Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Veal, Edward, A.M an English Dissenting minister and tutor, was born in 1631. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford; went to Dublin and became senior fellow of Trinity College; returned to England for ordination; went again to Ireland and preached there for several years; but was afterwards stripped of his fellowship and returned to … Continue reading “Veal, Edward, A.M”

Veadar [Ve-a’dar] See MONTHS. Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary

V.E. = Verbo Encarnado Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Ve in Norse mythology, was a brother of Vile and Odin, which three together created the first parents, Ask and Embla. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Vaz, Blessed Joseph A Goanese priest, Apostle of Ceylon [Sri Lanka], b. at Goa, 21 April, 1651; d. at Kandy, 16 Jan., 1711. His parents were Christians of the Konkani Brahmin caste. He learned Portuguese in Sancoale, his father’s village, and Latin in Baulim, his mother’s village, studied rhetoric at the Jesuit college and philosophy … Continue reading “Vaz, Blessed Joseph”

Vayu (Sanscrit va, blow), in Hindu mythology, a deity which originally held an equal rank with Indra, but which much more rarely occupies the imagination of the poets than Indra or Agni. See Muir, Contributions to a Knowledge of the Vedic Theogony and in Mythology, in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1864. Fuente: … Continue reading “Vayu”

Vayer, Francois de la Mothe Le See Mothe le Vayer. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Vavasseur, Francois a Jesuit of France, eminently distinguished for his accomplishments in belles-lettres, was born in 1605 at Paray. He entered the Society of Jesuits in 1621, and taught polite literature and rhetoric for seven years. In 1645 he was called to Paris to teach Holy Scripture, and died there Dec. 16, i681. He understood … Continue reading “Vavasseur, Francois”

Vavasseur, Franccedil;ois Humanist and controversialist, b. at Paray-le-Monial, 8 Dec., 1605; d. at Paris, 16 Dec., 1681. He entered the Society of Jesus, 25 Oct., 1621, taught humanities and rhetoric for seven years, then positive theology and Scripture at Bourges, and later at Paris. His first work was a paraphrase of the Book of Job … Continue reading “Vavasseur, Franccedil;ois”

Vavasour, Thomas English Catholic physician, pensioner of St. John’s College, Cambridge, b. about 1536-7; d. at Hull, 2 May, 1585. On 25 June, 1549, at the disputations held before the king’s commissioners at Cambridge, Vavasour was one of the disputants in favour of Transubstantiation and the Sacrifice of the Mass. He subsequently went to Venice … Continue reading “Vavasour, Thomas”

Vav vav. See WAW. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia