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Birth Of Christ BIRTH OF CHRIST i.St. Lukes account. 1.Jewish element and colouring. 2.Objections taken to the contents of Luke 1, 2. 3.Probable sources of St. Lukes information. 4.Bethlehem as our Lords birthplace. 5.The census of Quirinius. ii.St. Matthews account. 1.Use of OT prophecy. 2.Relation to Jewish legal requirements. 3.Sobriety and delicacy of the narrative … Continue reading “Birth Of Christ”

birth, defect of A canonical impediment caused by illegitimacy of birth, that is birth out of lawful wedlock, whereby one is impeded from receiving orders licitly, and is inhibited from exercising the orders he may have received illicitly; it also renders one ineligible to be a higher superior in a religious order, or to be … Continue reading “birth, defect of”

Birth, New See REGENERATION. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Birth, New See NEW BIRTH. Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary

Birth-day The observance of birth-days was common in early times (Job 1:4, 13, 18). They were specially celebrated in the land of Egypt (Gen. 40:20). There is no recorded instance in Scripture of the celebration of birth-days among the Jews. On the occasion of Herod’s birth-day John the Baptist was beheaded (Matt. 14:6). Fuente: Easton’s … Continue reading “Birth-day”

birth control The voluntary prevention of conception through arrested coition or the use of contraconceptives, for the purpose of limiting the number of offspring. As commonly used the term means the absolute prevention of pregnancy. While the Catholic Church does not urge married persons to beget the largest possible number of children, and does not … Continue reading “birth control”

Birth (The act of parturition is properly expressed in the original languages of Scripture by some form of the verbs , yalad’, , rendered ” bear, “travail,” “bring forth, “etc.). In the East (q.v.) childbirth is usually attended with much less pain and difficulty than in more northern regions, although Oriental females are not to … Continue reading “Birth”

Birt, Owen Johnson an English Baptist minister, son of Rev. Caleb Birt, was born at Derby, May 30, 1821. He was converted when about seventeen years of age, and joined the Church at Broadmead, Bristol, in March, 1838. In 1839 he entered the Baptist College, in Bristol, where he remained from 1839 to 1842. In … Continue reading “Birt, Owen Johnson”

Birt, John an English Baptist minister, eldest son of the foregoing, was born at Devonport, Jan. 7, 1787. He united with the Church at the age of seventeen, and commenced village preaching near Coleford. For two years he studied theology with a minister in London. His first pastoral settlement was in Hull in 1812, where … Continue reading “Birt, John”

Birt, John B a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Ohio about 1806. He joined the Indiana Conference in 1837; faithfully preached, generally on large circuits in the middle of the state; twice was presiding elder, once a delegate to the General Conference, and only lost about six years as superannuate from the active ranks … Continue reading “Birt, John B”

Birt, Isaiah an English Baptist minister, was born at Coleford, Sept. 6, 1758, his father being a Baptist minister. Converted early in life, he decided to enter the ministry. He entered Bristol College in 1779, and had among his teachers Rev. Dr. C. Evans and Robert Hall. In 1784 he became co-pastor with the Rev. … Continue reading “Birt, Isaiah”