Mauburne Or Momboir, Jean an ascetic Belgian author, was born at Brussels about 1460. After having studied grammar and music at the cathedral school of Utrecht, he joined the regular canons of Mont-Saint-Agnss, a famous monastery near Zwoll, and was employed in different positions in the congregation of Windesham. The publication of his first work, … Continue reading “Mauburne Or Momboir, Jean”
Matutinal
Matutinal SEE MATINS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Matuta
Matuta in Roman mythology, was originally an ancient Italian goddess of day- dawn, and later confounded with Letucothea (q.v.), and with Albunea (q.v.). Her festival was celebrated June 11, at which mothers took the children of their sisters on their arms, because Ino (Leucothea) had brought up her sister’s son, Bacchus. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, … Continue reading “Matuta”
Maturin, Charles Robert
Maturin, Charles Robert an Irish divine, was born in 1782, and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. Though popular as a pulpit orator, the income. from his living the curacy of St. Peter’s, in the Irish metropolis was inadequate to his support, and he turned aside to secular literary enterprises. He secured special distinction as … Continue reading “Maturin, Charles Robert”
Mattock
Mattock an old English name for an agricultural implement like a pickaxe with a wide point, for grubbing up and digging out roots and stones, is the rendering adopted in the Auth. Vers. for three Hebrew words. (mader’, an instrument for dressing or pruning a vineyard; occurs only in Isa 7:25) denotes a weeding-hook or … Continue reading “Mattock”
Mattithiah
Mattithiah (Heb. Mattithyah’, , gift of Jehovah, compare , Theodore; also in the prolonged form Mattithya’hu, , 1Ch 15:18; 1Ch 15:21; 1Ch 25:3; 1Ch 25:21; Sept. , but in Ezr 10:43 v. r. ; so also , 1Ma 2:1; Luk 3:25-26) the name of three or four men in the Old Test. and of one … Continue reading “Mattithiah”
Mattison, Spencer
Mattison, Spencer A.M., a Methodist Episcopal minister and educator, was born at Plainfield, N. Y., Aug. 2, 1808; was converted in 1825; graduated, with first honors, at Middlebury College, Vt., in 1835; joined Troy Conference the same year, but on his second charge his health failed, and he went to Georgia. On recovery he spent … Continue reading “Mattison, Spencer”
Mattison, Seth
Mattison, Seth a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Shaftesbury, Vt., Feb. 22, 1788; joined the Methodist Church in 1805; entered the Genesee Conference in 1810; and died Oct. 18, 1845, having preached with eminent usefulness and great holiness the Gospel of Christ for thirty-four years. Minutes of Conferences, 3:643. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological … Continue reading “Mattison, Seth”
Mattison, Hiram, D.D.
Mattison, Hiram, D.D. a prominent divine of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born at Norway, Herkimer County, N.Y., Feb. 8,1811. Three years afterwards his parents, who were natives of New England, removed to Oswego County, and settled near the present city of Oswego. His mother, besides rearing her own twelve children, became the foster-mother of … Continue reading “Mattison, Hiram, D.D.”
Matthieson
Matthieson SEE ANABAPTISTS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature