Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Marselus, Nicholas J., D.D a minister of the Reformed (Dutch) Church, was born in Mohawk Valley in 1792. He graduated from Union College in 1810, and from New Brunswick Seminary in 1815; was licensed by the Classis of New Brunswick, became pastor at Greenbush and Blooming Grove from 1815 to 1822, New York city from … Continue reading “Marselus, Nicholas J., D.D”

Marseilles Diocese of Marseilles (Massiliensis), suffragan of Aix, comprises the district of Marseilles in the Department of Bouches-du-Rhône. Founded about 600 B.C. by a colony of Phoenicians and taken by Cæsar in 49 B.C., Marseilles was captured by the Visigoths in A.D. 480; later it belonged to the Burgundians, afterwards, from 507-537, to the Ostrogoth … Continue reading “Marseilles”

Marsden, Samuel one of the noblest missionary workers the Church of England ever sent out to battle for Christ, the noted Australian chaplain and friend of the Maori, was born of humble parentage in 1764, and was educated at the free grammar-school at Hull, by the celebrated English divine Dr. Joseph Milner. Samuel began life … Continue reading “Marsden, Samuel”

Marsden, J.B an English divine, was born about 1803. He graduated from St. John’s College, Cambridge, in 1827, and was ordained to the curacy of Burslem, Staffordshire, from whence he removed to the curacy of Harrow, Middlesex. From 1833 to 1844 he held the rectory of.Tooting, Surrey, during the minority of his successor. From 1844 … Continue reading “Marsden, J.B”

Marscheran The eighth month, like October. Fuente: The Poor Mans Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures

Marsay, Charles Hector De St. Georges Marquis de, a French mystic, was born in 1688 at Paris, whither his parents, pious members of the Reformed Church, had fled to avoid the persecution raging against the Protestants in the provinces. While yet a youth the whole family removed to Germany- and there Charles I took part … Continue reading “Marsay, Charles Hector De St. Georges”

Mars, St a French hermit, was born at Bais, near La Guerche, about 510. He was priest at Vitre, and acquired a great reputation for piety. When old, he constructed a hermitage for himself in some waste land in the neighborhood of the village of Mars, and there ended his days. His tomb became celebrated … Continue reading “Mars, St”

Mars Hill ( , collis Kartius, Act 17:22, the Areopagus, as in Act 17:19; so called, according to Pausan. 1:28, 5, from the fact that Mars was first judged there), a limestone hill in Athens, northwest of the Acropolis (Herod. 8:52), and considerably lower (Pococke, East, iii, tab. 65), where (even down to the time … Continue reading “Mars’ Hill”

Mars a contraction of Mavers or Mavors, in the Oscan or Sabine language Mamers, Greek Avers, is the name of the Roman and Greek god of war, or, better, of battles. (1) With the Romans this divinity is surnamed Gradivus (=grandis divus, the great god), also Silvalus, and appears to have been originally an agricultural … Continue reading “Mars”

Marryat, Zephaniah, D.D an English Independent minister, was born about 1684. He was first an assistant preacher at Union Street, Southwark, with Mr. Samuel Palmer, who had a controversy with the Reverend John Wesley’s father, and succeeded as sole pastor in 1710. He became a master of Greek literature. In 1720 he acquired reputation by … Continue reading “Marryat, Zephaniah, D.D”