Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Voorst, Wilhelm Heinrich van dem a Dutch scholar, son of Conrad, was born at Steinfurt, and accompanied his father to Holland, where he shared his fortune’s. After the subsidence of the disputes between the Gomrarists and the Arminians, he returned to Holland, and became pastor of the Remonstrants at Leyden where he occupied himself in … Continue reading “Voorst, Wilhelm Heinrich van dem”

Voorst, Johann van a Protestant theologian of Germany, was born at Wesselburg in 1623. He studied, at Wittenberg, and was appointed in 1653 rector at Flensburg. In 1655 the Rostock University made him a licentiate of theology, and shortly afterwards he was called to Berlin as rector of the Joachimsthal Gymnasium. In 1660 he resigned … Continue reading “Voorst, Johann van”

Voorst, Conrad SEE VORSTIUS, CONRAD. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Vonet, Simon an eminent French painter, was born at Paris in 1582. He received instruction from his father, and made such rapid advances in the art that at the age of fourteen he was commissioned to visit England for the purpose of painting the portrait of a French nobleman then residing in London. Several years … Continue reading “Vonet, Simon”

Vondel, Joost van Den Netherland poet and convert, b. at Cologne, 17 Nov., 1587, of parents whose residence was originally at Antwerp; d. 5 Feb., 1679. Of his early youth nothing is known. In his eighth or ninth year, he went with his father Joost, and his mother, Sara Kranen, to Amsterdam, where his father … Continue reading “Vondel, Joost van Den”

Von Gagern, Max, Freiherr Born at Weilburg (in Nassau), Germany, 25 March, 1810; died at Vienna, 17 October, 1889. He was the son of Hans Christoph von Gagern, minister of state in Nassau; he attended the gymnasiums at Kreuznach, Mannheim, and Weilburg, and studied law from 1826 at Heidelberg, Utrecht, and Göttingen. After a stay … Continue reading “Von Gagern, Max, Freiherr”

Vomit “a vomit” (from exerao, “to disgorge”), occurs in 2Pe 2:22. Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words Vomit Pro 26:11 (a) Vomit is good food that has been mixed with the juices of the body, and is then thrown out for consumption by another. It represents doctrines that are taken from the Word of … Continue reading “Vomit”

Volvino was a Milanese artist of the 10th century, who produced the celebrated palliotto d’oro,or gold pallium, for the Church of San Ambrogio at Milan, which Lanzi says may be pronounced, in point of style, equal to the finest specimens of the dittici, or small ivory altarpieces; tha: the museums of sacred art can afford. … Continue reading “Volvino”

Volutina in Roman mythology, was a rustic goddess who effected in grain the shooting-out in ears. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Volute (Lat. volutus=turned), a spiral scroll forming the principal characteristic of the Ionic capital. Volutes are also used on the capitals of the Corinthian and Composite orders. Several examples will be found in the illustrations accompanying the article SEE ORDER. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature