Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Christina is the name of two early martyrs: 1. A woman of Athens, arrested along with Dionysius, and given in charge to two soldiers of the governor’s train, whom she taught, and they were converted. The pair of converts therefore, with Dionysius, were tortured and stoned, and Christina, because she fell upon the corpses and … Continue reading “Christina”

Christie, William B. an eminent Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Clermont County, O., Sept. 2,41803, studied at Augusta College, Kentucky, entered the itinerant ministry in 1825, and died in Cincinnati, March 26,1842. During his term of service in the ministry he occupied the most important pulpits of the denomination with great honor and usefulness. … Continue reading “Christie, William B.”

Christie, John J a minister of the Reformed (Dutch) Church, was born at Schraalenburg, Bergen County, N.J., in 1781. He graduated from Columbia College in 1799; studied under Solomon Froeligh, and was licensed by the classis of Bergen in 1802. He served the Presbyterian Church of Amsterdam and Galway from 1802 to 1812, and the … Continue reading “Christie, John J”

Christie, George a Scotch Congregational minister, was born at New Mills, Keith, Banffshire, July 1801. He was led to Christ in early life by his pious parents; joined the Church in 1821; offered his services to the London Missionary Society; received a preparation for the work. at the Mission Academy, Hoxton, and in 1830 was … Continue reading “Christie, George”

Christie (or Chrystie) is the name of a number of Scotch clergymen: 1. HENRY, of Craigtoune, took his degree at Glasgow University in 1671; was licensed to preach in 1676; presented to the living at Kinross in 1679; deprived by the privy Council in 1689, for not praying for the king and queen, and other … Continue reading “Christie”

Christianus, Saint and Confessor was born at the beginning of the 9th century, and is thought by some to have been abbot of the monastery of St. Germanus of Auxerre. He held the see of Auxerre thirteen years, being the thirty-seventh bishop. He was present at the Council of Tousy, which he subscribed before Abbo, … Continue reading “Christianus, Saint and Confessor”

Christianus a Scotch prelate, was consecrated bishop of Galloway in 1154. He Was one of the witnesses to the final decision given by king Henry II of England in 1177, as to the dispute between Alfonsos of Castile and Sancho of Navarre. He died in 1186. See Keith, Scottish Bishops, page 272. Fuente: Cyclopedia of … Continue reading “Christianus”

CHRISTIANS OF ST THOMAS A sort of Christians in a peninsula of India on this side the gulf; they inhabit chiefly at Cranganor, and the neighbouring country; these admit of no images, and receive only the cross, to which they pay a great veneration. They affirm, that the souls of the saints do not see … Continue reading “CHRISTIANS OF ST THOMAS”

CHRISTIANS OF ST JOHN A sect of Christians very numerous in Balfara, and the neighbouring towns: they formerly inhabited along the river Jordan, where St. John baptized, and it was from thence they had their name. They hold an anniversary feast of five days, during which they all go to the bishop, who baptizes them … Continue reading “Christians Of St. John”

Christians, Bible, Also Called Bryanites after their founder, William Bryan, a Methodist local preacher in Cornwall, who left the Wesleyan body in 1815. He rapidly gathered churches in Devon and Cornwall, but left the party which he had formed in 1819. The denomination commenced its operations in Canada in the year 1831, and was organized … Continue reading “Christians, Bible, Also Called Bryanites”