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Bohler, Peter SEE BOEHLER. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Bohler, Peter (2) SEE BOEHLER. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Bohle, Samuel a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born at Greiffenberg, in Pomerania, May 26, 1611, He studied at different universities, and died as professor of theology at Rostock, May 10, 1639. He published, Tabulke Gram. Hebr. (Rostock, 1638; Leipsic, 1637). Grammatica Ebrcea (ibid. 1636): Scrutinium S.S. ex Accentibus (ibid. eod.): Vera Divisio Decalogi ex … Continue reading “Bohle, Samuel”

Bohemond, Marc one of the leaders of the Crusades, was born about 1056. He was the eldest son of Robert Guiscard, a Norman, who had obtained by conquest the dukedom of Apulia and Calabria. From 1081 to 1085 he served under his father in a war against the Byzantine emperor Alexils Comnenus. At the death … Continue reading “Bohemond, Marc”

Bohemian Version SEE SLAVONIC VERSIONS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Bohemians of the United States A traveler who has seen the natural beauties of Bohemia, its vast resources, and the thrift of its people, will, no doubt, be surprised at the comparatively great number of persons who have emigrated to the United States of America. The causes for this are political, religious, and economical. Religious … Continue reading “Bohemians of the United States”

Bohemian College Rome, established 1884 , partly with the revenues of the ancient Bohemian hospice founded by Emperor Charles IV, and with contributions from Pope Leo XIII and the Bohemian bishops . The distinguishing mark of the students, who attend the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples , is a black sash with two yellow … Continue reading “Bohemian College”

BOHEMIAN BRETHREN A sect of Christian reformers which sprung up in Bohemia in the year 1467. They treated the pope and cardinals as antichrist, and the church of Rome as the whore spoken of in the Revelations. They rejected the sacraments of the Romish church, and chose laymen for their ministers. They held the Scriptures … Continue reading “Bohemian Brethren”

Bohemia, Agnes of, Blessed (Agnes of Prague) Abbess. Born Prague, c.1200; died there, 1281. Daughter of Ottocar, King of Bohemia, she was betrothed to Frederick II, Emperor of Germany , but availed herself of her canonical rights to enter the cloister. She became a Poor Clare in the monastery of Saint Saviour, Prague, which she … Continue reading “Bohemia, Agnes of, Blessed”

Bohemia (Germ. Böhmen, or formerly Böheim; Lat. Bohemia or Bojohemum), a cisleithan (i.e. west of the River Leitha) crown province of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, which until 1526 was an independent kingdom. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS Bohemia has an area of 20,058 square miles. It is bounded on the northwest by Saxony, on the northeast by Prussian Silesia, … Continue reading “Bohemia (2)”

Boheim (Or Behem), Hans a forerunner of the Peasant War in Germany, was born at Niklashausen, in Baden, about the middle of the fifteenth century. In his youth he was a farm-servant and a drummer at wakes and fairs. Awakened by the preaching of a Franciscan, he burnt his drum. He believed that the Virgin … Continue reading “Boheim (Or Behem), Hans (2)”