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Braim, Andreas a Protestant theologian of Germany, who died January 11, 1882, at Neukirchen, hear Moers, at the age of eighty-four years, is the author of Beschreibung des heiligen Landes (2d ed. Moers, 1838): Die Wahrheit zur Gottseligkeit nach dem Lehrgange der heiligen Schrift (ibid. 1845): Das Reich Gottes im Alten Testamente (Heidelberg, 1850): Zuge … Continue reading “Braim, Andreas”

Braided, Braiding braded, brading ( , to plegama, that which is plaited, 1Ti 2:9; , he emploke, a plaiting, 1Pe 3:3): Used with reference to Christian women in two passages where the apostles emphasized the superiority of good works and spiritual grace over outward adornment. See EMBROIDERY. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Braille, Louis (1809 -1852 ) Educator of the blind , born Coupvray, France ; died Paris, France . Blind from the age of three, he was educated at the Institute for the Blind in Paris, became a teacher in the institute, 1828 , and in 1829 invented a system of point writing for the blind … Continue reading “Braille, Louis”

Braided (AV, Broided) signifies “what is woven” (from pleko, “to weave, plait”), whether a net or basket (Josephus uses it of the ark of bulrushes in which the infant Moses was laid), or of a web, plait, braid. It is used in 1Ti 2:9, of “braided hair,” which the Vulgate signifies as “ringlets, curls.” Notes: … Continue reading “Braided (AV, Broided)”

Brahmo-Somaj is the name of a theistical society in India. Its founder was a well-known Brahmin, named rajah Ram Mohun Roy, a man of great ability, born near Burdwan in 1774. Besides exerting himself for the abolition of Suttee, or the burning of Indian widows with their deceased husbands, and the promotion of native education, … Continue reading “Brahmo-Somaj”

Brahmins (the sons of Brahma, the divines) are the priests of India, and form the highest caste; they are considered as having sprung from the head of Brahma, and, as such, considered holy, inviolable, and the only ones worthy of fulfilling the priestly offices. Their distinctive marks are the jagnapavadan or punal, a shoulder-girdle composed … Continue reading “Brahmins”

Brahminism By Brahminism is meant the complex religion and social system which grew out of the polytheistic nature-worship of the ancient Aryan conquerors of northern India, and came, with the spread of their dominion, to be extended over the whole country, maintaining itself, not without profound modifications, down to the present day. In its intricate … Continue reading “Brahminism (2)”

Brahmi in Hindu mythology, was the surname of the wife of Brahma, namely, Saxrasvati, who at the same time is Brahm’s daughter. She was surnamed thus as goddess of language and the sciences. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Brahmasutras (Skr.) An aphoristic compilation of Badarayana’s, systematizing the philosophy of the Upanishads (q.v.). — K.F.L. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Brahmanda in Hindu mythology, is the egg from which, according to some, Brahma (q.v.) was produced. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature