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Berg, Franz a German canon and professor of theology, was born in 1753 at Frickenhausen-on-the-Main. He received holy orders in 1777, and acted for some time as priest. In 1785 he was made professor extraordinarius and in 1790 ordinarius of theology at the Wiirzburg University. About that time he published his De Clemente A’lexandrino ejusque … Continue reading “Berg, Franz”

Berezeseng in Persian mythology, is one of the five kinds of fire which is distributed in all creations of Ormuzd, even in the earth, in mountains, and in naphtha springs. It was this fire mainly whose cultus spread over a great part of Asia, and of which rays penetrated to India, Thibet, Mongolia, and Turkey. … Continue reading “Berezeseng”

Berezat in Zendic mythology, was a holy mountain in the centre of the earth, from whose side flowed the sacred river Arvanel. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Beretchert SEE BERECTUS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Beresovsky Maximus Sognovitch a Russian composer of sacred music, and first reformer of the. ecclesiastical chant in Russia, was born in 1795 in the city of Glouchkoff, which was also the birthplace of another great musician, M. Bortniausky. Beresovsky studied at first at the ecclesiastical academy of Kieff. Being called, on account of his fine … Continue reading “Beresovsky Maximus Sognovitch”

Bereshith Rabba is the title of a midrash or commentary on Genesis, composed in Palestine in the 6th century. The last five chapters, commencing with the section (Gen 47:12 sq.), hence also called Vaichi Rabba, are more modern, probably of the 11th century. A careful examination of this midrash proves that its author made use … Continue reading “Bereshith Rabba”

Bereshith (, in the beginning), the name given by the Jews to the book of Genesis, because it opens with this word in Hebrew. Bereshith is also the second part of the Jewish Cabala, and is so called from the first word which occurs in the book of God. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and … Continue reading “Bereshith”

Beresford, John George D.D an eminent Irish prelate, was born at Tyrone House, Dublin, Nov. 22, 1773. He was the second son of the right hon. George De’ la Poer Beresford, second earl of Tyrone. After leaving Eton School, he went to Christ Church, Oxford, and took the degree of B.A. in 1793. At the … Continue reading “Beresford, John George D.D”

Beresford, James an English clergyman and writer, was born in 1764, and died in 1840. He published, Sermons, etc. (1809-15): The Miseries of Human Life; or, The Last Groans of Timothy Testy and Samuel Sensitive, etc. (1806-7, 2 vols.): Bibliosophia, or Book of Wisdom (1812): and other works. See Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Amer. … Continue reading “Beresford, James”

Beres are monks of Mingrelia in the Caucasus. They are initiated or admitted into the body by having a calot, or leathern cap, put upon their head, and from that time they are bound to abstain from animal food, and to receive their instruction from the other Beres. They read mass in the Georgian language. … Continue reading “Beres”