Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Clap, Thomas an eminent Congregational divine, was born at Scituate, Massachusetts, June 26, 1703. While attending Harvard University, where he graduated in 1722, he made a profession of religion. He was ordained pastor over the Congregational Church in Windham, Connecticut, in 1726, and continued there until 1739, when he assumed the presidency of Yale College, … Continue reading “Clap, Thomas (2)”

Clap, Nathaniel a Congregational minister, was born at Dorchester, Massachusetts, in January 1668, and graduated from Harvard College in 1690. He began his work as a minister in Newport, R.I., in 1695. After many trials of faith and patience a Church was formed, of which he was ordained the pastor, November 3, 1720. I He … Continue reading “Clap, Nathaniel”

Clap An emphatic expression of joy, They clapped their hands (nakhah), and said, Long live (the King James Version God save) the king (2Ki 11:12); Oh clap your hands (taka), all ye peoples (Psa 47:1); or exultation (saphak, Lam 2:15; maha), Eze 25:6; taka, Nah 3:19); or repudiation (saphak, Job 27:23; Job 34:37). Figurative: To … Continue reading “Clap”

Clannie, Hugh a Scotch clergyman, took his degree at Edinburgh University in 1675; was called to the living at Kirkbean in 1687, and ordained; was a member of the assemblies of 1690 and 1692, and deposed in 1696 for drunkenness. He was banished in 1713 for marrying persons irregularly. He afterwards joined the “Levellers,” a … Continue reading “Clannie, Hugh”

Clanging an onomatopoeic word, from the battle-cry, alala, is used of “raising the shout of battle,” Jos 6:20; hence, “to make a loud cry or shout,” e.g., Psa 47:1; “to wail,” Jer 29:2; in the NT, in Mar 5:38, of wailing mourners; in 1Co 13:1, of the “clanging” of cymbals (AV, “tinkling”). Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary … Continue reading “Clanging”

Clandestinity (in Canon Law) Strictly speaking, clandestinity signifies a matrimonial impediment introduced by the Council of Trent (Sess. XXIV, c. i) to invalidate marriages contracted at variance with the exigencies of the decree “Tametsi”, commonly so called because the first word of the Latin text is tametsi. The decree reads: Those who attempt to contract … Continue reading “Clandestinity (in Canon Law)”

clandestinity (Latin: clandestinusL, secret, hidden) Illegal secrecy; an impediment to valid marriage. It means that a marriage ceremony of a Catholic is void unless performed by a parish priest in his own parish, or by a bishop in his own diocese , or by a delegate of either. There is an exception in lawful “marriage … Continue reading “clandestinity”

Clancy, John a Presbyterian minister, was born at Johnstown, N.Y., March 26, 1793. He was prepared for college by Reverend Dr.Yale of Kingsborough, and graduated from Middlebury College in 1818; taught one year in the academy at Castleton; graduated from Andover Theological Seminary in 1822, and the following year was city missionary in Boston. He … Continue reading “Clancy, John”

Clancularii were a Christian sect which arose after the Reformation in the 16th century. They attached very little importance to the sacraments. alleging that if religion was seated in the heart there was no need of any outward expression of it. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Clanahan, Samuel a Scotch clergyman, was born July 17, 1779; educated at the parish school; studied at the universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh; was licensed to preach in 1805; became tutor in the family of Robert Hathorn Stewart in 1806; was presented to the living at Glasserton in 1813, and ordained, and died February 27, … Continue reading “Clanahan, Samuel”