Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Memling, Hans Or Jan a celebrated Flemish painter, was born at Constanz in 1439, according to Dr. Boisseree, but other authorities, among whom may be cited Mrs. Heaton, assert positively that his birthplace was Bruges, and that he was born in 1430. There was for a long time a fierce controversy as to this painter’s … Continue reading “Memling, Hans Or Jan”

Memling, Hans Painter, born probably Mainz, Germany, c.1430; died Bruges, Belgium, 1494. He is thought to have studied in Cologne, and later to have been a pupil of Roger van der Weyden. His work unites Flemish skill and German piety. Tenderness, delicacy, lovely landscapes, and charming detail are his characteristics. The Hospital of Saint John … Continue reading “Memling, Hans”

Memlinc, Hans Painter, born probably Mainz, Germany, c.1430; died Bruges, Belgium, 1494. He is thought to have studied in Cologne, and later to have been a pupil of Roger van der Weyden. His work unites Flemish skill and German piety. Tenderness, delicacy, lovely landscapes, and charming detail are his characteristics. The Hospital of Saint John … Continue reading “Memlinc, Hans”

Memeroth MEMEROTH (1Es 8:2) = Meraioth, an ancestor of Ezra (Ezr 7:3); called Marimoth. in 2Es 1:2. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Memeroth meme-roth (Codex Alexandrinus, , Mareroth; Codex Vaticanus here omits Memeroth and two other names; the King James Version Meremoth): A name in the genealogy of Ezra (1 Esdras 8:2) = Meraioth … Continue reading “Memeroth”

Memento rerum Conditor Name once commonly but erroneously applied to the Middle Ages, chiefly by writers and others who sought to create the impression that during those ages, from about 500 to 1500, the Ages of Faith, as they were also called, there was little or no progress in any field of life, government, social … Continue reading “Memento rerum Conditor”

Memento Mori remember death. It was God himself who first gave this admonition to fallen Adam (Gen 3:19). Such admonitions we find in the Old and New Testament, and that very frequently, no doubt with intent to remind us constantly of the final day, of the end of life. Philip, king of Macedon, it is … Continue reading “Memento Mori”

Membre, Zenobius Born 1645 at Bapaume, Department of Pas-de-Calais, France, he was a member of the Franciscan province of St. Antony. He arrived in Canada in 1675, and in 1679 he accompanied Robert de la Salle to the country of the Illinois, of which he wrote a description. Though Membre laboured zealously for the conversion … Continue reading “Membre, Zenobius”

Memberton Principal chief of the Micmac Indians of Nova Scotia at the time of the establishment of the French colony under de Monts and Poutrincourt in 1605, and noted in mission annals of the first Christian in the tribe. The French form Memberton is a dialectic corruption of the Micmac name Maopeltu, which is itself … Continue reading “Memberton”

Membership In The Christian Church, Conditions Of We may premise in general that, with the exception of the Quakers or Friends (q.v.), the one essential and universal mode or sign of admission to Church communion is baptism (q.v.), and that all bodies of Christendom, except the so-called Baptists (q.v.), administer the rite to infants as … Continue reading “Membership In The Christian Church, Conditions Of”

Member (in the plur. , yetsirim, forms, Job 17:7; , parts, i.e. limbs) properly denotes a part of the natural body (1Co 12:12-25); figuratively, sensual affection, like a body consisting of many members (Rom 7:23); also true believers, members of Christ’s Mystical body, as forming one society or body, of which Christ is the head … Continue reading “Member”