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Aver, William an English Wesleyan minister, entered the itinerant work in 1790, and died in Penzance, Cornwall, Jan. 25, 1835, aged sixty-seven. He was converted in early life, and conducted is long ministry with assiduity and usefulness. He was an humble and thorough Christian.. He wrote a Letter to a Member: of the New Connection … Continue reading “Aver, William”

Aventor SEE ADVENTITUS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Aventinus, St. Of Chitraudun was made bishop of Chartres after St. Souleinus, who had been elected against his will, but fled to avoid the dignity conferred upon him. In the subscriptions of the: councils of his time Aventinus is sometimes called bishop of Chartres, and sometimes of Chateaudun. He died in 528. See Baillet, Feb. … Continue reading “Aventinus, St. Of Chitraudun”

Aventinus, St was born at Bourges in the 5th century, and brought up in the seminary of St. Lupus, bishop of Troyes. Camelianus, the successor of St. Lupus, made Aventinus oeconomus, of his Church;’ but after a time he left this situation, and retired into a monastery on an island inn the river Oze (Oza), … Continue reading “Aventinus, St”

Avenging of Blood, The (See BLOOD.) Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary

Avenging See Vengeance. Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church

Avenger of Blood, The (See BLOOD.) Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary

AVENGER OF BLOOD See BLOOD, REFUGE, CITIES OF. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Avenger of Blood (, goa’, fully .), a term applied to the nearest relative of a murdered person, inasmuch as he had the right, and on him devolved the obligation of killing the murderer (2Sa 14:7; 2Sa 14:11) wherever he met … Continue reading “Avenger Of Blood”

Avenger, Avenger of Blood After the flood God gave to Noah the law that “whose sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed,” Gen 9:6; and to this day in the East it is considered the solemn duty of the relatives of a slain man to see that his blood is avenged. The … Continue reading “Avenger, Avenger of Blood”

Avenger Particular mention is made in Scripture of the avenger of blood, (Deu 19:6) and cities of refuge were appointed for the manslayer. (Num 35:12; Jos 20:5) There is much of Christ as a refuge, represented under this appointment, and we shall do well at any time when reading those Scriptures, to be on the … Continue reading “AVENGER”