Chipperfield, Thomas an English Congregational minister, was born at Essex in 1771. Being converted while yet a youth, he first united with the Church at Lower Street, Islington, and began to study for the ministry at Homerton College in 1792. His only regular pastorate was at Stretton-under-Fosse, Warwickshire, where he labored fourteen years. He then … Continue reading “Chipperfield, Thomas”
Chipohase, John
Chipohase, John an English minister of the Society of Friends, was born in 1792 at Cotherston. He. was a school-teacher in Stockton for several years, and was recognised as a minister in 1848. He was not often engaged beyond the limits of his own monthly meetings. His manner as a preacher was plain, yet earnest … Continue reading “Chipohase, John”
Chipman, Thomas Handley
Chipman, Thomas Handley a Baptist minister, was born in Nova Scotia, January 17, 1756. He united with the. Church at Horton in 1779, and was ordained in 1782. His ministry in Annapolis, Yarmouth, and Queen’s counties was greatly blessed. In 1809 he took up his residence in Nictaux, where a Church having been formed in … Continue reading “Chipman, Thomas Handley”
Chipman, Tapping Reeve
Chipman, Tapping Reeve a Protestant Episcopal minister, was born at Middlebury, Vermont, February 9, 1811. In 1839 he graduated at the General Theological Seminary, and afterwards officiated in Brockport, Leroy, East Bloomfield, and Astoria, N.Y., and Christ Church, Detroit, Michigan; was rector of the Church of the Reconciliation, New York city, and finally assistant minister … Continue reading “Chipman, Tapping Reeve”
Chipman, John
Chipman, John a Congregationalist minister, was born at Barnstable, Massachusetts, February 16, 1691, and graduated at Harvard College in 1711. He was ordained December 28, 1715, pastor of the First Church in the precinct of Salem and Beverly (now North Beverly); and in May 1, 1771, Reverend Enos Hitchcock was chosen his associate. He died … Continue reading “Chipman, John”
Chipana
Chipana in the religion of the Andes tribes, was a golden medallion, which the Incas in Peru fastened to the arm with a band, and varied according to their rank. The high-priest had the largest, the king next, and smaller ones were carried by the army officers. As these were hollow and polished inside, they … Continue reading “Chipana”
Chios
CHIOS An island in the Archipelago, between Lesbos and Samos, on the coast of Asia Minor, now called Scio. It is thirty miles long and ten wide. Paul passed this way as he sailed southward from Mitylene to Samos, Mal 20:15 . Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Chios ( ; now Scio) The name … Continue reading “Chios”
Chionia
Chionia a saint martyred by fire at Thessalonica, under count Sisinnius, in the reign of Diocletian, is commemorated on April 1, with her sister Agape, who shared her martyrdom. They were sisters of Irene, another martyr of the same city, according to Bede, Mart. April 1 and 5. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical … Continue reading “Chionia”
Chioggia (Chiozza)
Chioggia (Chiozza) DIOCESE OF CHIOGGIA (CLODIENSIS). Chioggia is a sea-coast city in the province of Venice. It has an important harbour and extensive fisheries. In antiquity it was known as Fossa Clodia; in the Middle Ages as Clugia. In 452 it offered a safe refuge to the inhabitants of the neighbouring cities of Monselice and … Continue reading “Chioggia (Chiozza)”
Chioccarello, Bartolommeo
Chioccarello, Bartolommeo a Neapolitan priest, was born about the year 1580, and died in 1646. He wrote, Antistitum Neapolitanae Ecclesiae Catulogus (Naiples, 1643): De Scriptoribus Civitatis et Regnri Neapolis (edited by Meola, ibid. 1780, 1781, 2 vols.). See Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1:815; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. (B.P.) Fuente: … Continue reading “Chioccarello, Bartolommeo”