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Bentley, Charles a Congregational minister, was born at South Tringham, now Monterey, Mass., April 1, 1799. He was converted at the age of eighteen, and immediately began preparation for the Christian ministry maintaining himself at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. His first year of college life was spent at Williams, and the last three at Amherst, … Continue reading “Bentley, Charles”

Bentivoglio Guido an eminent Italian ecclesiastical statesman and historian, was born at Ferrara in 1579. He was educated at Padua, and then went to reside at Rome, where he was favorably received by pope Clement VIII, who made him a prelate. He was sent as nuncio into Flanders, and afterwards to France; aid when he … Continue reading “Bentivoglio Guido”

Bentivoglio, Family of Originally from the castle of that name in the neighbourhood of Bologna, Italy. They claimed descent from Enzio (c. 1224-72), King of Sardinia, a natural son of Frederick II. During the fourteenth century the family belonged to one of the workingmen’s guilds at Bologna, where it became all-powerful in the fifteenth century. … Continue reading “Bentivoglio, Family of”

Bentivoglio, Cornelio an Italian prelate, was born at Ferrara in 1668. Pope Clement XI made him chaplain, afterwards titular archbishop of Carthage, and legate at the French court. His zeal against the Jansenists gained for him the favor of Louis XIV, but when the latter died he was recalled. In 1719 he was made cardinal, … Continue reading “Bentivoglio, Cornelio”

Bentivoglio, Annetta Also known as Anna Bentivoglio Annetta Bentivoglio Maria Maddalena of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Maria Magdalena Bentivoglio Mary Magdalen Mary Magdalen of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Profile A stubborn but pious child who enjoyed being at the Colosseum, imaging that she was living and dying alongside the ancient martyrs . Poor … Continue reading “Bentivoglio, Annetta”

Bentis in Slavonic mythology, was a deity of the Poles, to whose protecting care travellers commended themselves by sacrifices and promises. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Benthamism The utilitarian theory of Jeremy Bentham, an English jurist (1748 -1832 ), who taught that happiness (pleasure) is the object of life and that the highest morality consists in securing the greatest happiness of the greatest number, a formula taken from Priestly. According to this test he found wanting the Established Churches, the New … Continue reading “Benthamism”

Bentham, Thomas bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, was born in Yorkshire about 1513. He became a fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1543, and distinguished himself in Hebrew. He early sided with the Reforming party, and became prominent as a zealous opponent of the superstitions of popery. On the accession of Mary, he disdained to … Continue reading “Bentham, Thomas”

Bentham, Robert an English Wesleyan minister, was born at Dent, Yorkshire, in 1791. His parents designed him for the ministry of the Established Church, and gave him a liberal education. He was for a short time classical tutor in a private school. In 1812 he was admitted into the Methodist ministry, and labored for twenty-eight … Continue reading “Bentham, Robert”

Bentham, Jeremy was born in London, February 15, 1748. He received his early education at Westminster School; and when yet a boy, being little more than twelve years of age, he went to Owen’s College, Oxford, where he took his master’s degree in 1766. He studied law, and was called to the bar in 1772, … Continue reading “Bentham, Jeremy”