Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Waterpot WATERPOT (, freq. in LXX Septuagint for Gen 24:14 , Jdg 7:16, 1Ki 17:12; 1Ki 18:33, Ecc 12:6).1. Joh 2:6-7 . The stone waterpots ( in Rabbinic writings) were placed outside the reception-room, for the washing of the hands before and after eating, as well as of the vessels used (cf. Mar 7:2-4, Mat … Continue reading “Waterpot”

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Waterman, John A., D.D a Methodist Episcopal divine, was born in New Hampshire, June 29, 1790. He was converted in his eighteenth year; admitted into the Ohio Conference in 1814; and traveled successively the Miami, Mahoning, and Zanesville circuits. When the Pittsburgh Conference was formed, he fell within its bounds, and successively filled Pittsburgh, Wheeling, … Continue reading “Waterman, John A., D.D”

Waterman, Henry, D.D an Episcopal clergyman, was born at Centreville, Warwick, R.I., August 17, 1813, and was a graduate of Brown University in the cass of 1831. ‘He pursued his theological studies, in part, at Cambridge, at a school taught by Reverend John Henry Hopkins and Reverend George Washington Doane, which. on their appointment as … Continue reading “Waterman, Henry, D.D”

WATERLANDIANS A sect of Anabaptists in Holland. They are thus called in distinction from the Flemingians, or Flandrians, and likewise because they consisted at first of the inhabitants of a district in North Holland, called Waterland. The Flemingians were called the fine or rigid, and the Waterlandians the gross or moderate Anabaptists. The former observe, … Continue reading “WATERLANDIANS”

Waterlanders (or Waterlandians), a sect of Anabaptists (q.v.) in Holland, so called to distinguish them from the Flemingians, or Flandrians, and also because they consisted, at first, of the inhabitants of a district in the north of Holland called Waterland. The Flemingians were more rigid in their views and practice than the Waterlandians. Both are … Continue reading “Waterlanders”

Waterland, Daniel, D.D an eminent English theologian and controversialist, was born at Wasely, in Lincolnshire, Feb. 14, 1683. He was educated at the free-school of Lincoln, and Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he graduated about 1703, and became a fellow of the college in 1704. He continued to reside at the university, and after taking holy … Continue reading “Waterland, Daniel, D.D”

Waterhouse, Edward an English author who became a clergyman, was born in 1619. He received a learned education, became a member of the Royal Society in 1668, and took holy orders the same year. He died May 30, 1670. He was the author of Humble Apology for Learning and Learned Men (1653): Two Contemplations (eod.): … Continue reading “Waterhouse, Edward”

Waterford, Council Of (Synodus Guateafordia). Waterford is a city of Ireland, capital of the county of the same name, situated near the southern coast, on the right bank of the Suir, nine miles from the sea. An ecclesiastical council is said to have been held there about 1158, in which it was ordered that all … Continue reading “Waterford, Council Of”

Waterford and Lismore (Waterfordiensis et Lismorensis), suffragan of Cashel. This diocese is almost coterminous with the ancient Celtic territory of Decies; it comprises the County of Waterford (except five townlands) with a considerable portion (two baronies and part of two others) of Tipperary County, as well as a small area (12,000 acres) of County Cork. … Continue reading “Waterford and Lismore”