Church-ales is a name for festivals at which the benefactions of the people at their sports and pastimes being collected, were devoted to recast the bells, repair towers, beautify churches, and raise funds for the poor. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Church, African
Church, African Christian communities of Roman Africa , which comprised what is now Tripoli, Algeria , and Morocco. The historical period begins with groups of martyrs , 180 ; in spite of persecutions Christianity rapidly spread from Carthage through the provinces. In the beginning of the 3rd century the edict of Emperor Decius started a … Continue reading “Church, African”
Church, Abyssinian
Church, Abyssinian SEE ABYSSINIAN. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Church, Aaron B
Church, Aaron B a Congregational minister, was born in Massachusetts in 1798.. He graduated from Middlebury College in 1822, and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1825 was ordained June 21, 1826; was, pastor at Calais, Maine, from 1828 to 1834; stated supply of the Presbyterian Church at Princeton, Illinois, from 1849 to 1853, and died … Continue reading “Church, Aaron B”
Church, Aaron
Church, Aaron a Congregational minister, graduated in 1765 from Yale College; was settled as pastor in Hartland, Conn., in 1780; resigned in 1814, and died in 1823. See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, 5:383. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Church
CHURCH The Greek word translated church signifies generally an assembly, either common or religious; and it is sometimes so translated, as in Mal 19:32,39 . In the New Testament it usually means a congregation of religious worshippers, either Jewish, as Mal 7:38, or Christians, as Mat 16:18 1Co 6:4 . The latter sense is the … Continue reading “Church”
Chur
Chur (Anciently CURIA RHÆTORUM, in Ital. COIRA, Fr. COÏRE, in the local Romance language CUERA), DIOCESE of (CURIENSIS) Comprises at present the Swiss Cantons of Graubünden (Grisons), Glarus, Zürich, Unterwalden, and Uri, as well as the little Principality of Lichtenstein. The city of Chur, the residence of the bishop and capital of the Canton of … Continue reading “Chur”
Chunibertus
Chunibertus SEE KUNIBERT. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Chunialdus, Saint
Chunialdus, Saint presbyter of Salzburg, lived about the middle of the 8th century, and is commemorated September 24. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Chung yung
Chung yung The Golden Mean. See Chung and i kuan. Centrality and harmony, a law “from whose operation we cannot for one instant in our existence escape”, the central clue to man’s moral being which unites him to the universal order (or to attain central harmony). (Early Confucianism.) The Universal and the Changeless which is … Continue reading “Chung yung”