio at Florence and Venice. Innocent XI made him cardinal in 1681. He died September 8, 1682. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature