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Begotten

Begotten I detain the reader at this word, because of its importance. Not in respect to the real meaning of the word itself, either in a natural or spiritual sense, for both are generally understood, but for an higher purpose, It is easy to apprehend what is meant by the term begotten, in natural generation … Continue reading “Begotten”

Beginning

Beginning (, in the beginning, liter. ally at the head, Gen 1:1; Sept. and New Test. ), besides its ordinary import, was with the He. brews an idiomatic form of expression for eternity, q. d. originally. In this sense it is employed alike by Moses and (in its Greek form) by the evangelist John (Joh … Continue reading “Beginning”

Begin

Begin be-gin: To make the first movement toward a given end (, halal; , archomai). Those who interpret it in many passages pleonastically mean by this, that in such passages as began to teach or began to speak, nothing more is intended than to express vividly and graphically the thought of the dependent infinitive. Mat … Continue reading “Begin”

Beghards Or Beguards

Beghards Or Beguards a religious association in the Roman Church, which formed itself, in the 13th century, in the Netherlands, Germany, and France, after the example of the Beguines (q.v.), whom they closely imitated in their mode of life and the arrangement of their establishments. They supported themselves mostly by weaving, but became neither so … Continue reading “Beghards Or Beguards”

Beghards

BEGHARDS Or BEGUARDS, a sect that arose in Germany in the thirteenth century, and took St. Begghe for their patroness. They employed themselves in making linen cloth, each supporting himself by his labour, and were united only by the bonds of charity without having any particular rule; but when pope Nicholas IV. had confirmed that … Continue reading “Beghards”