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Brake * For BRAKE see BREAK Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

Braithwaite, George an English Baptist minister, was born at Fornace-Falls, Lancashire, in 1681. After leaving the university he came to London, and in 1706 joined the Baptist Church near Cripplegate, but soon after returned to Lancashire, and devoted himself to the spiritual welfare of the poor of his own native place. He next removed to … Continue reading “Braithwaite, George”

Brainthwait, William, D.D an. English divine, was born about 1560, and became master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, in 1607, He was one of the forty-seven divines appointed by James I to prepare our present authorized version of the Holy Scriptures, being one of the committee on the Apocrypha. He died February 15, 1619. … Continue reading “Brainthwait, William, D.D”

Braithwaite, Anna a minister of the Society of Friends, was born in Kendal, Westmoreland, in 1788. Though for many years under the pressure of great bodily infirmity, she was a diligent laborer for the Gospel, visiting, as a minister, many parts of Great Britain and Ireland. She visited America about the time of the great … Continue reading “Braithwaite, Anna”

Brainerd, Thomas, D.D. a divine of the New School Presbyterian Church, was born June 19. 1804. in Leyden, N. Y., and while a child live( near Rome, Oneida County. After graduating, at Hamilton College, after a short study of law, he devoted his life to the ministry, and studied theology at the Theological Seminary at … Continue reading “Brainerd, Thomas, D.D. (2)”

Brainerd, John brother of David, was born in Haddam, Conn., Feb. 28, 1720, and, like his brother, was brought up in a strictly religious household, and was educated at Yale College. David, before his death, requested John to take his place in New Jersey as missionary to the Indians. Accordingly, he was licensed in 1748 … Continue reading “Brainerd, John (2)”

Brainerd, Davis Smith a Congregational minister, was born October 12, 1812, at Haddam, Connecticut. He was licensed to preach May 30, 1837, by the Association of the Western District of New Haven County. In 1829 he went to Munson, Mass., and there completed his. preparations for college. He graduated at Yale College in 1834, and … Continue reading “Brainerd, Davis Smith”

Brainerd, David a celebrated missionary to the Indians, was born at Haddam, Conn., April 20, 1718. From his earliest years he had strong impressions of religion. In 1739 he entered Yale College, where he was distinguished for general propriety and devotion to study. An indiscreet remark that one of the tutors was as “destitute of … Continue reading “Brainerd, David (2)”

Braine, Council OF (Concilium Brennacense). Braine (Brana) is an abbey of the order of Premonstratensians, four leagues from Soissons, on the Vesle, founded in 1130 by Andrd de Baldimento and Agnes his wife (Gall. Christ. 9:488). A council held here (at Berni, near Compiegne, according to L’Arte de Verifier les Dates, but wrongly), which was … Continue reading “Braine, Council OF”

Brain According to Aristotle, it is a cooling organ of the body. Early in the history of philosophy, it was regarded as closely connected with consciousness and with activities of the soul. Descartes contended that mind-body relations are centered in the pineal gland located between the two hemispheres of the brain. Cabanis, a sensualistic materialist, … Continue reading “Brain”