Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Lee, Charles a Presbyterian minister, was born near Flemingsburg, Ky., May 12, 1818; was converted when about twenty years of age, and, though hitherto a farmer by employment, he decided at once upon the ministry, entered the college at Hanover, Ind., and, after graduating in 1853, studied theology with the president of his alma mater. … Continue reading “Lee, Charles”

Lee, Ann the founder of the sect of Shakers, was born in Manchester, England, Feb. 29, 1736. She was the daughter of a poor mechanic, a blacksmith by trade, and a sister of general Charles Lee of Revolutionary fame. When yet a young girl she married Abraham Standley, of like trade as her father, and … Continue reading “Lee, Ann”

Lee, Andrew D.D., a Congregational minister, was born May 7, 1745 (0. S.), at Lyme, Conn.; graduated at Yale College in 1766; entered the ministry in 1768; was ordained pastor at Lisbon, Conn., Oct. 26,1768; and died Aug. 25,1832. He was made a member of Yale College corporation in 1807. Dr. Lee published An Inquiry … Continue reading “Lee, Andrew”

Lee, Alfred, D.D., LL.D a bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church, was born at Cambridge, Massachusetts, September 9, 1807. Graduating from Harvard College in 1827, he studied law and was admitted to the bar, but in 1837 graduated from the Gelieral Theological Seminary, entered the ministry, and in 1841 was ordained bishop of Delaware. In … Continue reading “Lee, Alfred, D.D., LL.D”

Lee * Note: This forms part of the RV rendering of two verbs, (1) hupopleo, “to sail under” (i.e., under the lee of), from hupo, “under,” pleo, “to sail,” Act 27:4, Act 27:7 (AV, “sailed under”); (2) hupotrecho, “to run in under” (in navigation), “to run under the lee of” (hupo, and a form hupodramon, … Continue reading “Lee”

Ledwich, Edward, D.D an Irish antiquary, fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, subsequently vicar of Aghaboe, Queens County, Ireland, was born in 1739, and died in 1823. He published The Antiquities of Ireland (1794), a very valuable work. He offended many of his countrymen by denying the truth of the legend of St. Patrick. Fuente: Cyclopedia … Continue reading “Ledwich, Edward, D.D”

Ledru, Andre Pierre a French priest and naturalist, was born at Chantenay, Main, January 22,1761. When quite young he entered the priesthood, and during the Revolution adopted its principles, and was appointed curate at Pre-au- Mans. Later he was employed as botanist in Baudin’s expedition to the Canaries and the Antilles (in 1796). He died … Continue reading “Ledru, Andre Pierre”

Ledochowski, Miecislas Halka Count and cardinal, born Gorki, Russian Poland , 1822; died Rome, 1902. After 19 years in the ecclesiastical diplomatic service, he was made Archbishop of Gnesen-Posen. During the Kulturkampf he opposed the German Government’s attempt to suppress religious teaching in Polish, and after being repeatedly fined was cast into the dungeon of … Continue reading “Ledochowski, Miecislas Halka”

Leding in Norse mythology, is the chain with which the wolf Fenris was chained. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Ledieu, Francois abbe, a French ecclesiastic, noted as a writer, was born at Peronne about the middle of the 17th century. In 1684 he became private secretary of the celebrated French pulpit orator Bossuet, bishop of Meaux, and was by this prelate made canon of the church at Meaux. He died at Paris Oct. 7,1713. … Continue reading “Ledieu, Francois”