Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

London Missionary Society SEE MISSIONARY SOCIETIES. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

London, England, diocese of Founded 604, with Mellitus as first bishop, after whose successor, Wine, the line is unbroken until the incumbency of the last Catholic bishop, Edmund Bonner (1553-1569), with whose imprisonment by Elizabeth the Catholic diocese ends. Numbered among its bishops are two canonized saints, Erkenwald (675) and Dunstan (958); another, Roger Niger, … Continue reading “London, England, diocese of”

London, England, city of (Celtic: Llyndin, Lake-forest) The capital of England , on the Thames River. Little is certainly known of its early history except that it was inhabited by the Celts at the time of the Roman invasion, 43 A.D. It came under Saxon control, c.570, was made a bishopric, 604 , and received … Continue reading “London, England, city of”

London (Ontario) DIOCESE OF LONDON (LONDINENSIS) Diocese in Canada, established 21 February, 1855; see transferred to Sandwich, 2 February, 1859, transferred back to London, 3 October, 1869; comprises Middlesex, Elgin, Norfolk, Oxford, Perth, Huron, Lambion, Kent, and Essex Counties in the south-western section of Ontario, Canada. The incorporation of the city of London and its … Continue reading “London (Ontario)”

London (England) London, the capital of England and chief city of the British Empire, is situated about fifty miles from the mouth of the Thames, Lat. 51°30′, Long. 0°5′. The word London is used in widely different senses for administrative purposes:– The City of London, with a population of 26,923, occupying an area of 668 … Continue reading “London (England)”

Lon, Johanna Michael a German Protestant jurist and theologian, was born at Frankfort-on-the- Main in 1695. He studied jurisprudence at Marburg, became soon known as an essayist on questions of morals, philosophy, and theology, which he treated with great ease and brilliancy, although occasionally inaccurate in his statements, and was finally appointed president of the … Continue reading “Lon, Johanna Michael”

Lomnie de Brienne, Etienne-Charles de French cardinal and statesman; b. at Paris, 1727; d. at Sens, 1794. He was of noble lineage, studied at the Collège d’Harcourt and then at the Sorbonne, where, in spite of certain suggestions of unorthodoxy, he was given the doctorate of theology. Ordained priest in 1752, he became successively Vicar-General … Continue reading “Loménie de Brienne, Etienne-Charles de”

Lomus in Hind mythology, is the first created being, formed by Brahma when he commenced to exist. He immediately concluded to devote himself only to the contemplation of divine things, and, in order to be undisturbed, buried himself in the ground. This pleased the gods so much that they loaded him with favors, increased and … Continue reading “Lomus”

Lommatzsch, Karl Heinrich Eduard a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born September 22, 1802, at Grosschonau, near Zittau. He commenced his academical career at Berlin in 1829, was in 1832 professor at the theological seminary in Wittenberg, and died August 19, 1882, doctor of theology. Lommatzsch is especially known as the editor of De la … Continue reading “Lommatzsch, Karl Heinrich Eduard”

Lomenie, De Brienne, Etienne Charles De a very celebrated French prelate, was born at Paris in 1727. He renounced his primogeniture and the rigors of military glory for the easy honors of the Church, and became a great and powerful opponent of the Protestants. Promoted in 1763 to the archbishopric of Toulouse, he aspired, it … Continue reading “Lomenie, De Brienne, Etienne Charles De”