Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Muuml;ller, Karl Professor at Düsseldorf, b. at Darmstadt, 29 Oct., 1818; d. at Neuenahr, 15 Aug., 1893, belongs to the more recent members of a school of German religious painters known as the “Nazarenes”, who succeeded felicitously in popular but beautiful representation of religious devotion, and gave new renown to the Düsseldorf school even in … Continue reading “Muuml;ller, Karl”

Muuml;ller, Johann Physiologist and comparative anatomist, b. at Coblenz, 14 July, 1801; d. at Berlin, 28 April, 1858. He was the son of a shoemaker, but his mother succeeded in obtaining for him a good education. During his college course at Coblenz, he devoted himself to the classics and made his own translations of Aristotle. … Continue reading “Muuml;ller, Johann (1)”

Muuml;ller, Adam Heinrich Publicist and political economist, convert, b. at Berlin, 30 June, 1779; d. at Vienna, 17 Jan., 1829. It was intended that he should study Protestant theology, but from 1798 he devoted himself to Göttingen to the study of law, philosophy, and natural science. Returning to Berlin, he was persuaded by his friend … Continue reading “Muuml;ller, Adam Heinrich”

Muuml;hlbacher, Engelbert An historian, born at Gresten, Austria, 4 Oct., 1843; died at Vienna, 17 July, 1903. He received his classical education at Vienna, his father’s native city. In 1862 he became a novice among the Austin Canons at St. Florian. After completing his theological studies there, he was ordained priest in 1867. As Arneth … Continue reading “Muuml;hlbacher, Engelbert”

Mutzenbecher, Esdras Heinrich a German theologian, was born at Hamburg March 23, 1744. He was educated at Hamburg and Gottingen, then acted for a while as tutor of the children of the baron of Steinberg. In 1774 he was appointed assistant of the ecclesiastical faculty and second minister of the university church at Gottingen, and … Continue reading “Mutzenbecher, Esdras Heinrich”

Mutunus a deity among the ancient Romans who averted evil from the city and commonwealth of Rome. He was identical with the Phallus or Priapus, who chiefly delivered from the power of daemons. Mutunus had a temple inside the walls of Rome, which existed until the time of Augustus, when it was removed outside. Fuente: … Continue reading “Mutunus”

Mutual * Note: This is the AV rendering of the phrase en allelois in Rom 1:12, translated in the RV, “each of us by the other’s (faith).” See OTHER, No. 5. Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

Muttra a sacred town of the Hindus, is the capital of a district of the same name, ninety-seven miles southsouth-east of Delhi, on the right bank of the Jumna. Access is had to the river which is considered by the Hindus to have special sanctity by numerous ghats, ornamented with little temples; and its banks … Continue reading “Muttra”

Mutter (, mahgim, mutterers), in Isa 8:19, refers to the murmuring or indistinct enunciation of wizards and soothsayers in uttering their spells. SEE DIVINATION. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Mutter muter (, haghah Isa 8:19; Isa 59:3): An onomatopoetic word, used of the growling of a lion Isa 31:4, of the mourning … Continue reading “Mutter”

Mutschelle, Sebastian a German Roman Catholic theologian, was born January 18, 1749, at Altershausen, Bavaria. He was educated at Munich, entered in 1765 the Order of Jesus, and completed his education at Ingolstadt in 1776. He was then appointed vicar at Mattigkofen, and in 1779 canon of the convent of St. Veit at Freysingen, and … Continue reading “Mutschelle, Sebastian”