Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Linsley, Joel H., D.D a Congregational minister, was born at Cornwall, Vermont. July 16, 1790. Under private tuition, and afterwards at the Addison County Grammar- school, he acquired his preliminary training, and graduated from Middlebury College in 1811. For a year he taught school in Windsor, and in 1812 began the study of law. In … Continue reading “Linsley, Joel H., D.D”

Linoe A titular see of Bithynia Secunda, known only from the “Notitiae Episcopatuum” which mention it as late as the twelfth and thirteenth centuries as a suffragan of Nicaea. The Emperor Justinian must have raised it to the rank of a city. It is probably the modern town of Biledjik, a station on the Hnidar-Pasha … Continue reading “Linoe”

Linn, William D.D., a Reformed (Dutch) minister, was born near Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, February 27, 1752. He graduated from Princeton College in 1772 with honor, studied divinity with Reverend Dr. Robert Cooper, of Middle Spring, Pennsylvania, and in 1775 was licensed to preach by Donegal Presbytery. Fired with the patriotism of the Revolution, he became a … Continue reading “Linn, William”

Linn, John Blair D.D., son of the succeeding, a Presbyterian minister, was born at Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, March 14, 1777, and graduated in 1795 at Columbia College, where he distinguished himself by his proficiency in polite literature. Having abandoned the study of law, he removed to Schenectady, where he studied theology, and was licensed in 1798. … Continue reading “Linn, John Blair”

Linn, James, D.D a Presbyterian minister, was born in Sherman’s Valley (now Perry County), Pennsylvania, September 4, 1783. He graduated at Dickinson College in 1805, and studied theology with Dr. Williams. He was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Carlisle, September 27, 1809, visited the congregations of Spruce Creek and Sinking Valley, and was … Continue reading “Linn, James, D.D”

Linkouml;ping, Ancient See of (LINCOPIA; LINCOPENSIS.) Located in Sweden; originally included Östergötland, the Islands of Gotland and Öland, and Smaaland. The district of Värend in Smaaland was taken from Linköping and formed into the Diocese of Vexiö about 1160. From 990 to 1100 the Diocese of Skara embraced the whole country of the Goths (Gauthiod); … Continue reading “Linkouml;ping, Ancient See of”

Link, Wenceslaus a German theologian, noted for his efforts in behalf of Martin Luther and the cause of the reformatory movement, was born at Colditz, near Meissen, Saxony, about 1483. He was an Augustinian monk of the convent Waldheim when he went to the Wittenberg University to pursue theological studies, and, after attaining to the … Continue reading “Link, Wenceslaus”

Link, Johann Wolfgang Conrad a German theologian, was born at Pirmasens April 23, 1753. In 1771 he entered the University of Giessen, and in 1774 was graduated A.M. In 1775 he obtained the chair of philosophy at that university as professor extraordinary, and in 1778 he became pastor at Bischofsheim, near Darmstadt. He died suddenly … Continue reading “Link, Johann Wolfgang Conrad”

Linger “to be idle, to linger” (akin to argos, “idle:” see katargeo, under ABOLISH), is used negatively regarding the judgment of the persons mentioned in 2Pe 2:3. In the Sept., Ezr 4:24; Ecc 12:3. Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

Lingendes, Jean de a French pulpit orator, a relative of the preceding, was born at Moulins in 1595. As chaplain to Louis XIII, he became quite eminent for his great talents in the pulpit. He was made bishop of Macon in 1650. He died in 1665. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Gezer. 31:278. Fuente: Cyclopedia of … Continue reading “Lingendes, Jean de”