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Ames, Edward Raymond, D.D., Ll.D a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born near Amesville, Adams Co., O., May 20,1806. He experienced religion in 1827, while a student in the State university at Athens, O. The following year he left college before graduating, and became the first principal of the Lebanon Seminary, which has … Continue reading “Ames, Edward Raymond, D.D., Ll.D”

Ames, Bernice Darwin a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Shoreham,,Vt., Dec. 26, 1827. He experienced religion in early youth; graduated at Middlebury College when twenty-six years of age; and during the next year was professor of Latin and Greek in the seminaries at Fort Plain and Fort Edward, N. Y. He united with the … Continue reading “Ames, Bernice Darwin”

Ames (or Amesius), William a celebrated Puritan divine, born in Norfolk, 1576, and educated at Christ’s College, Cambridge, under Dr. Perkins, by whom he was taught evangelical religion. Appointed chaplain to the university, he gave great offense by a sermon in which he inveighed against some of the bad practices of the university, e.g. card-playing, … Continue reading “Ames (or Amesius), William”

Amerytha ( according to some copies, see Hudson, in loc., while others have ; according to Reland, Palest. p. 560, both by erroneous transcription for , which most editors give; SEE ACHABARA), a town of Upper Galilee, which Josephus fortified against the Romans (Life, 37); probably the same as MEROTH SEE MEROTH (q.v.), which terminated … Continue reading “Amerytha”

Amerikanski Slovenec Daily newspaper, founded, 1891 , published in the Slovenian language in Chicago, Illinois through 1946. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Amerikanisches Familienblatt A monthly family magazine published in German at Techny, Illinois, by the Society of the Divine Word; founded, 1901; circulation, 8,059. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Amerigo Vespucci (1451 -1512 ) Cosmographer and navigator, after whom America was named, born Florence; died Seville. The fact that his discovery of the mainland (1497-1498) antedated that of Columbus was responsible for the appearance of the name “America” for the first time in 1507 and for its application first to South America and afterward … Continue reading “Amerigo Vespucci”

Americanism A term rightly employed, according to Leo XIII in his letter to the hierarchy of the United States, “Testem benevolentire ” (Proof of Affection), to express the characteristic qualities which reflect honor on the American people, or on their condition, customs, and laws; but wrongly employed to express certain opinions that are not in … Continue reading “Americanism”

American Wesleyan Methodists SEE WESLEYAN METHODIST CONNECTION OF AMERICA. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

American Tract Society SEE TRACT SOCIETIES. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature