Moriarty, David Bishop and pulpit orator, b. in Ardfert, Co. Kerry, in 1812; d. 1 October, 1877. He received his early education in a classical school of his native diocese, and later was sent to Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. From there he passed to Maynooth, and after a distinguished course in theology was elected to the Dunboyne … Continue reading “Moriarty, David”
Moriah, The Land of
Moriah, The Land of Gen 22:2 2Ch 3:1 Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Moriah, Mount
Moriah, Mount [Mori’ah] The mount on which the temple was built: once only is it thus designated. 2Ch 3:1. It was the place previously occupied by the threshing floor of Araunah. Its site is now very generally believed to be on the S.E. of Jerusalem, where there is a large plain, called the ‘temple area,’ … Continue reading “Moriah, Mount”
Moriah, Land of
Moriah, Land of mo-ra ( , ‘erec ha-moryah; , eis ten gen ten hupselen): Abraham was directed by God to take his son Isaac, to go into the land of Moriah, and there to offer him for a burnt offering (Gen 22:2) upon a mountain which God would show him. This land is mentioned only … Continue reading “Moriah, Land of”
Moriah
MORIAH The hill on which the temple of Jerusalem was built, 2Ch 3:1 . See JERUSALEM. It seems to have been the same place where Abraham was about to offer up Isaac, Gen 22:1-2 ; and where David interceded for his people at the threshing-floor of Araunah, 2Sa 24:16-25 . Fuente: American Tract Society Bible … Continue reading “Moriah”
Morgues, Matthieu De, Sieur de St. Germain
Morgues, Matthieu De, Sieur de St. Germain a noted French Roman Catholic pulpit orator of the 16th century, was born at Vellai, in Languedoc, in 1582, of no inconsiderable family. He turned Jesuit at first, and had several pupils at Avignon, in the Jesuits’ college there, but afterwards got disgusted with the Jesuits and quitted … Continue reading “Morgues, Matthieu De, Sieur de St. Germain”
Morgians
Morgians a Mohammedan sect, hold that faith without good works is sufficient to salvation. Gazali, a Mohammedan doctor, tells us that the Morgians expect that God will work everything in them, and affirm that sin does not hurt believers; works without faith signifying nothing. Shabi, another Mohammedan doctor, in his allusions to this sect, exhorts … Continue reading “Morgians”
Morghen, Raffaello
Morghen, Raffaello Italian engraver, b. at Portici, 19 June, 1768 (1761?); d. at Florence, 8 April, 1833. His father, Filippo, came of a family of German engravers, his mother was the daughter of Liani, court painter to Charles III. Raffaello’s first teachers were his father and his uncle Jean, and before he was twelve he … Continue reading “Morghen, Raffaello”
Morghen, Raffaelle Sanzio, Cavaiere
Morghen, Raffaelle Sanzio, Cavaiere one of the most celebrated engravers of modern times, who devoted himself largely to sacred art, was born at Florence, Italy, June 19, 1758. His father, Filippo Morghen, was also an engraver, and instructed his son in the principles of the art with such success that at the age of twelve … Continue reading “Morghen, Raffaelle Sanzio, Cavaiere”
Morganatic marriage
morganatic marriage (Latin: morganatica, a dowry given the morning after a wedding) The valid and licit union of a prince or a member of a ruling house with a woman of greatly inferior rank, contracted with the understanding that the children have no right to succeed to the title of their father. They are usually … Continue reading “Morganatic marriage”