Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Parswanatha is the name of the twenty-third of the deified saints of the Jainas in the present aera. Parswanatha and Mahavira, the twenty-fourth, are greatly revered, especially in Hindostan. In a suburb of Benares, called Belupura, there is a temple honored as the, birthplace of Parswanatha. See JAINAS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical … Continue reading “Parswanatha”

Parsons, Robert Alias Robert Parsons Jesuit; born Nether Stowey, England, 1546; died Rome, Italy, 1610. Famous on the English missIon (1580), which he maintained at the greatest risk. Unable to keep his printing-press in England, he transferred it to Belgium and commenced his unsuccessful work for armed intervention in behalf of the English Catholics. He … Continue reading “Parsons, Robert”

Parsons, Philip a noted English divine, was born at Dedham, Essex, in 1729. He was educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Having taken orders, he was appointed to the Free School of Oakham, Rutlandshire. In 1761 he was presented to the school and curacy of Wye, became rector of Eastwell in 1767, and of Snave … Continue reading “Parsons, Philip”

Parsons, Moses a Congregational minister, was born at Gloucester, Mass., in 1716. He graduated at Harvard College in 1736; taught school at Manchester, and subsequently at Gloucester; was ordained at Bvfield, Mass., in 1744, and continued pastor of that Church until his death in 1783. He published several Sermons (1765, 1772, 1773). See Sprague, Annals … Continue reading “Parsons, Moses”

Parsons, Levi, D.D a Presbyterian minister, was born at Northampton, Massachusetts, August 20, 1779; graduated from Williams College in 1801; subsequently spent two years as tutor, and trained for the ministry under Dr. Hyde of Massachusetts. He was licensed in 1807, and the same year became pastor of the Church in Marcellus, N.Y., where he … Continue reading “Parsons, Levi, D.D”

Parsons, Levi a Congregational minister, who was employed also in-missionary labors, was born July 18, 1792, in Goshen, Mass. He graduated at Middlebury College in 1814; was ordained Sept. 3, 1817, and labored under the Vermont Missionary Society a year, when he was sent on an agency into Palestine by the American Board. He sailed … Continue reading “Parsons, Levi”

Parsons, Justin Wright, D.D a Presbyterian minister, was born at Westhampton, Massachusetts, in 1824. He graduated from Williams College in 1845, and from Union Theological Seminary in 1848; was ordained by the New York Presbytery, December 26, 1849, and immediately thereafter sailed for Thessalonica, Greece. After laboring at this post until 1854, he was transferred … Continue reading “Parsons, Justin Wright, D.D”

Parsons, Joseph (1), a Congregational minister, flourished in the early part of last century. He was born about 1671, and was educated at Harvard College, where he graduated in 1697. He then studied theology, and became minister of Lebanon, Conn., in 1700. In 1708 he accepted a call to Salisbury, and there died in 1740. … Continue reading “Parsons, Joseph (3)”

Parsons, Jonathan an American Presbyterian minister, was born at West Springfield, Mass., Nov. 30, 1705. He was educated at Yale College, class of 1729. As a student at New Haven he gave many indications of uncommon genius. Soon after graduation Parsons began to preach. He was ordained minister in 1731 of Lyme, Conn., where he … Continue reading “Parsons, Jonathan”

Parsons, John, D.D an English prelate, was born at Oxford, July 6, 1761. He graduated from Wadham College; was chosen a fellow of Balliol; and appointed to the college livings of All-Saints’ and St. Leonard’s, in Colchester. He was recalled to Oxford by his election to the-mastership of Balliol, November 14, 1798; received the office … Continue reading “Parsons, John, D.D”