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Boileau, Jean Jacques a French theologian and biographer, was born near Agen in 1649. He was canon of the collegiate Church of St. Honore at Paris, where he died, March 10, 1735. His principal works are, Lettres sur Diffieens Sujets de Morale et de Piete (Paris, 1737): Vie de Madame de Liancourt (ibid. 1698, 1779). … Continue reading “Boileau, Jean Jacques”

Boileau-Despraux, Nicolas Satirist and critic, born Paris, France , 1636 ; died there, 1711 . After studying law and theology, Boileau devoted himself to poetry and wrote satires, attacking the mediocre poets and pedantic authors of his day. Louis XIV forced his election to the French Academy, 1684 , in spite of bitter opposition due … Continue reading “Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas”

Boileau-Despraux, Nicholas French poet, b. at Paris, 1 November, 1636; d. there, 13 March, 1711. He was educated at the college of Beauvais and was at first destined to enter the Church, but soon abandoned the study of theology and, to please his father, prepared himself for the Bar. Though admitted as counsellor-at-law (December , … Continue reading “Boileau-Despréaux, Nicholas”

Boileau, Charles a French abbot and priest, was born at Beauvais, and died in 1704. He wrote, Des Pensees Choisies, sur Differens Sujets de Morale (Paris, 1707): Homelies et Sermons sur les Evangiles du Careme (ibid. 1712, 2 vols.): Panegyriqus es des Saints (1718). See Landon, Eccles. Dict. s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. Fuente: … Continue reading “Boileau, Charles”

Boil (Or Bono), Andrea an Italian theologian, general of the lay monks of St. Ambrose of Milan, was born ini 1575 at Verdetto Minore, in the territory of Bergamo, anid died in 1618. He wrote, Breve tattato delle Indulgenze (Milan, 1610): Esostazione al giovine Christiano, perfuggire la Strdda del Mondo (ibid. 1616). See Hoefer, Nouv. … Continue reading “Boil (Or Bono), Andrea”

Boies, Harper a Congregational minister, was born at Blandford, Mass., April 21, 1797. He was a graduate of Williams College and of Auburn Theological Seminary. His ministerial career began in Tolland, Mass., where he labored for nearly one year; removing to Harpersfield, N. Y., he was installed pastor of the Church there in the summer … Continue reading “Boies, Harper”

Boil (, shechin’, rendered “botch” in Deu 28:27; Deu 28:35), a burning sore or inflamed ulcer of an aggravated description, either local (as in the case of Hezekiah, 2Ki 20:7; Isa 38:21), or covering an extensive surface (as in the case of the Egyptians, Exo 9:9-11; Deu 28:27; Deu 28:35). SEE BLAINS. It is also … Continue reading “Boil”

Boies, Charles Alfred a Congregational minister, was born in Boston, in June, 1838. For a year after the close of his college course at Yale (1860), he was an instructor in Florida. In the fall of 1861 he entered the seminary at Princeton, where he remained through the winter and then went to Keene, N. … Continue reading “Boies, Charles Alfred”

Boies, Artemas a Congregational minister, was born at Blandford, Mass., Sept. 8, 1792, and graduated at Williams College 1816. In 1819 he was ordained pastor in Wilmington, N. C. In 1821 he accepted a call from Charleston; on account of ill health, he resigned 1823. In 1824 he was ordained pastor of the church in … Continue reading “Boies, Artemas (2)”

Boich SEE BOITHIUS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature