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Bigelow, Asahel a Congregational minister, was born at Boylston, Mass., May 14, 1797. He received his preparatory education at Phillips Academy, Andover, and graduated from Harvard College in 1823, and Andover Theological Seminary in 1826. He was ordained at Walpole, Mass., March 12, 1828, and dismissed Jan. 1, 1849. May 15, 1850, he was installed … Continue reading “Bigelow, Asahel”

Bigelow, Andrew, D.D a Congregational minister, was born at Boylston, Massachusetts, December 13, 1809. He graduated from Amherst College in. 1838; studied theology with his half-brother, Reverend Jonathan Bigelow, of Rochester; was ordained pastor at South Dartmouth, Massachusetts, in 1841; in 1847 became pastor at West Needham (now Wellesley); in 1853 at Westhampton; in 1855 … Continue reading “Bigelow, Andrew, D.D”

Bigari Vittorio a Bolognese painter, who was born in 1692 and died in 1776, executed many pictures for his native city in the Church of the Madonna del Soccorso is a fine picture by him, of the Virgin and Infant, with Saints. See Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, … Continue reading “Bigari Vittorio”

Bigamy (in Civil Law) (Fr. bigamie, from Lat. bis, twice, and Gr. gamos, marriage) Bigamy, in civil jurisprudence, and especially in criminal law, is a “formal entering into of a marriage while a former one remains un-dissolved” (Bishop, Commentaries on the Law of Statutory Crimes § 577), “the crime of having two wives or husbands … Continue reading “Bigamy (in Civil Law)”

Bigamy (in Canon Law) According to the strict meaning, the word should signify the marrying of a second after the death of the first wife, in contradistinction to polygamy, which is having two simultaneous wives. The present usage in criminal law of applying the term bigamy to that which is more strictly called polygamy is, … Continue reading “Bigamy (in Canon Law)”

Bigamy See Marriage. Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church bigamy In criminal law, formally contracting a marriage while a former one remains undissolved; in ecclesiastical law, the contracting of a valid marriage after the death of a first spouse. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Bigamy SEE MARRIAGE. Bigamy Under this head we designate only, according to … Continue reading “Bigamy”

Bigamist Or Digamist (Bigamus or Digamus). A man who had married two wives in succession was so styled at one period of the Church. It was forbidden by the canons to admit such a one to holy orders (can. lxix, Carthage, 398). The origin of this law was the interpretation of the words of Paul … Continue reading “Bigamist Or Digamist (2)”

Bifur (the trembling), in Norse mythology, is a dwarf made of earth and living on the earth. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Bifrost (Or Bif-Raust) in Norse mythology, is the bridge which joins heaven and earth, the rainbow. The Asas ride over it to their place of assembling by Urdar’s well. Heimdall with his Gjalderhorn guards it, so that the Asas are not suddenly attacked. It is very skilfully built of air, water, and fire. The green … Continue reading “Bifrost (Or Bif-Raust)”

Bifrons SEE BICEPS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature