Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Lord, Brethren of the Certain relatives of Christ mentioned in several passages of the New Testament. They are recognized as four in number. The most prominent member of the group is James the Less (Mark, 15), called “the brother of the Lord” (Galatians 1). He is to be distinguished from James, the brother of John, … Continue reading “Lord, Brethren of the”

Lord, Benjamin D.D., a Congregational minister. was born in 1693 at Saybrook, Connecticut, graduated at Yale College in 1714, was chosen tutor in 1715, was ordained pastor November 20, 1717, in Norwich, and there preached until his death, March 31, 1784. He was made a member of Yale College corporation in 1740, and remained such … Continue reading “Lord, Benjamin”

LORD This name belongs to God by preeminence; and in this sense ought never to be given to any creature. Jesus Christ, as the Messiah, the Son of God, and equal with the Father, is often called Lord in Scripture, especially in the writing of Paul. The word LORD, in the English Bible, when printed … Continue reading “Lord”

Lorck, Josiah a Lutheran theologian of Copenhagen, was born January 3, 1723, at Flensburg, and died February 8, 1785. He published, Die Bibelgeschichte in einigen Beitragen erldutert (Copenhagen, 1779): Beitrage zu der neuesten Kirchengeschichte in den koniglichen ddnischen Reichen (1757- 62, 2 volumes). See Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1:69, 832. (B.P.) Fuente: Cyclopedia of … Continue reading “Lorck, Josiah”

Lorcan Ua Tuathail Confessor, Archbishop of Dublin, born County Kildare, Ireland, c.1128; died Eu, France, 1180. He studied at Glendalough, and became Abbot of Saint Kevin’s in 1154. Eight years later he was made Archbishop of Dublin, his appointment marking the liberation of his see from obedience to Canterbury. He attended the Lateran Council, 1179, … Continue reading “Lorcan Ua Tuathail”

Lorance, James Houston a Presbyterian minister, was born at Mount Pleasant, Tennesee, June 1, 1820. He was educated in Princeton College, N.J., and in divinity in the Princeton Theological Seminary (class of 1846), and was licensed by New Brunswick Presbytery, commenced active work at Whitesville, Alabama, and subsequently was ordained by Palmyra Presbytery as pastor … Continue reading “Lorance, James Houston”

Loqui, Martin SEE TABORITES. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Lopez-Caro, Francisco Spanish artist, b. at Seville in 1598; d. at Madrid in 1662; he was a pupil of Juan de Las Roelas, the painter of the great altar-piece in the church of St. Isidore in Seville, of the “Martyrdom of St. Andrew” in the museum at Seville, and of the pictures in the university … Continue reading “Lopez-Caro, Francisco”

Lope de Vera, Y Alarcan a Christian convert to Judaism, suffered martyrdom for his apostasy by the hands of the inquisitors’ tribunal of Spain. The descendant of a noble Spanish family, he had, while a student at Salamanca, interested himself in the study of Jewish literature and Judaism, and finally made a public confession of … Continue reading “Lope de Vera, Y Alarcan”

Lope de Vega Carpio, Flix de Poet and dramatist, b. at Madrid, 1562; d. 23 Aug., 1635. With Lope de Vega begins the era of dramatic glory in Spanish literature of the Golden Age. He seems to have been an extraordinarily precocious child, whence the term “monstruo de la naturaleza”, “freak of nature”, which clung … Continue reading “Lope de Vega Carpio, Félix de”