Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Clasens, D. a Dutch engraver, who flourished about 1660, etched a number of plates, among which is one of The Virgin and Infant, with St. John and an Angel. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Clary. Joseph Ward a Congregational minister, was born in New York. He graduated at Middlebury College in 1808, and at Andover Theological Seminary in 1811; was ordained May 7, 1812, pastor of First Church, Dover, N. H.; was pastor at Cornish; from 1828 to 1834; and without charge at Cornish till his death, April 13,1835. … Continue reading “Clary. Joseph Ward”

Clary, Dexter a Congregational minister, was born in Conwav, Mass., Feb. 1,1798. For a while he was a merchant in Sackett’s Harbor, N. Y., and then entered upon a course of study with a view to the ministry, receiving license to preach in 1828. Under commission of the Western Domestic Missionary Society he labored a. … Continue reading “Clary, Dexter”

Claromontanus, Codex SEE CLERMONT MANUSCRIPT. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Clarkson, William Henry an English Wesleyan minister, was born. at York. He was brought up in tile Established Church, but converted among the Methodists. He began his ministry at Rye, where his labors were signally blessed, and during a long course in the travelling ministry the same success attended him. He was for many years … Continue reading “Clarkson, William Henry”

Clarkson, Thomas B. an Associate minister, was born in 1794; finished his theological course in 1819, and was licensed the year after. He was ordained Aug. 13, 1822; was pastor at Mercersburg and McConnelsburg from 1823 to 1833; then resigned on account of ill-health, and died in 1836. See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, … Continue reading “Clarkson, Thomas B.”

Clarkson, Thomas was born March 26, 1760, at Wisbeach, Cambridgeshire, where his father, a clergyman, was master of the free grammar-school. He studied at St. John’s College, Cambridge, and became a promoter of the anti-slavery agitation in Great Britain by a Latin prize-essay which he wrote in 1785, on the question, Is it right to … Continue reading “Clarkson, Thomas”

Clarkson, Robert Harper, D.D., LL.D a bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church, was born at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, November 19, 1826. He graduated from. Pennsylvania College in 1844, and studied theology at St. James’s College; was ordained deacon in 1848; became rector of St. James’s Church, Chicago, in 1849 was consecrated bishop of Nebraska, November 15, … Continue reading “Clarkson, Robert Harper, D.D., LL.D”

Clarkson, Joseph a Protestant Episcopal minister, was born in 1766. During the early part of the Revolution he attended a classical school in Lancaster, Pa., of which Dr. Robert Smith, a Presbyterian clergyman, was principal. In 1782 he graduated at the University of Pennsylvania, and, after studying theology, was ordained deacon in 1787. in which … Continue reading “Clarkson, Joseph”

Clarkson, James an Associate minister, was born, educated, and licensed in Scotland. In 1772. he was sent to America by the General Associate Synod of Scotland; was ordained and settled as pastor of the Associate Reformed Church in Guinston, York Co., Pa., and died in 18i1. Mr. Clarkson took an active part in discussions which … Continue reading “Clarkson, James”