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Beckon lit., “to give a nod, to signify by a nod,” is used in Joh 13:24, of Peter’s beckoning to John to ask the Lord of whom He had been speaking; in Act 24:10, of the intimation given by Felix to Paul to speak. “to express one’s meaning by a sign” (No. 1, with dia, … Continue reading “Beckon”

Beckmann, Otto canon and “professor eloquentiae” at Wittenberg, was a friend of Luther and Melanchthon, although he did not join them in the work of Reformation. “Alitur nescio quid monstri,” he writes to Spalatin, February 24, 1519, speaking at the same time of the exciting sermon in which Luther had openly attacked the power of … Continue reading “Beckmann, Otto”

Beckmann, Dothler a German preacher and historian, was born in 1645, at Yundern, in Holsteini. His principal work is Die Historie des Lebenslaufes unsers Herrn J. C. dus den: 4. Evangelisten. See-Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Gen., s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Beckmann, Bernhard a German Protestant theologian, a native of Wesel, lived in the latter half of the 17th century, and wrote Methodus Conciliandi ac in Teritatenm Religionis Christiance, Concordice et Tolerantice Fraternce Instituendi Ecclesias Protestantium, etc. (Frankfort-on-the-Oder, 1663). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Beckley, Hosea a Congregational minister, was born at Berlin, Conn., in 1780. He graduated from Yale College in 1803; was ordained pastor in Dummerston, Vt., March 2, 1808; remained until Oct. 15, 1837; and died in 1843. See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, ii, 326. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Beckington (Or Bekyngton, De Bekenton) Thomas, LL.D. an English prelate, was born in the parish of Beckington, ill Somersetshire, towards the close of the 14th century. He was educated at New College, Oxford, of which he became a fellow. He was presented to the rectory of St. Leonard’s, near Hastings, in Sussex, and to the … Continue reading “Beckington (Or Bekyngton, De Bekenton) Thomas, LL.D.”

Beckhaus, Moritz Johann Heinrich a German Protestant doctor of theology, was born at Duisseldorf, April 3, 1768. For a time he acted as pastor at Mthlheim, Gladbach, and Iserlohn, and in 1815 he was called as professor of theology to Marburg, where he died in 1829. He wrote, Ueber die Aechtheit der sogenannten Taufformel, Mat … Continue reading “Beckhaus, Moritz Johann Heinrich”

Beckham, James Christopher a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church South, was born in Orange. County, N. C., Nov. 15, 1833. He embraced religion in 1846; received license to exhort in 1854; and in 1856 was licensed to preach, and admitted into the Arkansas Conference. In 1860 he located, and in 1865 re-entered the effective … Continue reading “Beckham, James Christopher”

Becket, Thomas A (properly THOMAS BECKET as he was not of noble birth), was the son of a London tradesman, and was born in London about 1118. He received a collegiate education at Oxford, completed by the study of the civil and canon law at Bologna, under the patronage of Theobald, archbishop of Canterbury, and … Continue reading “Becket, Thomas A”

Becket, Saint Thomas Martyr, Archbishop of Canterbury, born at London, 21 December, 1118 (?); died at Canterbury, 29 December, 1170. St. Thomas was born of parents who, coming from Normandy, had settled in England some years previously. No reliance can be placed upon the legend that his mother was a Saracen. In after life his … Continue reading “Becket, Saint Thomas”