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Taylor, Chauncey a Congregational minister, was born in Williamstown, Vt.. Feb. 17, 1805. After preliminary study at Hinesburgh, he entered the University of Vermont, from which he graduated in 1831, and then studied theology with Rev. Ira Ingraham, of Brandon. Jan. 21,1835, was the date of his ordination, when he was installed pastor at Chittenden, … Continue reading “Taylor, Chauncey”

Taylor, Charles C a clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal Church, died Feb. 2,1855, at Kalamazoo, Mich. In 1844 he went to Michigan and took charge of St. Andrew’s Church, Ann Arbor; and in July, 1853, became rector of St. Luke’s Church, Kalamazoo, where he labored until the last. He had frequently represented his diocese in … Continue reading “Taylor, Charles C”

Taylor, Booth (1685-1731) Christian mathematician . Invented that branch of mathematics known as “finite differences”. Author of the theorems known by his name. First correctly explained refraction in astronomy. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Taylor, Benjamin C., D.D a Reformed (Dutch) minister, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 24, 1801. He graduated from Princeton College in 1819, and from the New Brunswick Theological Seminary in 1822; was licensed the latter year, and immediately became pastor at Greenbush and Blooming Grove, Rensselaer County, N.Y.; in 1825 at Aquackanock (now Passaic), … Continue reading “Taylor, Benjamin C., D.D”

Taylor, Alfred Edward Born in 1869, professor of philosophy at St. Andrews and Edinburgh, after teaching for many years at Oxford. Taylor’s metaphysics were predominantly Hegelian and idealist (as in Elements of Metaphysics) during his early years, in later years (as in numerous essays in Mind, and his Gifford Lectures Faith of a Moralist) he … Continue reading “Taylor, Alfred Edward”

Taxster, John de (TAYSTER) John de Taxater, sometimes erroneously called Taxter or Taxston, was a thirteenth-century chronicler, of whose life nothing is known except that he was professed as a Benedictine at Bury St. Edmund’s 20 Nov., 1244. It is probable that he died in or about 1265, when his chronicle ceases. His work, which … Continue reading “Taxster, John de”

Taxing is the rendering, in the A. V., of a Greek word, which occurs in two passages, (Vulg. descriptio, Luk 2:2; professio, Act 5:37). The cognate verb in like manner is rendered by to be taxed in the A.V., while the Vulg. employs ut describeretur universus orbis in Luk 2:1, and ut profiterentur singuli in … Continue reading “Taxing”

Taxes, Taxing, TAXES, TAXING,See King, 2 (5), Publican, Tribute, Quirinius; cf. also p. 559b. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible

Taxes, Taxation, Taxing Jehoiakim taxed the land in order to be able to pay the demands of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. 2Ki 23:35. Seleueus IV. Philopator became “a raiser of taxes,” about B.C. 181, to pay the demands of the Romans. Dan 11:20; See ANTIOCHUS, SELEUCUS IV. In Luk 2:1-5 the ‘taxing’ mentioned is believed … Continue reading “Taxes, Taxation, Taxing”

Taxes, Clergy Excepted From By the favor of Christian emperors, the clergy were exempt from some of the taxes which were laid upon the rest of the Roman empire. They did not, however, claim this exemption as a divine right, but freely acknowledged it to be owing to the pious munificence and favor of the … Continue reading “Taxes, Clergy Excepted From”