Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Middleton, Thomas Fanshawe, D.D the first English bishop of Calcutta, largely identified with the Anglican Church missionary work in India, only son of the Reverend T. Middleton, rector of Kedleston, Derbyshire, was born at that village January 26,1769. His early training he received under his father. In 1779 he was admitted into Christ’s Hospital, London, … Continue reading “Middleton, Thomas Fanshawe, D.D”

Middleton, Erasmus a noted English divine, was born about 1740. He received his education at St. Edmund’s Hall, Oxford, but was expelled from that university, together with five other youths, on account of his sympathy with the Methodists. This circumstance gave rise to MacGowan’s satire of The Shaver. Middleton then entered King’s College, Cambridge, and, … Continue reading “Middleton, Erasmus”

Middleton, Conyers a celebrated divine and scholar of the Church of England, was born December 27,1683, at Richmond, in Yorkshire. His father, the Reverend William Middleton, rector of Hinderwell, gave him a liberal education. At the age of seventeen he was sent to Trinity College, Cambridge, of which college he was two years afterwards chosen … Continue reading “Middleton, Conyers”

Middlesbrough, England, diocese of Comprises the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire, and the city of York. Founded on 20 December 1878 by division of the diocese of Beverley. Suffragan of of the archdiocese of Liverpool. See also, Catholic-Hierarchy.Org diocese of Middlesbrough patron saints index Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Middlesbrough (MEDIOBURGENSIS) In medieval history it was known as Myddilburga or Middilburga, with many other variations of form. There is an old tradition that a church in honour of St. Hilda was dedicated by St. Cuthbert at Middlesbrough about 686, but the earliest positive reference to Middlesbrough in ecclesiastical history goes to show that in … Continue reading “Middlesbrough”

Middlemore, Humphrey, Blessed Martyr , died Tyburn, England , 1535. He belonged to an ancient family of Warwickshire, joined the Carthusian Order, was ordained priest, and appointed procurator in the Charterhouse, London. Refusing to recognize the validity of Henry VIII ‘s marriage with Anne Boleyn, he was arrested, imprisoned, and put to death. Beatified, 1886. … Continue reading “Middlemore, Humphrey, Blessed”

Middlekauff, Solomon a German Reformed minister, was born near Hagerstown, Maryland, in 1818; was educated at Marshall College, Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, (class of 1839); studied theology in the theological seminary of the German Reformed Church located in the same place; was ordained in 1842, and became pastor of the Lincolnton charge in North Carolina. He died … Continue reading “Middlekauff, Solomon”

Middle Wall (), spoken of the chel or sacred fence (partition) between the Court of the Gentiles and the interior sanctum of the Temple (Eph 2:14). SEE TEMPLE. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Middle Wall See PARTITION. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Middle Wall The law which separated the Jews from the … Continue reading “Middle Wall”

Middle Term (Gr. mesos horos) That one of the three terms in a syllogism which appears in both premisses; so called by Aristotle because in the first, or perfect, figure of the syllogism it is commonly intermediate in extension between the Major Term and the Minor Term. See Aristotelianism; Major Term; Minor Term. See Logic, … Continue reading “Middle Term”

Middle Ages Centuries between ancient and modern times, according to some from the downfall of the Roman Empire to the Renaissance, from the 5th to the 15th century, others preferring to call the first six centuries of this period Dark Ages, and limiting the Middle Ages proper to four. The Dark Ages then would be … Continue reading “Middle Ages”