Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Latvia Republic of Europe, on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, between Lithuania and Estonia. Christianity was preached in this region in the 12th century, and in 1200 the Diocese of Livonia of the Latin Rite, was established; its cathedral at Riga was built about 1206, and it became an archdiocese in 1255. The … Continue reading “Latvia”

Latuinus, Saint traditionary first bishop of Seez, commemorated June 20, is said to have been sent into Gaul by Clement of Rome, and is assigned to some period earlier than A.D. 500. He is believed to be the saint popularly known as St. Lain, whom the Bollandists place at the beginning of the second century. … Continue reading “Latuinus, Saint”

Lattre, Roland de Last and greatest of the Netherland School of composers, born Mons, Belgium, c.1532; died Munich, Germany, 1594. Brought to Italy early by his patron, Ferdinand de Gonzaga, he became choirmaster at Saint John Lateran. He finally settled in Munich as director of chamber-music, 1556-1567, and chapel master, 1560, to Albert V, Duke … Continue reading “Lattre, Roland de”

LATTICE See HOUSE. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Lattice stands in the Auth.Vers. for the following Hebrew words in certain passages: 1. (eshnah’, so called from darkening a room), a latticed opening through which the cool breeze passes, and which at the same time screens the inmates, especially females, from exterior sight (Jdg 5:28; … Continue reading “Lattice”

Latter Days See ESCHATOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Latter-Day Saints, The Church of Jesus Christ of (Also called the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.) This religious body had its origin during the early part of the nineteenth century. Joseph Smith, the founder and first president of the sect, was the son of a Vermont farmer, and was born in Sharon township, … Continue reading “Latter-Day Saints, The Church of Jesus Christ of”

Latter Day Saints A Protestant sect founded by Joseph Smith at Fayette, Seneca County, New York, 1830. The following year headquarters were established at Kirtland, Ohio, and Smith and his associates organized many churches. They were expelled from Missouri, 1839, as a result of friction between them and the early settlers. Smith and his brother … Continue reading “Latter-Day Saints”

Latter akin to opse and opsios (see LATE), denotes “late,” or “latter,” and is used of “the latter rain” in Jam 5:7 (the most authentic mss. omit huetos, “rain;” some have karpos, “fruit”); this rain falls in March and April, just before the harvest, in contrast to the early rain, in October. In the Sept., … Continue reading “Latter”

latten Deeply incised sheets of a hard alloy of brass, called latten, used on account of their durability, as memorial slabs over graves in churches; or let into the wall of churches as memorials, from about the 13th to the 18th century , in England and on the Continent. They were usually engraved with a … Continue reading “latten”

Latta, William, D.D a Presbyterian minister, was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in May 1769. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, studied theology with his father, Dr. James Latta, was ordained over the Church in Great Valley, Pennsylvania, in 1798, and continued there until his death in February 1847. See Nevin, Presb. Encyclop. s.v. … Continue reading “Latta, William, D.D”