Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Tindale, William SEE TYNDALE, WILLIAM. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Tindal (l), Nicholas nephew of the preceding, was born in Devonshire in 1687; graduated A.M. from Exeter College in 1713, and was chosen fellow of Trinity College. He entered holy orders and became vicar of Great Waltham, Essex, and rector of Alverstoke, Hampshire. In 1740 he obtained the living of Colbourne, Isle of Wight, and … Continue reading “Tindal (l), Nicholas”

Tindal (l), Matthew one of the successors of Toland and Shaftsbury in the school of English deists or freethinkers, was born at Beer-Ferrers, in Devonshire, about 1657. He was educated at Lincoln and Exeter colleges, Oxford; took his A.B. in 1676 shortly after was elected fellow of All-Souls, and was admitted doctor of laws at … Continue reading “Tindal (l), Matthew”

Tinction a name applied, in the early Church. to the rite of baptism. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Tincker, Mary Agnes Novelist, born at Ellsworth, Maine, 18 July, 1833; died at Boston, Massachusetts, 4 December, 1907. At the age of thirteen she began teaching in the public schools. At fifteen her first literary work was printed. At twenty she became a Catholic, and even her Protestant relatives shared in her sufferings from Knownothing … Continue reading “Tincker, Mary Agnes”

TIN A metal known and used at an early period, Num 31:22, and brought by the Tyrians from Tarshish, Eze 27:12 . In Isa 1:25 it means the alloy of lead, tin, and other base admixtures in silver ore, separated from the pure silver by smelting. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Tin (, bedil, … Continue reading “Tin”

Timucua Indians A principal group or confederacy of Ancient Florida, notable for the successful missions established among them by the Sapaniards and subsequently utterly destroyed by the English of Carolina and their savage Indian allies. The name-written also Atimuca, Thimapoa, Tomoca, by the Spaniards, French, and English respectively-appears to be derived from a word in … Continue reading “Timucua Indians”

Timothy, The Second Epistle to SECOND EPISTLE. (See TIMOTHY, THE FIRST EPISTLE TO.) TIME AND PLACE OF WRITING. In Paul’s prison at Rome, just before his martyrdom. Timothy was possibly still at Ephesus, for Priscilla and Aquila whom Paul salutes generally resided there (2Ti 4:19); also Onesiphorus, who ministered to Paul at Ephesus and therefore … Continue reading “Timothy, The Second Epistle to”

Timothy, The First Epistle to FIRST EPISTLE. Its authenticity as Paul’s writing, and its canonical authority as inspired, were universally recognized by the early church with the solitary exception of the Gnostic Marcion. 1 Timothy and 2 Timothy are in the Peshito Syriac of the second century. The Muratorian Fragment on the canon in the … Continue reading “Timothy, The First Epistle to”

Timothy, The Epistles to (See TIMOTHY; TIMOTHY, THE FIRST EPISTLE TO; TIMOTHY, THE SECOND EPISTLE TO.) Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary