Rhees, Morgan John (2), D.D. a Baptist minister, was born at Somerset, Somerset Co., Pa., Oct. 25, 1802. He devoted himself at first to law, began practicing in May, 1826, and gave promise of great success in that profession; but, directing his attention to the study of theology, he acted for a time as temperance … Continue reading “Rhees, Morgan John (2), D.D.”
Rhees, Morgan John (1)
Rhees, Morgan John (1) a Baptist minister, was born in Glamorganshire, Wales, Dec. 8, 1760. He devoted himself at first to teaching; but having studied theology in the Baptist College at Bristol, he entered the ministry. His liberal views led him to France at the beginning of the revolution in that country, but, disappointed by … Continue reading “Rhees, Morgan John (1)”
Rhea, Samuel Audley
Rhea, Samuel Audley a Presbyterian missionary, was born in Blountville, East Tenn., Jan. 23, 1827. He graduated at the University of East Tennessee in 1847, after which he entered the Union Theological Seminary, New York, at which institution he graduated in 1850, and was ordained Feb. 2, 1851. After his ordination he was appointed missionary … Continue reading “Rhea, Samuel Audley”
Rhaphanaelig;a
Rhaphanaelig;a A titular see in Syria Secunda, suffragan of Apamea. Rhaphanæa is mentioned in ancient times only by Josephus (Bel. Jud., VII, 5, 1), who says that in that vicinity there was a river which flowed six days and ceased on the seventh, probably an intermittent spring now called Fououar ed-Deir, near Rafanieh, a village … Continue reading “Rhaphanaelig;a”
Rhanatosan Hemin Anothen
Rhanatosan Hemin Anothen ( ) is the beginning of the sixth ode by St. Joseph of the Studium, or the Hymnologist (q.v.), of which the following stanza is the translation of Neale: Rain down, ye heav’ns, eternal bliss! The cherub-cloud today Bears Jesus where his Father is, Along the starry way. See Neale’s Hymns of … Continue reading “Rhanatosan Hemin Anothen”
Rhaelig;tia
Rhaelig;tia (RHÆTORUM). Prefecture Apostolic in Switzerland; includes in general the district occupied by the Catholics belonging to the Rhæto-Romanic race in the canton of the Grisons (Graubünden). The prefecture is bounded on the north by the Prättigau, on the south by Lombardy, on the east by the Tyrol, on the west by the cantons of … Continue reading “Rhaelig;tia”
Rhadamanthus
Rhadamanthus in Greek mythology, son of Jupiter and Eniropa, and brotlier of Minos, king of Crete. was a person ,of such justice that he was fabled to be one of the three judges in the infernal regions. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Rhabdos Ek Tes Rhizes
Rhabdos Ek Tes Rhizes ( , a stem out of the root) is the beginning of one of the odes of St. Cosmas, surnamed the Melodist, also Hierosolymitanus, and sometimes Hieropolites. Like his foster-brother John of Damascus, Cosmas became a monk of St. Sabas, and, against his will, was consecrated bishop of Maiuma, near Gaza, … Continue reading “Rhabdos Ek Tes Rhizes”
Rhabanus
Rhabanus (more properly Rabanus) MAURUS, a distinguished German theologian and prelate, was born of French parents, named Raban, at Mentz, about 776. On the completion of his early studies at Fulda, in Hesse, he was there made a deacon in 801; and he betook himself to Tours the following year to enjoy the tuition of … Continue reading “Rhabanus”
R.G.S.
R.G.S. = Religious of the Good Shepherd Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary