Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Malay Version Of The Scriptures The Scriptures, either in whole or in part, were translated into Malayan several times. The first translation was made by John Van Hasel, a director of the East India Company, formed in 1602. When he had completed a version of the gospel according to Matthew, he handed over the MS. … Continue reading “Malay Version Of The Scriptures”

Malay Archipelago also called the INDIAN or EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO and MALAISIA, by far the largest, if not the most important island group, or rather system of island groups in the world, of which the principal are the Sunda Islands (embracing Sumatra, Java, etc.), the Philippines, and the Moluccas, or Spice Islands. They are treated severally … Continue reading “Malay Archipelago”

Malatesta, House of The name of an Italian family prominent in the history of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, famous alike in the poetry of Dante and in the annals of the early Renaissance. The founder of their power was Malatesta da Verrucchio (died 1312), the leader of the Guelphs in Romagna, who in 1295 … Continue reading “Malatesta, House of”

Malan, Abraham Henri Caesar, D.D. one of the most noted of Swiss Protestant divines of our day, was born at Geneva July 7, 1787. When but an infant of three years Malan exhibited great powers of intellectual superiority, and the hopes which he awaken(d while yet an inmate of the cradle by securing a prize … Continue reading “Malan, Abraham Henri Caesar, D.D.”

Malakans or MILK-EATERS (Russian Molocani. i.e. those who, contrary to the rule of the Eastern Church, take milk on fast-days), is the name of a religious sect in the Russo-Greek Church. The name Malakans is a term of contempt applied to these religionists, and originated. as the word Shaker, Methodist, etc., among those who did … Continue reading “Malakans”

Malagrida, Gabriele an Italian theologian and preacher, who flourished in Portugal in the first half of the 18th century, was born in the Milanese in 1689. He entered the Order of the Jesuits, removed to Portugal, and became popular as a pulpit orator and a theological writer. In 1758, when an attempt at assassination was … Continue reading “Malagrida, Gabriele”

Malagrida, Gabriel Jesuit, born Menaggio, Italy, 1689; died Lisbon, 1761. After laboring nearly thirty years on the Brazilian mission, he was called to the Portuguese Court; later he incurred the animosity of Pombal, who had him falsely accuied of conspiracy and strangled to death at an auto-da-fe. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Malagrida, Gabriel A Jesuit … Continue reading “Malagrida, Gabriel”

Malagasi Version Of The Scriptures Malagasi is the language spoken on the island of Madagascar (q.v.). The gospel was not proclaimed to the people of this isle till 1818, when the Reverend Messrs. Jones and Beaven were sent to labor among them by the Church Missionary Society. The translation of the Bible occupied the greater … Continue reading “Malagasi Version Of The Scriptures”

Malaga Diocese of Malaga (Malacitana). Diocese in Spain, by the Concordat of 1851 made a suffragan of Granada, having previously been dependent on Seville. Malaga was the Malaka of Strabo and Ptolemy and the Malaca fæderatorum of Pliny. It was important during the Carthaginian period, because a municipium under Roman rule, and under the Visigoths … Continue reading “Malaga”

Malachy, St. archbishop of Armagh, one of the most noted characters in Irish Church History, was born of a noble family at Armagh about 1195. While vet a youth he retired from the world to subject himself to a most rigid asceticism under the abbot Imar of Armagh. His humility and fervor soon gained him … Continue reading “Malachy, St.”