Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Childers, Robert Caesar an English Orientalist was born in 1838, and died in London, July 25, 1876. For some time he resided at Ceylon, as private secretary to the English governor, where he paid special, attention to the native dialects. He is well, known by his Grammar of the Pali Language, and still more so … Continue reading “Childers, Robert Caesar”

Childers, Richard L a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church South, was born at Macon, Georgia, October, 12, 1827. He was converted in 1841; spent the following five or six years acquiring a practical business education; graduated at Emory and Henry College, Virginia, in 1850; removed to Pleasant Hill, De Sisto, Parish, Louisiana, where he … Continue reading “Childers, Richard L”

Childermas (Children’s Mass) Old English name for Feast of the Holy Innocents , 28 December . Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Childermas SEE INNOCENTS DAY. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Childeric I King of the Salians Franks, and father of Clovis, reigned from 458 to 481. Though a heathens, he had friendly. relations with the Catholic Church. He had the greatest reverence for St. Genevieve, and reprieved some prisoners at her instance. Ruckert has a chapter on the relations of the Frankish kings to Christianity … Continue reading “Childeric I”

Childebert I of France, was one of the four sons of’ Clovis, among whom their father’s kingdom was divided in 511. His capital was Paris, and his share embraced the territory between the Seine, Loire, and the seas, including part of Armorica. In the many wars that followed, pope Vigilius appears to have instructed his … Continue reading “Childebert I”

Childbirth (, “child-bearing”). The throes of accouchement appear in Gen 3:16, to be part of the doom incurred by woman for her agency in the fall in Eden. Her passive lot in thus continuing the race is aptly expressed in that primeval sentence: “Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and … Continue reading “Childbirth”

Child, William Chauncy, D.D a Baptist minister, was born at Johnstown, N.Y., in August 1817. He graduated from Union College in 1840, and from Newton Theological Institution in 1844. He was ordained at Giatrestown, Massachusetts, October 30, of that year, and after six years removed to Framingham, where he was pastor until 1859. In 1861 … Continue reading “Child, William Chauncy, D.D”

Child, Willard D.D a Congregational minister was born at Woodstock, Connecticut, November 14, 1796. He received his preparatory education at. Woodstocir and Mlnson academies and graduated from Yale College in 1817, and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1820; from 1822 to 1825 was teacher at Bine Hill Academy, Maine; then became acting pastor at Benson, … Continue reading “Child, Willard D.D”

Child, S.R a Protestant Episcopal clergyman, was born in Vermont in 1823. He entered Jubilee College in 1844, was ordained deacon in 1849, and admitted to the priesthood in 1851. For six years he preached at Warsa’, Illinois, and then removed to Decatur, where he died, November 14, 1855. See Amer. Quar. Church Rev. 1855, … Continue reading “Child, S.R”

Child Of God The terms “child,” “children,” “babe,” etc.. are used in the N.T. in the following senses: 1. Psychologically these terms are used to denote a state of ignorance and of intellectual narrowness or darkness (Mat 11:16; Luk 7:32; 1Co 13:11 : “When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood … Continue reading “Child Of God”