Walter, Nathaniel a Congregational minister, son of Rev. Nehemiah Walter, of Roxbury, Mass., graduated from Harvard College in 1729. He was ordained pastor of the Second Church in Roxbury, July 10, 1734; and died March 11, 1776. See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, 1, 220. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Walter, Michael
Walter, Michael SEE WALTHER, MICHAEL. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Walter Map
Walter Map Ecclesiastic and author, born Hereford, England , c.1140; died 1208. He was educated at the University of Paris, was at the English court, 1162, represented the king at the Third Lateran Council, 1179, and in 1197 became Archdeacon of Oxford. He wrote “De Nugis Curialium” (Courtier’s Triflings) and probably the French poem on … Continue reading “Walter Map”
Walter, Johann Gottlob
Walter, Johann Gottlob a Protestant theologian of Germany, was born April 5, 1704, and died Nov. 16, 1782, as superintendent at Neustadtander-Orla. He is the author of Prima Gloria Clerogamiae Restitutce Luthero Vindicata (Neiustadlt, 1767). See Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1, 751. (B. P.) Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Walter, Hubert
Walter, Hubert archbishop of Canterbury, was born at West Dereham, in Norfolk, where he afterwards founded a Premonstratensian monastery. He was educated in the house of his uncle, Ranulph de Glanville to whom, on his ordination, he became chaplain. In 1186 he was dean of York. Oct. 22, 1189, he was consecrated lord bishop of … Continue reading “Walter, Hubert”
Walter Hilton
Walter Hilton English Augustinian mystic; died 1396. He was a man of great sanctity, and an able spiritual writer. The most famous of his writings is the “Scala Perfectionis” (Ladder of Perfection). Among his many other works, the one that deserves special mention is styled “To a Devout Man in Temporal Estate.” It is written … Continue reading “Walter Hilton”
Walter, Henry
Walter, Henry a Church of England divine, was born at Louth, Lincolnshire, Jan. 28, 1785. He received a careful religious training, and was educated at St. John’s College, Cambridge, taking his degree, of A.B. in 1806. In 1858, being left without a curate, he preached in his schoolroom and still kept up his pastoral work. … Continue reading “Walter, Henry”
Walter, Ferdinand
Walter, Ferdinand Jurist, born at Wetzlar, 30 November, 1794; died at Bonn, 13 December, 1879. After studying at the Latin school of Muhlheim on the Rhine (1805-9), and later at Cologne (1809-13), he fought against Napoleon in 1814, as a volunteer in a Russian regiment. In autumn, 1814, he began to study jurisprudence at Heidelberg, … Continue reading “Walter, Ferdinand”
Walter, Ernst Johann Konrad
Walter, Ernst Johann Konrad a German divine who died as doctor of philosophy and pastor at Neukloster, near Wismar, Sept. 25, 1800, was born Aug. 9, 1741, at Claber. He wrote, Vetsuch eines schnriftmassigen Beweises, dass Joseph der wahre Vater; Christi sey (Berlin, 1791): Neue Vorstellungen von den Strifen der Verdammten in der Euwikgeit nach … Continue reading “Walter, Ernst Johann Konrad”
Walter, Ann
Walter, Ann a Bible Christian minister, was converted in 1820. In 1825 she entered the itinerant work. She bore a long and painful affliction with exemplary patience, and died triumphantly in the faith in 1835. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature