Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Thomas Sherwood, Blessed Martyr, born in London, 1551; died at Tyburn, London, 7 February, 1578. His parents also suffered for their conscience, both enduring imprisonment for the Faith. After leaving school in 1566, Thomas assisted his father, a London woollen draper, for about ten years; then, feeling that his vocation was to the priesthood, he … Continue reading “Thomas Sherwood, Blessed”

Thomas Sanchez Jesuit theologian. Born in 1550 Cordova, Spain; died in 19 May 1610 in Granada. Author of an exhaustive treatise on marriage and of works on moral theology, he was unjustly accused of immoral teachings, especially concerning “mental reservation.” His life was an example of holiness. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Thomas, Samuel (1) a Methodist Episcopal minister, became a member of the society, in the early period of Methodism, in the State of New Jersey. He was an acceptable local preacher for a number of years, entered the itinerancy in 1796, and filled the following stations: In 1796-97, Flanders Circuit; 1798, Elizabethtown Circuit; 1799, Freehold; … Continue reading “Thomas, Samuel (3)”

Thomas Sadler Writer; born in 1604; died c.1680 at Dieulward, Flanders. He became a Catholic when 17 years of age, and joined the Benedictine Order, being professed in 1622. He spent many years in London, where he edited several spiritual works, among them The Daily Exercise of the Devout Rosarists and A Guide to Heaven. … Continue reading “Thomas Sadler”

Thomas, Robert S., D.D a Baptist minister, was born. in Scott County, Kentucky, June 20, 1805. He united with the Church in 1821, was ordained, in 1830, pastor at Columbia, Missouri, and for several years performed much evangelical labor in Missouri, being the first to introduce Sabbath-schools into that state. He was chosen professor of … Continue reading “Thomas, Robert S., D.D”

Thomas, Robert Jermain, A.B a Welsh Congregational missionary, was born at Rhayadar, Sept. 7, 1840. He matriculated at the London University at the age of sixteen, and gained the Mills scholarship and took high honors at the university. He was ordained June 4, 1863, at Hanover Chapel, and sailed the following month for Shanghai, under … Continue reading “Thomas, Robert Jermain, A.B”

Thomas, Richard H., M.D a minister of the Society of Friends, was born in Anne-Arundel County, Md., June, 1805. Having received a liberal education and completed a course of medical studies, he settled in Baltimbre, where he became eminent as a practitioner and teacher of medicine. In the work of the ministry he labored with … Continue reading “Thomas, Richard H., M.D”

Thomas Percy, Blessed Earl of Northumberland, martyr, born in 1528; died at York, 22 August, 1572. He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Percy, brother of the childless Henry Percy, sixth Earl of Northumberland, and Eleanor, daughter of Sir Guiscard Harbottal. When Thomas was eight years old his father was executed at Tyburn (2 … Continue reading “Thomas Percy, Blessed”

Thomas or Wilton, D.D was made first chancellor and then dean of St. Paul’s, London. In his time (during the reigns of Edward IV) occurred the contest between the prelates and friars, the latter upbraiding the former for their pomp and plenty. Wilton entered into this contest, and charged upon the monks that, although confessing … Continue reading “Thomas or Wilton, D.D”

Thomas O’Hagan First Baron O’Hagan of Tullxhogue; born Belfast, Ireland, 1812; died 1885. After editing the “Newry Examiner,” he made rapid progress at the Bar, and, 1868, was appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland, the first Catholic to hold that office since the days of James II. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary