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Body and the Eagles, The (Matthew 24; Luke 17) Parable following a description given by Jesus of His second coming. When and where that is to happen He refuses to tell His disciples, but He assures them, that when it does happen it will be so evident that they will realize it of themselves, just … Continue reading “Body and the Eagles, The”

Body 1. The term.-In English Version body represents 3 different terms in the original. Once (Act 19:12) it renders , which properly denotes the skin or the surface of the body. Thrice (Rev 11:8-9) dead body is the equivalent of , which corresponds to Lat. cadaver, Eng. carcase. In all other cases body stands for … Continue reading “Body”

Bodwell, Joseph Conner, D.D. a Congregational minister, son of Rev. Abraham Bodwell, was born at Sanbornton, N. H., June 11, 1812. . Having received his preliminary education at Woodman Academy in his native town, he entered Dartmouth College, from which he graduated in 1833. For two years he was a teacher in the Haverhill Academy, … Continue reading “Bodwell, Joseph Conner, D.D.”

Bodone A titular see of Albania. The name is a dialectic form of Dodone, in Epirus, near Janina at the foot of Mount Tomaros, or Tmaros, the present Olitsika (C. Carapanos, Dodone et ses ruines, Paris, 1878). At an early date a Christian church was built here on the site of the temple of Zeus. … Continue reading “Bodone”

Bodn in Norse mythology, was one of the three vessels in which the dwarfs Fialar and Galar gathered the blood of the murdered sage Quaser. They mixed it with honey, and thus prepared the drink of wisdom, or nectar of the gods. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Bodley, Thomas a Baptist minister, was born in Baltimore, Md., Nov. 5, 1792. In his youth he followed the seas for several years, and was in the War of 1812. He joined a Reformed, Dutch Church in 1816, and subsequently united with a Baptist Church; was licensed and afterwards ordained in Auburn, N. Y., in … Continue reading “Bodley, Thomas”

Bodington, John an English Congregational minister, was born at Spitalfields, Jan. 6, 1794, of Arian parents. He was converted when about thirteen, and joined the Congregational Church. His father, enraged at this step, drove him from home. The youth soon found generous Christian friends, however, who encouraged and helped him; and at the age of … Continue reading “Bodington, John”

Bodin, Jean Born at Angers, 1520, probably of Jewish origin: died at Laon, 1596. He studied and taught law at Toulouse, where in 1559 he pronounced his “Oratio de instituenda in republica juventute”, on the public instruction of youth. At the age of forty he went to Paris, his name being still obscure. By his … Continue reading “Bodin, Jean”

Bodhisatwa is the incipient state of a Buddha, in the countless phases of being through which he passes previous to receiving the Buddhaship. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Bodhisattva (Skr.) “Existence (sattva) in a state of wisdom (bodhi)”, such as was attained by Gautama Buddha (s.v.); a Buddhist wise and holy man. — K.F.L. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy