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Biddle, John one of the first preachers of Socinianism in England, and cruelly persecuted on that account. He was born at Wotton, Gloucestershire, in 1615. In 1641 he took the degree of M.A. at Oxford, and was appointed master of the grammar-school of Gloucester. He soon began to exhibit his Socinian bias, and was, in … Continue reading “Biddle, John (2)”

Biddle, J. G a minister of the Lutheran Church, was born in Fayette County, Pa. He was licensed to preach in 1856, and became a member of the Synod of Northern Indiana, which was organized at the time he was licensed. For many years he was pastor of the Church in Elkhart, where he died, … Continue reading “Biddle, J. G”

Bidden bid’n: Called, invited (1Sa 9:13). Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

BIDDING PRAYER It was part of the office of the deacons in the primitive church to be monitors and directors of the people in their public devotions in the church. To this end they made use of certain known forms of words, to give notice when each part of the service began. Agreeable to this … Continue reading “Bidding Prayer (2)”

BIDDELIANS So called from John Biddle, who in the year 1644 formed an independent congregation in London. He taught that Jesus Christ, to the intent that he might be our brother, and have a fellow-feeling of our infirmities, and so become the more ready to help us, hath no other than a human nature; and … Continue reading “Biddelians”

Bid Farewell is used in the Middle Voice to signify “to bid adieu to a person.” It primarily means “to set apart, separate” (apo, “from,” tasso, “to set, arrange”); then, “to take leave of, to bid farewell to,” Mar 6:46 (RV); Luk 9:61; “to give parting instructions to,” Act 18:18, Act 18:21; 2Co 2:13; “to … Continue reading “Bid Farewell”

Bid, Bidden, Bade, Bid again “to call,” often means “to bid,” in the sense of “invite,” e.g., Mat 22:3-4, Mat 22:8-9; Luk 14:7-10, Luk 14:13, RV; Rev 19:9, RV. See CALL, NAME, SURNAME. “to command,” is translated “bid” in Mat 14:28, only. See COMMAND, No. 5. Compare the synonym entello, “to command.” used as the … Continue reading “Bid, Bidden, Bade, Bid again”

Bid Variously signifying, according to six Hebrew and as many Greek originals: (1) to command (Num 14:10; Mat 1:24 the King James Version, , prostasso); (2) to prescribe or order (Joh 2:2); (3) to consecrate, and so rendered in the Revised Version (British and American) (Zep 1:7; compare 1Sa 16:5); (4) , epon, to say … Continue reading “Bid”

Biconditional The sentential connective =, “if and only if.” See Logic, formal, 1. — A.C. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Bicorniger (the double-horned), in pagan mythology, is the Latin translation of the Greek Word dikeros, which is given to Bacchus when he appears horned. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature