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Aspland, Robert an English Unitarian minister, born in 1742, educated for the Calvinistic ministry at Highgate and Hackney, and afterward at Aberdeen, where he threw up his beneficiary scholarship on becoming a Unitarian in 1800. At 20 he was ordained pastor of the Baptist Church at Newport, Isle of Wight, with liberty to preach Unitarianism. … Continue reading “Aspland, Robert”

aspirations (Latin: aspiro, to breathe) Any prayer said in a breath, containing therefore not more than 12 or 15 words; another term for ejaculatory prayers. It is always applied to very short a prayers, containing lofty sentiments, expressed in choice language, sometimes in rhyme, similar to proverbs, e.g., “My Jesus mercy”; “O Sweetest Heart of … Continue reading “aspirations”

Aspinwall, Nathaniel W a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Bradford, Vt., Jan. 26, 1801. He was converted at the age of twenty-one, and in 1823 entered the New England Conference. For forty-one years he did effective work in the New England, New Hampshire, and Vermont conferences. In 1863 he retired to Chicago, and there … Continue reading “Aspinwall, Nathaniel W”

Aspinal, Robert An English Congregational minister, was born at Darwen, Lancashire, Jan. 28, 1801. In early life he became a Christian, and united with the Church at Lower Chapel, Darwen. He directed his attention towards the ministry, and began to preach before he was sixteen years of age. He entered the academy at Idle in … Continue reading “Aspinal, Robert”

Aspilcueta, Martin (Also AZPILCOETA.) Generally known as Navarrus, or Doctor Navarrus, a famous Spanish canonist and moral theologian; b. in the Kingdom of Navarre, 13 December, 1491; d. at Rome, 1 June, 1586. He was a relative of St. Francis Xavier, studied at Alcalá and in France, and became professor of canon law at Toulouse … Continue reading “Aspilcueta, Martin”

Aspilcueta, Juan (surnamed Navarro), a Spanish missionary, was born in the kingdom of Navarre. He was related to the family of Xavier and of Loyola, and entered the Order of Jesuits in 1544. He went to Brazil in company with Nobrega in .1549, and surpassed all the other missionaries in the art of subduing the … Continue reading “Aspilcueta, Juan”

Asphodel See Rose Fuente: Plants Animals Of Bible

Aspharasus (; Vulg. Mechpsator), one of the associates of Zerubbabel in the return from Babylon (1Es 5:8); doubtless a corruption of the MIZPAR SEE MIZPAR (q.v.) of the true text (Ezr 2:2). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Aspharasus ASPHARASUS (1Es 5:8).One of the leaders of the return under Zerubbabel, called Mispar, Ezr … Continue reading “Aspharasus”

Asphar the Pool asfar, ( , lakkos Asphar): When Jonathan and Simon fled from Bacchides they encamped by this pool in the wilderness of Tekoa (1 Macc 9:33; Ant, XIII, i, 2). It is probably identical with Ez-Zaferaneh, a ruined site with an ancient cistern, to the South of Tekoa, and East of Halhul. Br … Continue reading “Asphar the Pool”

Asphar ( v. r. , 1Ma 9:33), a “pool” (, not sea, as the Vulg. and some other versions render, but which often stands in the Sept. for , a pit, or , a well), i.e. fountain or cistern in the south or south-east of Palestine (in the ” wilderness of Thecoe” or Tekoa), where … Continue reading “Asphar”