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Basle (Basilea), the capital of a canton of the same name in Switzerland, with a university. In 1505 the people of Basle entered into the Swiss alliance, and, having declared themselves in favor of the Reformation, drove out John Philip, their bishop, from which time the Roman bishops of Basle made Porentrui their residence, and … Continue reading “Basle”

BASKETS Gen 40:16; Exo 29:3; Exo 29:32; Lev 8:2; Num 6:15; Deu 26:2; Deu 28:17 2Ki10:7; Mat 14:20; Mat 15:37; Mat 16:10; Act 9:25; 2Co 11:33 Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible

Basket, John C. a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church South, was received into the Kentucky Conference in 1839, and labored with marked usefulness and popularity until his death, Aug. 27, 1844. Mr. Basket was remarkable for his amiability and zeal. See Minutes of Annual Conferences of the M. E. Church South, 1846, p. 56. … Continue reading “Basket, John C.”

Basket, Ecclesiastical Use Of SEE CANISTER. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Basket, Basketful was “a wicker basket,” originally containing a certain measure of capacity, Mat 14:20; Mat 16:9; Mar 6:43 (RV, “basketfuls”); Mar 8:19; Luk 9:17; Luk 13:8 in some mss.; Joh 6:13. or sphuris, signifies “something round, twisted or folded together” (connected with speira, “anything rolled into a circle;” Eng., “sphere”); hence a reed basket, … Continue reading “Basket, Basketful”

Basket Two different words for basket are used in connexion with St. Pauls escape from Damascus, one, or (Act 9:25), being the same as is found in the miracle of feeding the 4000 (Mat 15:37, Mar 8:8), the other, , being peculiar to the Apostles own version of the incident (2Co 11:33). The former kind … Continue reading “Basket”

Baskerville, John T. a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church South, was born in Mecklenburg County, Va., Feb. 17, 1803. He graduated in medicine in Baltimore city in 1822; professed conversion in 1833; received license to preach in 1839, and about that time entered the Tennessee Conference. In 1843 he received an appointment to the … Continue reading “Baskerville, John T.”

Basire, Isaac D.D., a learned English divine, was born in the island of Jersey in 1607, and educated at Cambridge. He was made prebendary of Durham 1643, archdeacon of Northumberland 1644. When the rebellion broke out he sided with the king, but was afterward obliged to quit England, and he then traveled to the Levant, … Continue reading “Basire, Isaac”

Basinus ST., a French prelate, was born in Lorraine. He entered the Monastery of St. Maximinus at Treves, where he made such advance in Christian perfection and holiness that, upon the death of Herwinus, the monks elected him abbot of their communitv. Subsequently, about A.D. 670, when the see of Treves became vacant by the … Continue reading “Basinus”

Basins, Ecclesiastical Use of Basins were extensively used in the Jewish Ritual and were in early use in Christian churches for ablutions and to receive lamp-drippings etc. The Missal prescribes its used at the “Lavabo” of the Mass; the “Cæremoniale Episcoporum” provides a basin for bearing the cruets and for the preparatory ablutions of bishops. … Continue reading “Basins, Ecclesiastical Use Of”