North East, North West Lat., corus, the Latin name for “the north-west wind,” hence, “the north-west,” occurs in Act 27:12, AV, RV, “(north-east and) south-east,” as the N.W. wind blows towards the S.E. Note: In the same verse, lips, “the south-west (lit., ‘Libyan’) wind,” hence, “the south-west” (so AV), is rendered “north-east” in RV, as … Continue reading “North East, North West”
North Dakota
North Dakota The 39th state to be admitted to the United States, 2 November 1889. The first missionary within the limits of North Dakota was the Reverend Joseph Severe Dumoulin, sent by Bishop Plessis of Quebec to minister to a colony of Canadians who had been driven south from. Fort Douglas (now Saint Boniface), near … Continue reading “North Dakota”
North Country, Land Of The North
North Country, Land Of The North NORTH COUNTRY, LAND OF THE NORTH.A phrase of somewhat vague application, but denoting in a general fashion1. The source or region from which dangerous foes were to come upon Palestine (so in Jer 6:22; Jer 10:22, Zec 6:6; Zec 6:8). 2. The regions to which the people of Israel … Continue reading “North Country, Land Of The North”
North country
North country a general name for the countries that lay north of Palestine. Most of the invading armies entered Palestine from the north (Isa. 41:25; Jer. 1:14, 15; 50:3, 9, 41; 51:48; Ezek. 26:7). Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
North Carolina
North Carolina The 12th state to be admitted to the United States, 21 November 1789. Mass was first celebrated in North Carolina at Newbern, 1784, by a priest who had come on business from Madeira, Reverend Patrick Cleary of Funchal. He officiated in the home of Mrs Alexander Gaston, whose distinguished son, William Gaston, was … Continue reading “North Carolina”
North, Brownlow
North, Brownlow a noted English lay preacher, was born shortly after the opening of the present century, and was educated and fitted for business life. He studied at the University of Oxford, and was by his friends, who were of the nobility, intended for the ministry; but he himself, preferring a gay and worldly life, … Continue reading “North, Brownlow”
North American Indians, Religious Ideas Of
North American Indians, Religious Ideas Of It is not necessary to separate all the small tribes according to-their religious usages, for they had much in common, and will here be treated accordingly. They do not believe that a dryad was thought to inhabit every tree, but the natives believed in protecting spirits of the woods … Continue reading “North American Indians, Religious Ideas Of”
North American College
North American College Founded at Rome, 1859, by Pope Pius IX for the training of young men for the priesthood. The students, who number about 100, attend the lectures at the Propaganda. There is a fine collegiate church with marble altars and a painting of the Madonna over the high altar. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
North America
North America SEE AMERICA. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
North
NORTH See EAST. The Babylonians and Assyrians are represented as coming from “the north,” because they invaded Israel by a northern route in order to avoid the desert, Jer 1:14 46:6,24 Zep 2:13 . “Fair weather,” says Job, or golden weather, “cometh out of the north,” Job 37:22 . This is as true in Syria … Continue reading “North”