Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Porter, James C a Presbyterian minister, was born in Abbeville District, S. C., in 1809. He was educated in Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pa., studied theology for some time with his father, and then finished his course in the Allegheny Associate Reformed Seminary. In 1834 he was licensed, and in 1835 was ordained and installed by … Continue reading “Porter, James C”

Porter, Huntington, D. D a Presbyterian minister of some note, was born in 1755, and was educated at Yale College. After having completed his theological studies, he was made minister at Rye, New Hampshire, from which place he removed to Lynn, Mass., where he died in 1844. He published, Century, a sermon (1802): Funeral, a … Continue reading “Porter, Huntington, D. D”

Porter, Herschel S., D.D a Cumberland Presbyterian minister, was born in Butler County, Kentucky, February 12, 1816. After studying at various academies, he was licensed to preach in May 1835, and in September 1837, was ordained at Glasgow, Kentucky. He spent about four years as an itinerant in Kentucky, travelled also for some time as … Continue reading “Porter, Herschel S., D.D”

Porter, George D a Presbyterian minister, was born in Juniata Co., Pa., March 1, 1815. He was educated for the medical profession, but subsequently felt called to the ministry. He graduated at the Western Theological Seminary at Allegheny, Pa., was licensed in 1832, and for a time preached in Monongahela City. Pa., but afterwards removed … Continue reading “Porter, George D”

Porter, George Archbishop of Bombay, b. 1825 at Exeter, England; d. at Bombay, 28 September, 1889. Of Scottish descent, he was educated at Stonyhurst and joined the Society of Jesus in 1841. After making his novitiate at Hodder, and devoting three years to philosophy at Stonyhurst, he was employed in teaching at Stonyhurst, and at … Continue reading “Porter, George”

Porter, Eliphalet, D.D a Congregational minister of Unitarian tendency, was born at North Bridgewater, Mass., June 11,1758. He was educated at Harvard University, class of 1779, and, after studying theology with his father, Rev. John Porter, minister of North Bridgewater from 1740 till 1802, he was ordained Oct. 2, 1782, over the Congregational Society of … Continue reading “Porter, Eliphalet, D.D”

Porter, Ebenezer, D.D an eminent Congregational minister, was born Oct. 5, 1772, in Cornwall, Conn. After graduating at Dartmouth College in 1792, he taught school some months; then studied divinity, and entered the ministry in 1794, and was ordained pastor at Washington, Conn., Sept. 6, 1796, where he remained until April 1, 1812, when, his … Continue reading “Porter, Ebenezer, D.D”

Porter, David, D.D a Congregational minister of some note, was a native of Hebron, Conn., where he was born May 27, 1761. He was educated at Dartmouth College, class of 1784, and, having been duly ordained, became pastor of the Congregational Church at Spencertown, N. Y., in 1787. In 1803 he removed to Catskill, N. … Continue reading “Porter, David, D.D”

Porter, Abner, D.D a Presbyterian minister, was born at Ashville, N.C., in 1817. He graduated from Princeton College in 1836 or 1837, studied at the Theological Seminary in Columbus, S.C., in 1842 became pastor in Greene County. Alabama, in 1846 at Charleston, S.C., in 1851 at Selma, Alabama, and finally became a missionary agent in … Continue reading “Porter, Abner, D.D”

porter (Latin: ostium, a door) The first of the minor orders, by which spiritual power is conferred on the recipient, of opening and closing the doors of the Church, and of guarding the Temple of God. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Porter (Also called DOORKEEPER. From ostiarius, Lat. ostium, a door.) Porter denoted among the Romans … Continue reading “Porter”