Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Churl (, kilay’, Isa 32:5; or , kelay’, Isa 32:7), a deceiver (as it should have been rendered); while CHURLISH is the proper rendering (of , kasheh’, rough, as often elsewhere rendered) for a coarse, ill-natured fellow (1Sa 25:3; compare 2Ma 14:20; Sir 18:18; Sir 42:14), like Nabal (q.v.). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and … Continue reading “Churl”

Churillo SEE KASCZEJ. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Churen in Hinda mythology, was a giant, and king of the evil daemons. He was besieged by Kaartikeya, the twelve-handed anid six-headed son of Shiva, and the two sisters Uma and Ganga, and afterwards married Indra’s daughter Denanei. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

churchwardens Officials charged with the care of the secular offices of Anglican churches and, in England , supervisors of the poor. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Churchman, John a minister of the Society of Friends, was born at Nottingham, Cheshire County, Pennsylvania, June 4, 1705. He became an established Christian when about twenty, and was recommended,” in the winter of 1735-36, as a preacher. For the next two or three years he exercised his ministry in Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia, … Continue reading “Churchman, John”

Churching of Women A blessing given by the Church to mothers after childbirth. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Churching of Women A blessing given by the Church to mothers after recovery from childbirth. Only a Catholic woman who has given birth to a child in legitimate wedlock, provided she has not allowed the child to be … Continue reading “Churching Of Women”

Churchill, John a Congregational minister, was born at Litchfield, Connecticut, February 15, 1811. For a short time he attended Amherst College, and then, from 1833 to 1835, studied medicine at Yale College. In 1839 he graduated from Yale Divinity School. From April 22, 1840, he was pastor of the North Congregational Church in Woodbury, Connecticut, … Continue reading “Churchill, John”

Churchill, James an English Congregational minister, was born at Portsea, October 7, 1766. He was converted when about nineteen years old, and admitted, in February 1789, to Homerton College, where he remained till 1795. He became pastor at Ongar, Essex, in February 1796; removed to Henley- upon-Thames in 1807, and in 1813 to Thames Ditton, … Continue reading “Churchill, James”

Churchill-Hudson Bay, Canada, diocese of Established as the Prefecture Apostolic of Hudson Bay, Canada on 15 July 1925 from the northern portion of the Vicariate of Keewatin as a suffragan of Saint Boniface. Elevated to the Vicariate Apostolic of Hudson Bay on 21 December 1931. Elevated to the Diocese of Churchill on 13 July 1967. … Continue reading “Churchill-Hudson Bay, Canada, diocese of”

Churchill, Charles an English clergyman and poet, was born in the parish of St. John the Evangelist, Westminster, in February 1731. He was educated at Westminster School, and admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge, but left immediately and never returned He was ordained priest in 1756, and then exercised his clerical functions at Cadbury, Somersetshire, and … Continue reading “Churchill, Charles”