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Arnold of Brescia Demagog, born Brescia, Italy , c.1100; died Rome, Italy , 1155. He became a priest, headed a movement in Brescia to abolish the temporal possessions of the Church as sinful, and was condemned by Innocent II at the Lateran Council (1139 ). In Paris his propagation of his former ideas caused the … Continue reading “Arnold of Brescia”

Arnold Of Bonneval a Benedictine writer of the 12th century, was, in 1144, appointed abbot of Bonneval, in the diocese of Chartres. Like his predecessors he had to undergo many trials. His appeal to pope Lucius II was of no avail, and he went to Rome a second time, where he succeeded, in 1154, in … Continue reading “Arnold Of Bonneval”

Arnold, Nicolaus a Protestant theologian, was born at Lesna, in Poland, Dec. 17, 1618; died Oct. 15, 1680. He became, in 1639, rector of the school in Jablonow, and in 1654 succeeded Cocceius as- professor of theology at Franeker, where he became especially noted as a pulpit orator. His writings were chiefly polemical, e.g. Religio … Continue reading “Arnold, Nicolaus”

Arnold, John Motte, D.D a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Acra, Greene County, N.Y., October 15, 1824. He was converted early in life, and in 1848 joined the Michigan Conference, in which he was successively pastor at Port Huron, St. Clair, Flint, Corunna, presiding elder of Owasso District, pastor at Dexter, Woodward Avenue, in … Continue reading “Arnold, John Motte, D.D”

Arnold, John a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Great Barrington, Mass., in 1780. He was converted in 1796, and in 1815 joined the Genesee Conference. In 1830, on the division of the conference, he became a member of the Oneida Conference. .In 1831 he became superannuated, and so remained till his decease, April 23, … Continue reading “Arnold, John”

Arnold, Joel Ranney, A.M a Congregational minister, was born at Westminster, Vt., April 25, 1794. His father was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, made a profession of religion at the age of eighty-nine, and lived to be nearly a hundred and two years old. Joel was fitted for college at the academies in Pawlet, … Continue reading “Arnold, Joel Ranney, A.M”

Arnold, Isaac M a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was born in Brunswick County, Va., June 13, 1804. His literary and religious education was greatly neglected in early life, but he was naturally affable and winning. In 1825 he entered the Virginia Conference and labored diligently nearly forty years. He died June 23, … Continue reading “Arnold, Isaac M”

Arnold, Gottfried an eminent German Pietist and Mystic, born at Annaberg, Saxony, September 5, 1665. Educated at Wittenberg, he became a tutor, 1689, at Dresden, where he imbibed an ardent Pietistic tendency from Spener, who obtained him a situation as private tutor at Quedlinburg, where he devoted himself to the study of the mystic writers … Continue reading “Arnold, Gottfried”

Arnold, George Cavit a Presbyterian minister, was born Feb. 19, 1825, in Allegheny County, Pa. In 1845 he entered Duquesne College, Pittsburgh, and two and a half years later the junior class of Jefferson College. In 1850 he entered the Reformed Theological Seminary of Allegheny; in 1852 was licensed by the Monongahela Presbytery; and in … Continue reading “Arnold, George Cavit”

Arnold, George Adam a German painter, native of Hamberg, in Bavaria, lived in the last half of the 17th century. He was a skilful painter of historical scenes. His Passagqe of the Red Sea by the Israelites was reproduced by -the engraver Weygant in 1680. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, … Continue reading “Arnold, George Adam”