Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Clay, Joseph a Baptist minister, was born at Savannah, Ga., Aug. 16, 1764. He graduated at Princeton College in 1784 with the highest honors in his class, and was licensed to preach in 1804; in 1806 became associate pastor with Dr. Stillman in the First Baptist Church, of Boston,. and after the death of. the … Continue reading “Clay, Joseph”

Clay, Jonathan a Free-will Baptist minister, was born at Buxton, Me., Dec. 13, 1775, and was converted in 1805. Soon after he began to preach, and was ordained in 1815. His family were supported by the fruits of his labor as a farmer, his services being for many years confined to his native place. Upon … Continue reading “Clay, Jonathan”

Clay, Johnnan English Baptist minister, was born at Aberdeen, Scotland, Sept. 4, 1790, and, while a child, removed with his parents to England. He united with the Church at Portsea, March 22,-1797. In 1821 he became associate pastor at Festin, and in 1829 pastor of a church at Landport, where he remained several years. He … Continue reading “Clay, Johnnan”

Clay, Eleazer a Baptist minister, was born in Virginia, May 2, 1744. He was baptized in August, 1771, and ordained pastor at Chesterfield in 1775. Possessing a competent estate, he was able to assist his ministerial brethren who were suffering from persecution, and send relief to the families of those who had been thrown into … Continue reading “Clay, Eleazer”

CLAY Designed for earthenware was trodden by the feet to mix it well, Isa 41:25, was molded on a wheel, and then baked in a kiln, Jer 18:3 43:9. The potter’s art is referred to in Scripture to illustrate man’s dependence upon God, Isa 64:8 1Ch 9:21 . See POTTER. Clay seems to have been … Continue reading “Clay”

Claxton, Robert Bethell, D.D. an Episcopal minister, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1814. In 1838 he entered Yale College, and subsequently studied at the Theological Seminary at Alexandria, Va. After his ordination he labored at different places until 1863, when he was called as professor of homiletics to the Divinity School at Philadelphia. In … Continue reading “Claxton, Robert Bethell, D.D.”

Claxton, Marshall an English Wesleyan minister, was born at Yarm, Jan. 1, 1779. He was a local preacher at the age of sixteen, entered the itinerancy in 1799, and died July 15, 1832. His disposition was amiable, his abilities solid, and his labors useful. See Minutes of the British Conference, 1832. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, … Continue reading “Claxton, Marshall”

Clawson, Samuel a minister of the Methodist Protestant Church; was born in Jefferson County, Pa., in 1806. He was converted when quite a youth, entered the ministry in 1834, became a member of the Pittsburgh Conference, afterwards joined the West Virginia Conference, and died at Weston, W. Va., in August, 1882. He was noted for … Continue reading “Clawson, Samuel”

Claw (, parsah’, cleft, i.e. cloven foot), prop. a hoof (as usually rendered) of a bifurcated animal (Exo 10:26; Mic 4:13; Eze 32:11), or of a solid-footed quadruped (e.g. a horse, Isa 5:28; Jer 47:3); hence for the distinctive mark of a clean (q.v.) creature (claw, Deu 14:16), or the sharp weapons of a beast … Continue reading “Claw”

Clavus, Claudius Catholic , cartographer and geographer . Born Salling, Denmark , 1388 . He was apparently an ecclesiastic. His maps of northwestern Europe and Greenland , accompanied by descriptions of those regions, exercised a great influence on the development of cartography , his works being utilized by the leading map-makers for four centuries. Fuente: … Continue reading “Clavus, Claudius”