Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Pratyabhijna (Skr.) “Recognition”, particularly the rediscovery or realization that the divine and ultimate reality is within the human soul or self. One phase of the philosophy of the Trika (q.v.). — K.F.L. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Pratt, Nathaniel Alpheus, D.D a Presbyterian minister, was born at Centre Brook, Connecticut, January 29, 1796. He graduated from Yale College in 1820, and from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1823, and was ordained February 25, 1824. From this time till 1826 he labored for the Shrewsbury Church, N.J. From 1827 to 1840 he was pastor … Continue reading “Pratt, Nathaniel Alpheus, D.D”

Pratt, John, D.D a Baptist minister and educator, was born in Windham County, Connecticut, October 12, 1800. After spending a few years in Columbian College, he graduated from Brown University in 1827. For a short time he was a professor in Transylvania University, Ketnucky, and then accepted a call to the pastorate of the First … Continue reading “Pratt, John, D.D”

Pratt, John Bennett, LL.D a Scottish Episcopal clergyman, antiquarian, and author, was born in the parish of New Deer in 1791. He took the degree of I.A. at Aberdeen, and, after his ordination as deacon in 1821, was sent to Stuartfield, where he served with acceptance four years, and was then chosen as pastor of … Continue reading “Pratt, John Bennett, LL.D”

Pratt, Job a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born about 1790, and was admitted in 1814 a member of the New England Annual Conference. At the organization of the Maine Conference he joined that body, and remained a member of it till his death, which occurred at Rumford Feb. 22, 1833. Mr. Pratt … Continue reading “Pratt, Job”

Pratt, James, D.D a Protestant Episcopal clergyman, was rector in Portland, Maine, for several years prior to 1858; then of the Church of the Covenant, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he remained until 1860, when he took charge of Trinity Church, Chicago, Illinois. About 1864 he left that parish, and in 1866 was residing in New … Continue reading “Pratt, James, D.D”

Pratt, James C an Irish Wesleyan minister of some note, was born in Queens County, Ireland, in 1780. His parents were respectable members of the Church of England. In his twenty-first year he was converted, and joined the Wesleyans. He was licensed to preach in 1804, and four years later was accepted by the Conference … Continue reading “Pratt, James C”

Pratt, Enoch a Congregational minister of some note, was born at Middleborough, Mass.. in 1781, and was educated at Brown University, where he graduated in 1803. He taught for a while and studied theology, and was finally ordained to the work of the holy ministry Oct. 28, 1807, as pastor of the Congregational Church at … Continue reading “Pratt, Enoch”

Pratt, Almon Bradley a Congregational minister, was born in North Cornwall, Conn., June 3, 1812, received his preparatory training at South Cornwall, Conn., and then entered Yale College. He was not however, able to complete his collegiate studies, as his health failed him. From 1839 to 1841 he was at the Union Theological Seminary in … Continue reading “Pratt, Almon Bradley”

Pratt, Albert L a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born at Wilmington, Vt., in 1828, and was converted and joined the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1851. He was licensed as a local preacher in 1853. In 1855 he was received into what was then the Oneida but is now the Central N. Y. … Continue reading “Pratt, Albert L”